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John Wiley Edmands was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He 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 Co. in Lawrence. Edmands was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4 1853-March 3 1855).