Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (January 25, 1788 – December 18, 1873) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina (1816 – 1827).

Edwards served from February 7, 1816, to March 3, 1827 in the United States House of Representatives.

He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1826 and chose to return to his plantation instead.

Edwards was reelected to the State senate in 1850 and chosen its speaker.

Edwards died in Warren County, North Carolinaon December 18, 1873 interred in a private cemetery at his home, "Poplar Mount," about twelve miles from Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina.