William Edmond

William Edmond ( born September 28, 1755 in Woodbury, Connecticut; † August 1, 1838 in Newton, Connecticut ) was an American politician. Between 1797 and 1801 he represented the state of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Edmond attended the public schools of his home and then to 1778 the Yale College. During the Revolutionary War, he was at times a soldier in the Continental Army. After studying law and its made ​​in 1780 admitted to the bar he began in Newton to work in his new profession.

Politically, he joined, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party. Between 1791 and 1797, as well as in the years 1801 and 1802, he was a member of the House of Connecticut. From 1797 to 1799 he was also in the state Senate. After the death of Congressman James Davenport, who was the first seat of Connecticut until then, Edmond was elected in 1797 when made ​​necessary by-election as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives. After a re-election at the regular congressional elections of 1798 he was able to remain between 13 November 1797 and 3 March 1801 Congress. In 1800, Edmond opted not to run again. But he was still in office when in November 1800, the Congress for the first time in the new federal capital, Washington DC met.

After the end of his time in Congress, William Edmond again worked as a lawyer in Newton. Between 1805 and 1819 he was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of his State. After he retired from public office. But he continued to work as a private lawyer. Edmond died on 1 August 1838 in Newton and was also buried there. He was first with Elizabeth Chandler (1765-1795) and then with Elizabeth Payne (1765-1833) married and had at least six children.