William P. Edwards
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William P. Edwards | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 3rd district | |
In office July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869 | |
Preceded by | Office interrupted by the American Civil War |
Succeeded by | Marion Bethune |
Personal details | |
Born | near Talbotton, Georgia | November 9, 1835
Died | June 28, 1900 Butler, Georgia | (aged 64)
Political party | Republican |
William Posey Edwards (November 9, 1835 – June 28, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born near Talbotton, Georgia, Edwards attended the common schools, and was graduated from Collinsworth Institute, Talbotton, Georgia, in 1856. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Butler, Georgia. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1857 and 1858. He served during the Civil War in the Confederate States Army as captain of Company F, Twenty-seventh Georgia Volunteer Infantry. He was subsequently promoted to colonel of the regiment. Upon the readmission of Georgia to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 25, 1868, to March 3, 1869. Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress, but was not permitted to qualify. He resumed the practice of his profession at Butler, Georgia, and died there June 28, 1900. He was interred in the Methodist Cemetery.
References
[edit]- United States Congress. "William P. Edwards (id: E000085)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1835 births
- 1900 deaths
- People from Talbot County, Georgia
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
- People from Butler, Georgia
- 19th-century American legislators
- Confederate States Army officers
- Military personnel from Georgia (U.S. state)
- People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War