Caldwell Edwards (January 8, 1841 – July 23, 1922) was a

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from

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. Born in

Sag Harbor, New York Sag Harbor is an incorporated village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on eastern Long Island. The village developed as a working port on Gardiner's Bay. The population was 2,772 at the ...

, Edwards was educated in the district schools. He worked as a salesman and bookkeeper in dry-goods stores for several years. He moved to

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, in 1864 and became engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as a member of the

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from 1901 to 1905. Edwards was elected as a

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to the Fifty-seventh Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902. At the expiration of his term Edwards returned to his ranch. He later returned to Sag Harbor, where he lived in retirement. He died at his Sag Harbor home on July 23, 1922, after suffering a stroke. Edwards was interred in Oakland Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Caldwell 1841 births 1922 deaths People from Montana Territory People from Sag Harbor, New York People's Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Montana Members of the Montana House of Representatives Politicians from Bozeman, Montana