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Edwin Washington Edwards (August 7, 1927 – July 12, 2021) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988, and 1992–1996), twice as many ...
Jul 12, 2021 · Edwin W. Edwards, the only four-term governor in Louisiana’s history, a swashbuckling rogue who charmed voters with his escapades and survived a score of grand jury investigations and...
Jul 12, 2021 · Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, a Democrat who served four terms as governor and nearly 10 years in federal prison for extortion, conspiracy and racketeering, has died at age 93.
Jul 12, 2021 · Edwin Washington Edwards was a child of the Depression and credited Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for preventing his family from starving at the time. Fluent...
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Jul 12, 2021 · Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards has died. A family spokesman says the high-living four-term governor who served Louisiana through boom times and financial woes died Monday morning of respiratory problems.
Jul 12, 2021 · Edwin Edwards, roguish Louisiana governor, dies at 93. By Emily Heil. July 12, 2021 at 9:38 a.m. EDT. Former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards in 2014. (Bill Feig/AP) In Louisiana, a state...
Jul 12, 2021 · The four-term governor, who reshaped Louisiana's oil revenues and dominated the state's politics for decades, died at 93. He was convicted of taking payoffs from riverboat casino interests in 2000 and served eight years in federal prison.
