| EDWARDS (Soundex
E363)
— See also
EDWARD,
EDWARDE,
EDWARDSEN,
EDWARE,
EDWAY,
HARVEY-EDWARDS,
SEWARDS,
SOWARDS,
SUMTER-EDWARDS,
TREDWAY,
WARDSWORTH,
WOODWARD.
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Edwards, G. Kent —
Alaska
state attorney general, 1968-70; U.S.
Attorney for Alaska, 1971-77.
Still living as of 1977.
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Edwards, G. W. —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Mayor
of Texarkana, Tex., 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, George —
of St. Petersburg, Hillsborough County (now Pinellas
County), Fla.
Mayor
of St. Petersburg, Fla., 1903-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, George C. (b.
1940) —
of Michigan.
Born in 1940.
Democrat. Member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1969-84.
Still living as of 1984.
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Edwards, George C. (born
c.1948) —
of Grantsville, Garrett
County, Md.
Born about 1948.
Republican. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 1-A; elected 1998; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Edwards, George Clifton, Jr.
(1914-1995) —
also known as George Edwards —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August
6, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1949; probate judge in Michigan, 1951-54; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-56; appointed 1954; resigned
1956; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1956-62; appointed 1956; resigned
1962; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1963-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
American
Judicature Society.
Died in 1995
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1957-58 |
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Edwards, George E. —
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 2020.
Still living as of 2020.
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Edwards, George H.
(1860-1941) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in 1860.
Mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1916-18.
Died in 1941
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Edwards, George H.
(1911-1980) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., February
13, 1911.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-78 (Wayne County 11th
District 1955-64, 12th District 1965-72, 9th District 1973-78).
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in 1980
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, George K. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, George P. —
of Collinsville, Canton, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Canton; elected 1898;
postmaster at Collinsville,
Conn., 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, George W. —
of Clinton, Vermillion
County, Ind.
Democrat. Postmaster at Clinton,
Ind., 1885-89.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, George W. —
of North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from North Stonington, 1891-92.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Grace I. —
of New Hartford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Hartford; elected 1920.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Greg —
Republican. Candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
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Edwards, Guerney —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, H. D. —
of Fairfield
County, S.C.
Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Fairfield
County, 1868.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, H. E. —
of Berrien Springs, Berrien
County, Mich.
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1947.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Hale See Mrs.
J. Hale Edwards |
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Edwards, Mrs. Harold —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1944.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Harold —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Edwards, Harold C. —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1944,
1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Harold M. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1977-81.
Still living as of 1981.
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Edwards, Harry —
of Dixon, Lee
County, Ill.
Circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit, 1925.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Harry C. —
of Columbia
County, Wis.
Progressive. Candidate for Wisconsin
state assembly from Columbia County, 1938.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Harry Stillwell
(1855-1938) —
also known as Harry S. Edwards —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April
23, 1855.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; author;
postmaster at Macon,
Ga., 1900-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1904;
Proleague Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1920.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., October
22, 1938 (age 83 years, 182
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Edwards, Harry Thomas (b.
1940) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1940.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1980-.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 1991.
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Edwards, Harvey —
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas.
Still living as of 2008.
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Edwards, Heard M. —
of Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Mayor
of Fort Myers, Fla., 1952-55.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Henry E. —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Republican. Postmaster at Jackson,
Mich., 1898-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Henry M. —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Henry Waggaman
(1779-1847) —
also known as Henry W. Edwards —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1819-23; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1823-27; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1828-29; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1830; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1830; Governor of
Connecticut, 1833-34, 1835-38.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 22,
1847 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Frances (Ogden) Edwards and Pierpont
Edwards; married to Lydia Miller; third great-grandson of Thomas
Willett; first cousin of Aaron
Burr and Theodore
Dwight; second cousin of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; second cousin once removed of Theodore
Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Evert
Harris Kittell; second cousin five times removed of Arthur
Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge; third cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge and Simeon
Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, John
Appleton, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Joseph
Pomeroy Root and Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, George
Landon Ingraham, Simeon
Harrison Rollinson, Charles
Dunsmore Millard and Blanche
M. Woodward; fourth cousin of Noah
Phelps, John
Condit and Hezekiah
Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Silas
Condit, Elisha
Phelps, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Stephen
Whitaker Fullerton, Jairus
Case, John
Leslie Russell, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case. |
| | | Political families: Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders
family of New Hampshire; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Herbert Threlkeld See India
Edwards |
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Edwards, Homer M. —
of Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Horace Hall (b.
1902) —
also known as Horace H. Edwards —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Isle of Wight, Isle of
Wight County, Va., August
21, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1934-38; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1940-48; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1944;
mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1946-48; Richmond city manager, 1954.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Delta
Theta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Edwards and Helen Hope (Hall) Edwards; married, December
22, 1927, to Mary Olive Lynch. |
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Edwards, Hugh C. —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, I. F. —
of Dixon, Lee
County, Ill.
Mayor
of Dixon, Ill., 1904-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Idella —
of Woodbine, Cape May
County, N.J.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1988.
Female.
Still living as of 1988.
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Edwards, India
(c.1896-1990) —
also known as India Gillespie; India Moffett; Mrs.
Herbert Threlkeld Edwards —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.; Greenbrae, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1896.
Democrat. Society editor, Chicago Tribune newspaper,
1918-36; woman's page editor, 1936-42; executive director, Women's
Division, Democratic National Committee; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948 ;
Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1950-56.
Female.
Died, in Fircrest Convalescent
Hospital, Sebastopol, Sonoma
County, Calif., January
14, 1990 (age about 94
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John A. Gillespie and India H. (Thomas) Gillespie;
married, March 6,
1920, to John F. Moffett; married, June 19,
1942, to Herbert Threlkeld Edwards; mother of John Holbrook
Moffett. |
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Edwards, Ira —
of Holley, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1888-89.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Isaiah —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Washington, 1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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