William Edmond (September 28, 1755 – August 1, 1838) was a

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from

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. He was born in

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and attended the common schools. He graduated from

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in 1778. He then served in the Revolutionary Army during the

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. He studied

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and was admitted to the bar in 1780 and commenced practice in Newtown, Connecticut. Edmond was member of the

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1791–1797, 1801, and 1802. He also served in the

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1797–1799. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Davenport and was reelected to the Sixth Congress and served from November 13, 1797, to March 3, 1801. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1800 and resumed the practice of law in Newtown. He served as an associate judge of the

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1805–1819. He retired to private life and continued the practice of law. He died in Newtown,

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on August 1, 1838 and was buried in Newtown Village Cemetery with his two wives, Elizabeth J. Chandler and Elizabeth Payne, and his children Mary E., Elizabeth, Sarah, William Payne, Ann M. and Robert Edmond Edmond, M.D. His obituary from the Daily National Intelligencer (DC), Sep. 22, 1838, p. 3 reads, "DEATHS. At Newtown, Conn. Hon. WILLIAM EDMONDS, aged 83 years. The deceased was engaged in the Revolutionary war, in which he was wounded: he was admitted to the bar in 1780 : in 1798 he was elected a Representative in Congress, was re-elected in 1800, and at the commencement of the second session of that Congress he resigned his seat and returned to the practice of his profession, in which he continued with marked success until 1805, when he was elected one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. He continued to hold this office until the adoption of the Constitution of his State. The number of Judges was then reduced from nine to five, and the deceased, with several other members of the Court, retired to private life."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edmond, William 1755 births 1838 deaths Members of the Connecticut General Assembly Council of Assistants (1662–1818) People of Connecticut in the American Revolution Yale College alumni Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut People from Woodbury, Connecticut People from Newtown, Connecticut Justices of the Connecticut Supreme Court