George W. Edmonds

George Washington Edmonds (February 22, 1864 – September 28, 1939) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1925 and from 1933 to 1935. He founded the Black Diamond Coal Company and the Warner Shuster Company which became a part of the George W. Newton Coal Company.

Early life and education George W. Edmonds was born February 22, 1864, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He attended Central High School in Philadelphia and graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1887.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924 and entered the wholesale coal and lumber business. Later he was elected manager of the Port of Philadelphia Ocean Traffic Bureau in September 1927 and served until 1933. He was again elected to Congress in 1932 for one term. He then resumed the wholesale coal business in Philadelphia. and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.