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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaWilliam Posey EDWARDS
(1835-1900)
EDWARDS, William Posey, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Talbotton, Talbot County,
Ga., November 9, 1835; attended the common schools, and was
graduated from Collinsworth Institute, Talbotton, Ga., in 1856;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice
in Butler, Ga.; member of the State constitutional convention in
1857 and 1858; served during the Civil War in the Confederate Army
as captain of Company F, Twenty-seventh Georgia Volunteer Infantry;
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; resumed the
practice of his profession at Butler, Ga., and died there June 28,
1900; interment in the Methodist Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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