William Edmond

William Edmond (born September 28, 1755 in Woodbury , Colony of Connecticut , †  August 1, 1838 in Newton , Connecticut ) was an American politician . Between 1797 and 1801 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Edmond attended the public schools of his home country and then Yale College until 1778 . During the War of Independence he was temporarily a soldier in the Continental Army . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1780, he began to work in his new profession in Newton.

Politically, he joined the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives between 1791 and 1797 and 1801 and 1802 . From 1797 to 1799 he was also a member of the State Senate . After the death of Congressman James Davenport , who had previously held Connecticut's first seat, Edmond was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in the necessary by-election in 1797. After being re-elected in the regular congressional elections of 1798, he could remain in Congress between November 13, 1797 and March 3, 1801 . In 1800 Edmond declined to run again. He was still in office when, in November 1800, Congress first met in the new federal capital, Washington, DC .

After his tenure in Congress, William Edmond returned to practice as a Newton attorney. Between 1805 and 1819 he was an associate judge at the highest court in his state. Then he retired from public office. But he continued to work as a private lawyer. Edmond died on August 1, 1838 in Newton and was buried there. He was married first to Elizabeth Chandler (1765–1795) and then to Elizabeth Payne (1765–1833) and had at least six children.

Web links

• William Edmond in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Edmond in the database of Find a Grave (English)