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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJohn Wiley EDMANDS
(1809-1877)
EDMANDS, John Wiley, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., March 1,
1809; completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from the
English High School at Boston; interested in woolen mills in
Dedham, Mass., and the Pacific Mills Co. in Lawrence, Mass.;
elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March
3, 1855); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854;
treasurer of the Pacific Mills at Lawrence in 1855; presidential
elector on the Republican ticket in 1868; died in Newton, Mass., on
January 31, 1877; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge,
Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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