John Edwards

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(October 24, 1805 — April 8, 1894) Edwards was a lawyer and American politician. John Edwards was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky and moved to Indiana after studying law and passing the bar. In his life, Edwards lived in Indiana, California, Iowa, and Arkansas. He served in many public offices in multiple states, including member of the Indiana State House of Representatives and Senate, member of the Iowa constitutional convention, member of the Iowa State House of Representatives, and Alcalde in California. He was elected as a Liberal Republican to the Forty-Second Congress and served only one year before he was succeeded by Thomas Boles, who contested his election. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000072]

Member of Arkansas Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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