Everything about James Barker Edmonds totally explained
James Barker Edmonds (
1832 -
1900) was
president of the board of commissioners for the District of Columbia, USA, from
1883 to
1886.
Edmonds was born
May 20,
1832, in
Saratoga County, New York. He began the study of the law early, and was only 21 when he was admitted to the
New York State bar in 1853 and entered practice. Three years later, in
1856, Edmonds relocated to
Iowa City,
Iowa, then the capital of the state, where he opened a law partnership with Charles T. Ransom and grew the firm into one of the most prestigious and wealthy in the
Midwest.
Edmonds successfully practiced law in Iowa for 19 years, but in
1875 his poor health force him to relocate to
Washington, D.C., where he settled into a retirement from the legal practice but remained a sought-after consultant for other attorneys in the city.
When former
Louisiana Senator Joseph Rodman West resigned from the presidency of the D.C. Board of Commissioners in 1883 (although West remained the board's
Republican commissioner until 1885),
President Chester A. Arthur nominated Edmonds to serve as the board's
Democratic commissioner and its chair. Edmonds served as chair of the commission from
March 3,
1883 to
April 1,
1886, at which time both his presidency and his term as a commissioner expired. President
Grover Cleveland offered him reappointment, but Edmonds turned it down. According to the
Washington Post, "Mr. Edmonds was one of the most efficient and popular officials of those who have presided over the affairs of the district, and his refusal to accept a renomination for office was greatly regretted."
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Edmonds died at his home on
K Street in Washington on
December 29,
1900, at the age of sixty-nine.
Sources
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iabiog/iastbios/ih1885/ih1885-e.htm - Contains Edmonds' obituary from the
Washington Post.
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