John Edwards
John Edwards
Biography
1786 - 06/26/1843
EDWARDS, John, a Representative from Delaware County; born, 1786 in Ivy Mills, Delaware County, Pa.; attorney (1807-1843); deputy attorney general, Delaware County (1811); elected as Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1837-1838 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1838); elected, United States Congress (1839-1843); engaged, iron manufacturing; died, June 26, 1843 in Glen Mills, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting Burying Ground, Lima, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
After 1 session(s) serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, John Edwards went on to serve in congress
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