Edward Hills Wason (September 2, 1865 – February 6, 1941) was a

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from

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Born in

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, Wason attended public and private schools and Francestown Academy. He was graduated from the

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in 1886 and from

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in 1890. He was

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in 1890 and commenced practice in

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. Wason was sergeant at arms, assistant clerk, and later clerk of the

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. He served as member of the Nashua Board of Education, 1891–1895, serving as its president in 1895. He was city solicitor of Nashua in 1894 and 1895, and served as president of the common council in 1897 and 1898. He was an

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of Nashua, 1906–1908. He served in the

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in 1899, 1909, and 1913, and as member of the state constitutional conventions in 1902 and 1912. He served as solicitor of Hillsborough County, 1903–1907. He served as president of the Citizens' Guaranty Savings Bank of Nashua, 1904–1941, and he also engaged in agricultural pursuits in Merrimack from 1906 to 1941. Wason was elected as a Republican to the

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and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1932. He retired from public life in 1933 and resided on his estate near New Boston, where he died February 6, 1941. He was interred in New Boston Cemetery.

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