Samuel Edwards (politician)

Samuel Edwards (born March 12, 1785 in Chester Township , Delaware County , Pennsylvania , †  November 21, 1850 in Chester , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1819 and 1827 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Edwards attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1806, he began to work in Chester in this profession. He later took part in the British-American War of 1812 as a soldier . Politically, he was initially a member of the Federalist Party . Between 1814 and 1816 he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives .

In the congressional election of 1818 Edwards was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Joseph Hopkinson on March 4, 1819 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four terms in Congress by March 3, 1827 . Since 1823 he represented the fourth district of his state there. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson . From 1821 to 1825 Edwards was chairman of the Naval Department's Expenditure Control Committee.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Samuel Edwards practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1838 and 1842 he worked as a customs inspector. He died on November 21, 1850 in Chester, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

• Samuel Edwards in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Joseph Hopkinson	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (1st constituency) with Thomas Forrest , Joseph Hemphill, and John Sergeant March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1823	Samuel Breck
James S. Mitchell	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (4th constituency) with James Buchanan and Isaac Wayne March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1827	Samuel Anderson