Samuel Edwards

Samuel Edwards
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 4th district
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1827
Preceded by	James S. Mitchell
Succeeded by	See below
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st district
In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823
Preceded by	See below
Succeeded by	Samuel Breck
Personal details
Born	March 12, 1785 Chester Township, Pennsylvania
Died	November 21, 1850 (aged 65) Chester, Pennsylvania
Political party	Federalist Jacksonian Federalist Jacksonian

Samuel "Faith" Edwards (March 12, 1785 – November 21, 1850) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Samuel Edwards was born in Chester Township, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1806 and commenced practice in Chester. He served in the War of 1812, and was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1814 to 1816.

Edwards was elected as Federalist to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, elected as a Jackson Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Navy during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses. He resumed the practice of his profession in Chester and served as inspector of customs from 1838 to 1842. He died in Chester in 1850. Interment in Chester Rural Cemetery.

Sources

• Samuel Edwards at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard