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WILLIAM D. EDWARDS
Originally published in 1900 |
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WILLIAM D. EDWARDS, a leading lawyer of Jersey City, was born
in Greenpoint, Long Island, N.Y., December 17, 1855. In 1860 he removed
with his parents to Jersey City, the family settling in that part known as
Lafayette. Mr. Edwards received his rudimentary education in the Jersey
City public schools and in 1867 entered Hasbrouck Institute, where he
was prepared for college. In 1871 he entered the University of the City of
New York, from which he was graduated with honor in 1875. Immediately
afterward he became a student at the Columbia College Law School, New
York City, and was graduated from that institution with the degree of
LL.B. in 1878. During the three years which he spent at the law school
lie was also a student in the office of William Brinkerhoff, of Jersey City.
He was admitted to the bar of New Jersey as an attorney in June, 1878, and
in 1879 formed a partnership with Hamilton Wallis, under the firm name
of Wallis & Edwards. William G. Bumsted was admitted to the firm in
1888, and since then it has continued tinder the style of Wallis, Edwards
Bumsted.
Mr. Edwards has been for twenty years one of the active and influential leaders of the Democratic party of Hudson County, and in various official capacities has displayed great executive ability and political sagacity. He was Secretary of the Hudson County Democratic Committee in 1879, Chairman of that organization in 1880 and 1881, and in the latter year was elected Corporation Attorney of Bayonne, which office he held for five years. In 1886 he was elected State Senator front Hudson County to succeed William Brinkerhoff, and during his senatorial term framed the bill which gave Jersey City its new charter. He was appointed Corporation Counsel of Jersey City in 1889, and filled that responsible position with marked energy and ability until the spring of 1894. In 1889 he was unanimously nominated by the Democratic party for a second term as State Senator, but declined the honor, preferring to devote his attention wholly to professional work. Air. Edwards is one of the ablest members of the Hudson County bar, and since his admission to practice has maintained a high standing among his associates.
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