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John Cummins Edwards

US Democrat politician, Missouri (1804-1888)
Person human Q1699696

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
June 24, 1804, June 24, 1806[2][10]
Date of death
October 14, 1888, September 17, 1888[4][11]
Place of birth
Frankfort
Place of death
Stockton
Country of citizenship
United States[13]
Occupation
politician, lawyer, judge, governor, jurist, mayor[5][6][7][8][9][14]
Position held
member of the United States House of Representatives, member of the Missouri House of Representatives, Governor of Missouri, Secretary of State of Missouri[15][16][17][18]
Member of political party
Democratic Party[20]
Work location
Jefferson City, Washington, D.C.[23][24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Family name
Edwards[21]
Given name
John[22]
Name in native language
John Cummins Edwards
Place of burial
Stockton Rural Cemetery[12]
Social classification
slave owner
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 20
VIAF cluster ID
305130281, 130514271
Library of Congress authority ID
nr92034169
GND ID
1201375584
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John Cummins Edwards.jpg ↗
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02267718
FAST ID
310872
Find a Grave memorial ID
7117633
Freebase ID
/m/07tcl5
Geni.com profile ID
6000000016543897395
McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID
E/edwards-john
National Governors Association biography URL
www.nga.org
Open Library ID
OL4877797A
Show all 20 identifiers +8
Our Campaigns candidate ID
76715
Prabook ID
1063830
SNAC ARK ID
w6f203b8
US Congress Bio ID
E000076
United States House of Representatives ID
12692
WikiTree person ID
Edwards-10699
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjHf8VvGFrqfT4pyqBgKd
Yale LUX ID
person/4e0ca45e-5538-4a8a-bfb1-1097b9686a09

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
lawyer, politician, judge
Work location 2
Washington, D.C., Jefferson City
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Edwards
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of political party 1
Democratic Party
Place of birth 1
Frankfort
Place of death 1
Stockton
Position held 1
member of the United States House of Representatives
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Born in Frankfort[1], he… he was born on June 24, 1804[2]. He passed away in Stockton[3]. He died on October 14, 1888[4]. He worked as a politician[5], lawyer[6], judge[7], governor[8], and jurist[9].

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Career and Affiliations

Positions held include member of the United States House of Representatives[15], an elective office[25], in United States[26]; member of the Missouri House of Representatives[16]; Governor of Missouri[17], a governor[27], in United States[28], founded in 1820[29]; and Secretary of State of Missouri[18].

FAQs

Where was John Cummins Edwards born?

John Cummins Edwards's place of birth was Frankfort[1].

Where did John Cummins Edwards die?

John Cummins Edwards died in Stockton[3].

What did John Cummins Edwards do for work?

John Cummins Edwards worked as politician[5], lawyer[6], judge[7], governor[8], and jurist[9].

Related Entities

Jefferson City lawyer United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  17. [2] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [4] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'de', 'en', 'he', 'sv']
    Date of death → +1888-10-14T00:00:00Z, +1888-09-17T00:00:00Z
    Date of birth → +1804-06-24T00:00:00Z, +1806-06-24T00:00:00Z
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  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → politician, lawyer, judge +3
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