William Edwards (Wisconsin politician)

William Henry Samuel Edwards (May 14, 1861 –August 16, 1944) was an American educator, farmer, and Republican politician from Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He served four years in the Wisconsin Senate and 14 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography
Edwards was born in Lisbon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He graduated from what is now Carroll University.

Career
Edwards was elected to the Senate in 1930. Previously, he had been a member of the Assembly from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1925 to 1929. Additionally, he was clerk of Sussex, Wisconsin, as well as chairman of the board of supervisors of Waukesha County.

He died in his home in Sussex, aged 83.