Francis S. Edwards

Francis Smith Edwards ( born May 28, 1817 in Windsor, Broome County, New York, † May 20, 1899 in Dunkirk, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Francis Edwards attended preparatory schools and was then at Hamilton College, now Colgate University, enrolled, but without making a conclusion. After a subsequent law degree in 1840 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Sherburne and Albany to work in this profession. In 1842 he was Master in Chancery in Chenango County. Since 1851 he lived in Fredonia. From 1853 to 1855 he served as Special County Surrogate Office of the Provincial Council in Chautauqua County. Politically, he was a member of the American Party, which was also known under the name of Know-Nothing Party.

In the congressional elections of 1854 Edwards was the 33rd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Reuben Fenton on March 4, 1855. In 1856, he was not confirmed. He resigned on February 28, 1857, four days before the official end of the legislature, of his mandate back. His time in Congress was marked by the events leading up to the Civil War.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Francis Edwards practiced law in Dunkirk. For nine years he was the legal representative of the city. In 1892 he gave up the legal profession. Since 1895 until shortly before his death, he served as police judge. He died on 20 May 1899 in Dunkirk.