J. Wiley Edmands

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John Wiley Edmands
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1853  March 3, 1855
Preceded by James H. Duncan
Succeeded by William S. Damrell
Personal details
Born March 1, 1809
Boston, Massachusetts
Died January 31, 1877(1877-01-31) (aged 67)
Newton, Massachusetts
Political party Whig, Republican

John Wiley Edmands (March 1, 1809 -- January 31, 1877) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.


Edmands was born in Boston on March 1, 1809. He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from English High School of Boston. He became interested in woolen mills in Dedham and the Pacific Mills Company in Lawrence.

Edmands was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854, and returned to Pacific Mills and served as its treasurer. Edmands was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1868.

He died in Newton on January 31, 1877. His interment was in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
James H. Duncan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district

March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Succeeded by
William S. Damrell


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