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EDWARDS, Weldon Nathaniel, politician, born in Warren County, N. C., in 1788; died there, 18 December 1873. He received an academical education, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1810 and settled at Warrenton, N.C. He was a member of the state House of Commons in 1814'15, and was then elected as a democrat to congress, and reelected five times, serving from 7 February 1816, to 3 March 1827. He was chosen to the state senate in 1833, successively reelected until 1844, and again elected in 1850, when he was chosen president of that body. He was a member of the North Carolina constitutional convention in 1835, and president of the State convention that passed the ordinance of secession in 1861.
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