Weldon Nathaniel Edwards | |
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| 31stPresident pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate | |
| In office 1850–1852 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Joyner |
| Succeeded by | Warren Winslow |
| Member of theNorth Carolina Senate | |
| In office 1850 | |
| In office 1833–1844 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's6th district | |
| In office February 7, 1816 – March 3, 1827 | |
| Preceded by | Nathaniel Macon |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Turner |
| Member of theNorth Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office 1814–1815 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1788-01-25)January 25, 1788 Gaston, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | December 18, 1873(1873-12-18) (aged 85) |
| Party | Jacksonian (since 1825) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic-Republican (until 1825) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (January 25, 1788 – December 18, 1873) was aCongressional Representative fromNorth Carolina (1816 – 1827).
Edwards was born in 1788 inGaston, North Carolina. He has attended Warrenton Academy where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1810 commencing practice inWarrenton, North Carolina.
Edwards was member of theState house of representatives in 1814 and 1815.
Edwards served from February 7, 1816, to March 3, 1827 in the United States House of Representatives.He was elected as aRepublican to theFourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofNathaniel Macon, was reelected as a Republican to theFifteenth,Sixteenth, andSeventeenth Congresses, elected as aCrawford Republican to theEighteenth Congress, and as aJacksonian to theNineteenth Congress.
Edwards was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in theDepartment 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.
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 itsspeaker.
He was president of theState secession convention in 1861.
Edwards died inWarren County, North Carolina on December 18, 1873 and was interred in a private cemetery at his home, "Poplar Mount," about twelve miles from Warrenton in Warren County.[1]
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