Weldon Nathaniel Edwards

Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (January 25, 1788 – December 18, 1873) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Gaston, North Carolina, January 25, 1788; attended Warrenton Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Warrenton, North Carolina; member of the State house of representatives in 1814 and 1815; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Nathaniel Macon; reelected as a Republican to the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Congresses, elected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress; and served from February 7, 1816, to March 3, 1827; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Eighteenth Congress), Committee on Public Expenditures (Nineteenth Congress); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1826; returned to his plantation; member of the State senate 1833-1844; member of the State constitutional convention in 1835; again elected to the State senate in 1850 and chosen its speaker; president of the State secession convention in 1861; died in Warren County, North Carolina, December 18, 1873; interment in a private cemetery at his home, “Poplar Mount,” about twelve miles from Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina.

See also

• Fourteenth United States Congress
• Fifteenth United States Congress
• Sixteenth United States Congress
• Seventeenth United States Congress
• Eighteenth United States Congress
• Nineteenth United States Congress

External links

• U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry
• North Carolina Historical Marker

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Nathaniel Macon	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 6th congressional district 1816–1827	Succeeded by Daniel Turner