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Edwards, Uriah —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1844.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, Uriah —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 11th District, 1857-59.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, W. H. —
of Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1896.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, Waldo (b. 1883) —
of Macon, Macon
County, Mo.
Born June 24,
1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 2nd Circuit, 1955.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Hughes. |
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Edwards, Walter —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Edwards, Warren —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1912,
1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, Weldon Nathaniel
(1788-1873) —
also known as Weldon N. Edwards —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Gaston, Northampton
County, N.C., January
25, 1788.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1816-27.
Died in Warren
County, N.C., December
18, 1873 (age 85 years, 327
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Warren County, N.C.
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Edwards, William
(c.1794-c.1878) —
of Indiana.
Born in Virginia, about 1794.
County judge in Indiana, 1818, 1825; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-36.
Died in Missouri, about 1878 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, William —
of Bowdle, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state senate 36th District, 1893-94.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, William —
of Logan, Cache
County, Utah.
Mayor
of Logan, Utah, 1908-09.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, William, Jr. —
of West Virginia.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Edwards, William C. —
of Mahanoy City, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Burgess
of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, 1927.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, William Congdon —
of Larned, Pawnee
County, Kan.
Republican. Secretary of
state of Kansas, 1895-97.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, William D.
(c.1853-1916) —
of Hudson
County, N.J.
Born about 1853.
Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1887-89.
Welsh
and English
ancestry.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 6,
1916 (age about 63
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, William Donlon (b.
1915) —
also known as Don Edwards —
of San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January
6, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-95 (9th District 1963-75,
10th District 1975-93, 16th District 1993-95); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1964,
1968,
1988;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2009.
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Edwards, William H. (b.
1841) —
of Indiana.
Born in Marion Township, Lawrence
County, Ind., November
30, 1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1873.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, William J. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1984, 1988-89.
Still living as of 1989.
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Edwards, William Jackson (b.
1928) —
also known as Jack Edwards —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
20, 1928.
Son of William Jackson Edwards and Sue (Fuhrman) Edwards.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; lawyer;
general attorney for Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
1958-64; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1965-85; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 1998.
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Edwards, William Kirkpatrick
(1820-1878) —
of Indiana.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
26, 1820.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1846-51, 1859, 1873; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1873; mayor
of Terre Haute, Ind., 1853-55; Presidential Elector for Indiana,
1860.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., September
26, 1878 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Edwards, William N. —
of Zion, Lake
County, Ill.
Mayor of
Zion, Ill., 1935.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, William Posey
(1835-1900) —
of Georgia.
Born near Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga., November
9, 1835.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1867-69.
Died in Butler, Taylor
County, Ga., June 28,
1900 (age 64 years, 231
days).
Interment at Methodist
Cemetery, Butler, Ga.
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Edwards, William Seymour —
also known as William S. Edwards —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1893-95;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1908,
1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, William W. —
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1862-63.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwards, Zilphia —
of Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa
Parish, La.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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