J. Wiley Edmands

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John Wiley Edmands
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by	James H. Duncan
Succeeded by	William S. Damrell
Personal details
Born	March 1, 1809 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	January 31, 1877(1877-01-31) (aged 67) Newton, Massachusetts
Political party	Whig, Republican

John Wiley Edmands (March 1, 1809 – January 31, 1877) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

Edmands was born in Boston on March 1, 1809. He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from English High School of Boston. He became interested in woolen mills in Dedham and the Pacific Mills Company in Lawrence.

Edmands was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854, and returned to Pacific Mills and served as its treasurer. Edmands was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1868.

He died in Newton on January 31, 1877. His interment was in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

Following Benjamin Bussey's 1842 death, his woolen mill was sold in November 1843 to Edmands, who was then one of the partners in the company that served as the mill's selling agent, Amos & Abbot Lawrence.^[1] The land was purchased for $30,000 while the machinery, the stock, and materials were sold for more than $45,000.^[1] In 1850, he sold half of the company, which he renamed Maverick Woolen Mill, to Gardner Colby.^[1]

• Neiswander, Judith (2024). Mother Brook and the Mills of East Dedham. Damianos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-941573-66-2.

• United States Congress. "J. Wiley Edmands (id: E000050)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• J. Wiley Edmands at Find a Grave

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