John Wiley Edmands (March 1, 1809 – January 31, 1877) was a member of the
United States House of Representatives from
Massachusetts.
Edmands was born in
Boston on March 1, 1809. He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from
English High School of Boston. He became interested in
woolen mills in
Dedham and the Pacific Mills Company in
Lawrence.
Edmands was elected as a
Whig to the
Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854, and returned to Pacific Mills and served as its treasurer. Edmands was a presidential elector on the
Republican ticket in 1868.
He died in
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on January 31, 1877. His interment was in
Mount Auburn Cemetery
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in
Cambridge.
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1809 births
1877 deaths
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