Edwin edwards biography

Profiled more times by 60 Minutes than any other governor in history, Edwin Edwards did not run from controversy, he embraced it.  The quickest mind in politics, drafted once to run for president, elected governor four times, and friend of nearly every president since John Kennedy, as Louisiana’s fortunes dropped, however, so did those of the Cajun Prince.  Author Leo Honeycutt has painstakingly recreated the Edwards years and especially his 2000 trial.  Was Edwards guilty of corruption or merely arrogance?  Honeycutt clears the air with facts, only to expose what really changed Louisiana and is changing America.

One wonders if Edwin Edwards were the CEO of a business how he would fare today. After being crushed in the 2014 election to represent Louisiana's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, it looked as if his days as a politician might be over. However, as a C

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Edwin Edwards (artist)

British painter, engraver and lawyer

For other people with the same name, see Edwin Edwards (disambiguation).

Edwin Edwards (6 January 1823 – 15 September 1879) was a British landscape painter, etcher and lawyer.^[1]

Life and work

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Edwin Edwards was born in Framlingham, Suffolk in 1823 the son of a Norfolk squire.^[2] He trained as a lawyer and held the legal post of the King's Proctor and Examiner of the Courts of Civil lag and the High Court of Admiralty courts until 1861, when at the age of 38 he retired from the yrke and devoted himself to art.^[3] In 1847, Edwards published A treatise on the jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England.^[4]

Edwards was inspired to become an etcher by the French artist Henri Fantin-Latour, whom he first met in Paris in 1861. Fantin-Latour made a return visit to Edwards at his Sunbury-on-Thames home and legend has it Edwards decided to become a

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Edwin Edwards

American politician (1927–2021)

For other people with the same name, see Edwin Edwards (disambiguation).

Edwin Edwards
Edwards in 1986
In office January 13, 1992 – January 8, 1996
Lieutenant	Melinda Schwegmann
Preceded by	Buddy Roemer
Succeeded by	Mike Foster
In office March 12, 1984 – March 14, 1988
Lieutenant	Robert Louis Freeman Sr.
Preceded by	Dave Treen
Succeeded by	Buddy Roemer
In office May 9, 1972 – March 10, 1980
Lieutenant	Jimmy Fitzmorris
Preceded by	John McKeithen
Succeeded by	Dave Treen
In office April 14, 1980 – December 1, 1980
In office October 2, 1965 – May 9, 1972
Preceded by	Ashton Thompson
Succeeded by	John Breaux
In office May 12, 1964 – October 2, 1965
Preceded by	Bill Cleveland
Succeeded by	Howard A. Duncan
Born	Edwin Washington Edwards (1927-08-07)August 7, 1927 Avoyelles Parish, Louisia