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Benjamin Edwards (Maryland)

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Name
  
Benjamin Edwards

Died
  
November 13, 1829


Party
  
Pro-Administration Party

Benjamin Edwards (Maryland)

Role
  
Former United States Representative

Previous office
  
Representative (MD 3rd District) 1795–1795

Member of congress start date
  
January 2, 1795

Benjamin Edwards (August 12, 1753 – November 13, 1829) was an American merchant and political leader from Montgomery County, Maryland. He represented the third district of Maryland for a very short time in the United States House of Representatives in 1795 after Uriah Forrest resigned.

Benjamin's son, Ninian Edwards, would later serve as Governor and U.S. Senator for Illinois.

Late in life, Edwards migrated westward to the new settlement of Elkton in Todd County, Kentucky. Here, he built a new house, named Edwards Hall, in 1821. The house remained in Edwards' family after his death; here his daughter Emily bore Edwards' grandson Benjamin Helm Bristow. Still standing, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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Benjamin Edwards (Maryland) Wikipedia