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Edwards, U to Z

Edwards, Walter — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromOhio,2004.Still living as of 2004.

Edwards, Walter Owen(1882-1955) —also known asW. O. Edwards — of Danville,VermilionCounty, Ill.Born near Coffeen,MontgomeryCounty, Ill.,February24, 1882.Democrat.School teacherand principal;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 22nd District; elected 1934.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Danville,VermilionCounty, Ill.,June 8,1955 (age73 years, 104days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.

EDWARDS(SoundexE363)—See alsoEDWARD,EDWARDE,EDWARDO,EDWARDSEN,EDWARE,EDWAY,HARVEY-EDWARDS,IDWARDS,SEWARDS,SOWARDS,SUMTER-EDWARDS,TREDWAY,WARDSWORTH,WOODWARD.

Edwards, Uriah — ofColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1844.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, Uriah — of California. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 11th District, 1857-59.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, Vicki A. — of Fort Morgan,MorganCounty, Colo.Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Colorado,2004(voted forGeorgeW. Bush andRichardB. Cheney).Female.Still living as of 2004.

Edwards, Victor L. — ofPrinceGeorge's County, Md.Republican. Candidate forMarylandstate senate District 4-C, 1966.Still living as of 1966.

Edwards, W. H. — of Rock Island,RockIsland County, Ill.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1896.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, W.O.SeeWalter OwenEdwards

Edwards, W. R. — of Tracy,LyonCounty, Minn.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromMinnesota,1896.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, W. W. — Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1888.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, Waldo (b. 1883) — of Macon,MaconCounty, Mo.BornJune 24,1883.Republican.Lawyer;circuit judge in Missouri 2nd Circuit, 1955.Congregationalist.Burial location unknown.

Relatives:Married to Ruth Hughes.

	Relatives:Married1907 toMargaret Alma Laskey.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Edwards, Walter W. — of St. Charles,St.Charles County, Mo.Circuit judge in Missouri 19th Circuit, 1887. Burial location unknown.

Edwards, Warren — of Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromGeorgia,1912,1916.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, Weldon Nathaniel(1788-1873) —also known asWeldon N. Edwards — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.Born in Gaston,NorthamptonCounty, N.C.,January25, 1788.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1810;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1816-27.Slaveowner. Died inWarrenCounty, N.C.,December18, 1873 (age85 years, 327days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Warren County, N.C.

Edwards, William(c.1794-c.1878) —of Indiana. Born in Virginia, about 1794. County judge in Indiana, 1818, 1825; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1832-36.Died in Missouri, about 1878 (ageabout 84years).Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William — of Bowdle,EdmundsCounty, S.Dak.Member ofSouthDakota state senate 36th District, 1893-94.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William — Candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1904.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William — of Logan,CacheCounty, Utah.Mayorof Logan, Utah, 1908-09.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William, Jr. — of West Virginia. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWest Virginia,1952.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William C. — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Republican. Postmaster atWichita,Kan., 1908-13.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William C. — of Mahanoy City,SchuylkillCounty, Pa.Burgessof Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, 1927.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William Congdon — of Larned,PawneeCounty, Kan.Republican.Secretaryof state of Kansas, 1895-97.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William D.(c.1853-1916) —ofHudsonCounty, N.J.Born about 1853.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state senate from Hudson County, 1887-89.WelshandEnglishancestry.Died in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,March 6,1916 (ageabout 63years).Burial location unknown.

Relatives:Brother ofEdwardIrving Edwards.

Edwards, William Donlon(1915-2015) —also known asDon Edwards — of San Jose,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,January6, 1915.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from California, 1963-95 (9th District 1963-75,10th District 1975-93, 16th District 1993-95); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1964,1968,1988;arrestedduring ananti-apartheidprotest outside the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, 1984.Unitarian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died in San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,October1, 2015 (age100 years,268 days).Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William H. (b.1841) —of Indiana. Born in Marion Township,LawrenceCounty, Ind.,November30, 1841.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1873.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William H. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Democrat.U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at New York City, New York, 1917-19.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William H. — of Sussex,WaukeshaCounty, Wis.Republican. Member ofWisconsinstate senate 33rd District, 1931-34.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William Hayden — also known asWilliam H. Edwards — ofWashington,D.C.U.S. Charge d'Affaires toBrazil, 1877-78; U.S. Consul General inSt. Petersburg, 1878-80;Berlin, 1889-93; chief, Diplomatic Bureau, U.S. Department ofState, 1884-85; U.S. Consular Agent inSchiedam, 1885-89.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William J. — of Niles,BerrienCounty, Mich.Democrat. Postmaster atNiles,Mich., 1866-67, 1886-89.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William J. —U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1984, 1988-89.Still living as of 1989.

Edwards, William Jackson (b.1928) —also known asJack Edwards — of Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,September20, 1928.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Koreanconflict;lawyer;general attorney for Gulf, Mobile and OhioRailroad,1958-64;U.S.Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1965-85; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Alabama,1972.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;Jaycees;KappaAlpha Order;OmicronDelta Kappa.Still living as of 1998.

	Relatives: Sonof William Jackson Edwards and Sue (Fuhrman) Edwards; married,January30, 1954, to Jolane Vander Sys; second great-grandson ofWilliamFarrington Aldrich.
		Political family:Aldrichfamily of Birmingham, Alabama.
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Edwards, William Kirkpatrick(1820-1878) —of Indiana. Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December26, 1820.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1846-51, 1859, 1873;Speaker ofthe Indiana State House of Representatives, 1873;mayorof Terre Haute, Ind., 1853-55; Presidential Elector for Indiana,1860.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,September26, 1878 (age57 years, 274days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.

Edwards, William N. — of Zion,LakeCounty, Ill.Mayorof Zion, Ill., 1935.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William Posey(1835-1900) —of Georgia. Born near Talbotton,TalbotCounty, Ga.,November9, 1835.Republican.U.S.Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1867-69.Died in Butler,TaylorCounty, Ga.,June 28,1900 (age64 years, 231days).Interment atMethodistCemetery, Butler, Ga.

Edwards, William S. — Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1864.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William Seymour — also known asWilliam S. Edwards — of Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.Republican. Member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1893-95;delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia,1908,1912.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William T. — of Canton,CherokeeCounty, Ga.Postmaster atCanton,Ga., 1891, 1901.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, William W. —U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1862-63.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, Winslow H. — of Easthampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Second Hampshire District, 1905.Burial location unknown.

Edwards, Zachary Bertrand — Socialist. Socialism and Liberation candidate for PresidentialElector for Louisiana,2020(on behalf ofGloriaE. La Riva andSunilFreeman).Still living as of 2020.

Edwards, Zilphia — of Ponchatoula,TangipahoaParish, La.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromLouisiana,1988.Still living as of 1988.

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