Edwards was born in 1788 in Gaston, North Carolina. He has attended Warrenton Academy where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1810 commencing practice in Warrenton, North Carolina.
Edwards was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Eighteenth Congress), Committee on Public Expenditures (Nineteenth Congress). He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1826 and chose to return to his plantation instead.
North Carolina Senateedit
He was a member of the State senate between 1833–1844. In 1835 he was a member of the State constitutional convention. Edwards was reelected to the State senate in 1850 and chosen its speaker.
weldon, nathaniel, edwards, january, 1788, december, 1873, congressional, representative, from, north, carolina, 1816, 1827, representative, from, north, carolinabornjanuary, 1788, 1788, gaston, north, carolina, dieddecember, 1873, 1873, aged, warren, county, . Weldon Nathaniel Edwards January 25 1788 December 18 1873 was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina 1816 1827 Weldon Nathaniel EdwardsWeldon Nathaniel Edwards US Representative from North CarolinaBornJanuary 25 1788 1788 01 25 Gaston North Carolina U S DiedDecember 18 1873 1873 12 18 aged 85 Warren County North Carolina U S OccupationPolitician Contents 1 Early life 2 Political career 2 1 State house of representatives 2 2 Congressional career 2 3 North Carolina Senate 3 Death 4 See also 5 ReferencesEarly life editEdwards was born in 1788 in Gaston North Carolina He has attended Warrenton Academy where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1810 commencing practice in Warrenton North Carolina Political career editState house of representatives edit Edwards was member of the State house of representatives in 1814 and 1815 Congressional career edit Edwards served from February 7 1816 to March 3 1827 in the United States House of Representatives He was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Nathaniel Macon was reelected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses elected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress Edwards was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury Eighteenth Congress Committee on Public Expenditures Nineteenth Congress He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1826 and chose to return to his plantation instead North Carolina Senate edit He was a member of the State senate between 1833 1844 In 1835 he was a member of the State constitutional convention Edwards was reelected to the State senate in 1850 and chosen its speaker He was president of the State secession convention in 1861 Death editEdwards died in Warren County North Carolinaon December 18 1873 interred in a private cemetery at his home Poplar Mount about twelve miles from Warrenton Warren County North Carolina 1 See also editFourteenth United States Congress Fifteenth United States Congress Sixteenth United States Congress Seventeenth United States Congress Eighteenth United States Congress Nineteenth United States CongressReferences edit McFarland Daniel M 1986 Nathaniel Weldon Edwards NCPEDIA Archived from the original on December 13 2018 Retrieved November 5 2019 U S Congress Biographical Directory entry North Carolina Historical Marker U S House of Representatives Preceded byNathaniel Macon Member of the U S House of Representatives from North Carolina s 6th congressional district1816 1827 Succeeded byDaniel Turner nbsp nbsp This article about a North Carolina politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Weldon Nathaniel Edwards amp oldid 1191164199, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
