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John Edwards (Pennsylvania)
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Succeeded by
David Potts, Jr. from Pennsylvania’s 4th congressional dis- Charles J. Ingersoll
Edward Darlington trict
Edward Davies 1839 - 1843
1839 - 1841 alongside: Francis James and Ed-
ward Davies
1841 - 1843 alongside: Jeremiah Brown and
Francis James
John Edwards (1786 – June 26, 1843) was an Anti-Masonic
and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Sources
from Pennsylvania. • John Edwards (Pennsylvania) at the Biographical
John Edwards (granduncle of John E. Leonard) was Directory of the United States Congress
born in Ivy Mills, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was ad- • The Political Graveyard
mitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Persondata
Chester, Pennsylvania. He was deputy attorney general
Name Edwards, John
for Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in 1811. He moved to
West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1825 and shortly thereaf- Alternative names
ter engaged in the manufacture of iron and later of nails Short description American politician
near Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Date of birth 1786
Edwards was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to
Place of birth
the Twenty-sixth Congress and reelected as a Whig to
the Twenty-seventh Congress. After his time in congress, Date of death June 26, 1843
he resumed his former manufacturing pursuits, and died Place of death
on his estate near Glen Mills in 1843. Interment in the
Friends’ (Hicksite) Cemetery of the Middletown Meeting
House in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Penn-
sylvania.
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