John Edwards (politician, 1786)

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John Edwards (* 1786 in Ivy Mills , Delaware County , Pennsylvania , †  June 26, 1843 in Glen Mills , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1839 and 1843 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Life

After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1807, John Edwards began working in this profession in Chester . In 1811 he was the assistant attorney general in Delaware County there. From 1825 he lived in West Chester . Later he made hardware and especially nails. Politically, he was initially a member of the Anti-Masonic Party . Around 1840 he moved to the Whigs .

In the congressional election of 1838 Edwards was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Edward Darlington on March 4, 1839 . After a re-election as a candidate for the Whigs, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1843 . The period after 1841 was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs. In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, John Edwards resumed his previous activities. He died on June 26, 1843, just months after the end of his last term in Congress, on his estate near Glen Mills. His great-nephew John E. Leonard (1845-1878) was a member of Congress for Louisiana .

Web links

  • John Edwards in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
predecessor Office successor
Edward Darlington United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (4th constituency)
with Francis James and Edward Davies
March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843
Charles Jared Ingersoll