Pierpont Edwards

Pierpont Edwards

Pierpont Edwards (born April 8, 1750 in Northampton , Massachusetts Bay Colony , †  April 5, 1826 in Bridgeport , Connecticut ) was an American lawyer and politician . In 1788 he was a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress .

Career

In 1768 Pierpont Edwards graduated from Princeton College . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law in 1771, he began to work in this profession in New Haven . In the 1770s he joined the revolutionary movement. During the War of Independence he served in the Continental Army . Between 1777 and 1790 he sat several times as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives , of which he was president in the meantime. He also represented Connecticut in the Continental Congress in 1788. That same year he was a member of the congregation that ratified the United States Constitution for Connecticut. He also served as the first federal attorney for the District of Connecticut in 1789. From 1806 until his death, Edwards succeeded Richard Law as a judge in the Connecticut District Court . He died on April 5, 1826. He was succeeded as federal judge by William Bristol .

Edwards' son Henry (1779–1847) later became Connecticut Governor and Congressman . His other son, John Stark Edwards (1777-1813), was a well-known attorney who was elected to Congress for Ohio in 1812 , but died before his term began and therefore could not take up the mandate. Pierpont Edwards was also an uncle of Aaron Burr , Theodore Dwight, and Timothy Dwight IV. Aaron Burr was Vice President of the United States , Theodore Dwight was a congressman, and Timothy Dwight was president of Yale College , among others .

Web links

• Pierpont Edwards in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Pierpont Edwards in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Pierpont Edwards at The Political Graveyard
• Pierpont Edwards in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges