Given the question: Facts: - death place: los angeles , california - order: 9th & 16th - successor: frank p. frary louis j. wilde - party: democratic - death date: january 16 , 1938 - predecessor: david c. reed charles f. o'neall - office: mayor of san diego - term end: mdy 1901 5 6 mdy 1917 5 7 - birth date: december 23 , 1860 - term start: mdy 1899 5 1 mdy 1915 5 3 - name: edwin m. capps - image: edwin m capps.jpg - birth place: knoxville , tennessee Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edwin m. capps .
The answer is:
edwin m. capps -lrb- december 23 , 1860 -- january 16 , 1938 -rrb- was an american democratic politician from california .