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Edward Odom

Born 1853

United States

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Edward Odom (born 1853) was an American politician and barber. He was first elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1872. His 1874 election as a legislator from Barbour County, and that of fellow state representatives Adam Gachet and A. E. Williams, were overturned in the house.

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