James Barker Edmonds
James Barker Edmonds | |
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Joseph R. West | |
Succeeded by | William Benning Webb |
Member of the Board of Commissioners of Washington, D.C. | |
In office March 8, 1883 – January 1, 1886 | |
President | Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland |
Preceded by | Thomas Phillips Morgan |
Succeeded by | Samuel Edwin Wheatley |
Personal details | |
Born | Saratoga County, New York, U.S. | May 20, 1832
Died | December 29, 1900 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 68)
Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Profession | Attorney, Politician |
James Barker Edmonds (May 20, 1832 – December 29, 1900) was president of the board of commissioners for the District of Columbia, United States, from 1883 to 1886.
Edmonds was born in
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
Democratic commissioner and he served as President of the commission. Edmonds served as president 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."[1]
Edmonds died at his home on K Street in Washington on December 29, 1900, at the age of sixty-nine and was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Washington, DC
was named in his honor in 1903. It closed in the 1970s and was occupied at various times by a credit union, the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, the Associates for Renewal in Education and a daycare center. In 2014 it became a condominium known as the Edmonds School.
Sources
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~iabiog/iastbios/ih1885/ih1885-e.htm - Contains Edmonds' obituary from The Washington Post.