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Henry Waggaman Edwards

Henry W. Edwards

American politician (1779–1847)

Henry W. Edwards


27th & 29th Governor of Connecticut
In office May 1, 1833 – May 7, 1834
Lieutenant	Ebenezer Stoddard
Preceded by	John S. Peters
Succeeded by	Samuel A. Foot
In office May 6, 1835 – May 2, 1838
Lieutenant	Ebenezer Stoddard
Preceded by	Samuel A. Foot
Succeeded by	William W. Ellsworth
United States Senator from Connecticut
In office October 8, 1823 – March 3, 1827
Preceded by	Elijah Boardman
Succeeded by	Samuel A. Foot
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's at-large district
In office March 4, 1819 – October 8, 1823
Preceded by	Sylvester Gilbert
Succeeded by	Noyes Barber
Member of the Connecticut Senate
In office 1828-1829

Personal details
Born	Henry Waggaman Edwards October 1779 (1779-10) New Haven, Connecticut
Died	July 22, 1847(1847-07-22) (aged 67) New Haven, Connecticut
Resting place	Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Party	Democratic
Spouse	Lydia Miller
Alma mater	Princeton, Litchfield Law School
Profession	lawyer, politician

Henry Waggaman Edwards (October 1779 – July 22, 1847) was an American lawyer, a Democrat, and the 27th and 29th governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut (1833–1834, 1835–1838). He previously served in both the U.S. Senate (1823 to 1827) and the U.S. House of Representatives (1819 to 1823). He had a cousin to Aaron Burr (1756–1836), the third vice president of the United States.

Biography

Edwards was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Judge Pierpont Edwards and Frances Ogden. He graduated from Princeton University in 1797, and earned a law degree from the Litchfield Law School. He married Lydia Miller on October 4, 1801,^[1] and they had seven children.

Career

Edwards became a lawyer, was active in Democratic politics, and was the United States representative from Connecticut at-large from 1819 to 1823.

U.S. Senator

He was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Elijah Boardman as a United States Senator and served from Connecticut from 1823 to 1827.^[2]

Other offices

He served as a member of Connecticut Senate at-large from 1828 to 1829. member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Haven, in 1830, and the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1830.^[3] He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1832, but was deprived of the office by a divided Assembly.^[4]

Governor

Elected in 1833, Edwards served as Governor of Connecticut from May 1, 1833, to May 7, 1834. Unsuccessful in his bid for the office in 1834, he was returned to office in 1835 and re-elected two more times, serving again from May 6, 1835, to May 2, 1838. During his tenure, a discriminatory education law was enacted, the railroad expanded, and the state funded a geological survey in 1835.

Later years

When he did not win the Democratic party's nomination in 1838, he retired from public service.^[5]

Death

Edwards died on July 22, 1847, in New Haven, Connecticut, and is interred at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.^[6]

References

↑ "Henry W. Edwards". Litchfield Historical Society. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
↑ "Henry W. Edwards". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
↑ "Henry W. Edwards". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
↑ "Henry W. Edwards". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
↑ "Henry W. Edwards". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
↑ "The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the Year 1847". 1846.

External links

Henry W. Edwards at Find a Grave
United States Congress. "Henry W. Edwards (id: E000070)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
The Political Graveyard
National Governors Association
Litchfield Historical Society

Party political offices

Preceded by

Calvin Willey

Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut
1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837

Succeeded by

Seth P. Beers

U.S. House of Representatives

Preceded by

Sylvester Gilbert

U.S. Representative from Connecticut
(at large)
March 4, 1819 – October 8, 1823

Succeeded by

Noyes Barber

U.S. Senate

Preceded by

Elijah Boardman

U.S. Senator from Connecticut
(class 1)
October 8, 1823 – March 3, 1827

Succeeded by

Samuel A. Foot

Political offices

Preceded by

John S. Peters

Governor of Connecticut
1833–1834

Succeeded by

Samuel A. Foot

Preceded by

Samuel A. Foot

Governor of Connecticut
1835–1838

Succeeded by

William W. Ellsworth

v t e United States senators from Connecticut
Class 1	Ellsworth Hillhouse Dana Boardman Edwards Foot N. Smith Niles Betts Huntington R. S. Baldwin Toucey Dixon Buckingham Eaton Hawley Bulkeley McLean Walcott Maloney Hart R. E. Baldwin Benton Purtell T. J. Dodd Weicker Lieberman Murphy
Class 3	Johnson Sherman Mitchell Trumbull Tracy Goodrich Daggett Lanman Willey Tomlinson P. Smith Niles T. Smith Gillette Foster Ferry English Barnum Platt Brandegee Bingham Lonergan Danaher McMahon Purtell Bush Ribicoff C. Dodd Blumenthal

v t e Governors of Connecticut
Trumbull Sr. M. Griswold Huntington Wolcott Sr. Trumbull Jr. Treadwell R. Griswold Smith Wolcott Jr. Tomlinson Peters Edwards Foot Edwards Ellsworth Cleveland R. S. Baldwin Toucey Bissell J. Trumbull Seymour Pond Dutton Minor Holley Buckingham Hawley English Jewell English Jewell Ingersoll Hubbard Andrews Bigelow Waller Harrison P. Lounsbury Bulkeley Morris Coffin Cooke G. Lounsbury McLean Chamberlain Roberts Woodruff Lilley Weeks S. Baldwin Holcomb Lake Templeton Bingham J. H. Trumbull Cross R. E. Baldwin Hurley R. E. Baldwin Snow McConaughy Shannon Bowles Lodge Ribicoff Dempsey Meskill Grasso O'Neill Weicker Rowland Rell Malloy Lamont

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat
National	United States
People	US Congress
Other	SNAC Yale LUX

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