William P. Edwards

William P. Edwards

William Posey Edwards (born November 9, 1835 in Talbotton , Georgia , †  June 28, 1900 in Butler , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1868 and 1869 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Edwards attended public schools in his home country, including the Collinsworth Institute , where he graduated in 1856. After completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in 1857, he began to work in his new profession in Butler. In 1857 and 1858 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Georgia constitution. During the Civil War served Edwards army of the Confederate States , where he rose to colonel.

After the war, Edwards became a member of the Republican Party . After Georgia was re-admitted to the Union, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of his state , where he took up his new mandate on July 25, 1868. By March 3, 1869 he ended the current legislative period there. Edwards had also been elected in the regular congressional elections of 1868 . In Congress , however, his seat was refused and a by-election was ordered, which Marion Bethune then won.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Edwards returned to work as a lawyer. Politically he did not appear again until his death in June 1900.

Web links

• William P. Edwards in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William P. Edwards in the database of Find a Grave (English)