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Charles Gordon Edwards (July 2, 1878 – July 13, 1931) was an American lawyer and
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from the state of
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, serving a total of 8 terms over two separate stints in the
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between 1907 and 1931.


Early years and education

Edwards was born in Daisy,
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in 1878 and attended the Gordon Institute in
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and Florida State College in
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(now the
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). He then studied law at the
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, was a member of the
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and graduated with a
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(
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) degree in 1898, gained admission to the state bar and began the practice of law in
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. After moving to
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in 1900, Edwards joined the Savannah Volunteer Guards, Company B, Coast Artillery, and served as a sergeant in 1902 and 1903 and as a second lieutenant in the Oglethorpe Light Infantry of the First Georgia Regiment of Infantry in 1903 and 1904.


Political career

In 1906, Edwards was elected to the
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as a Democratic member of the
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and served four additional terms in that seat until declining to run for re-election in 1916.


Legal career and return to office

After his initial congressional service, Edwards returned to Savannah to practice law. He also served as president of the Savannah Board of Trade in 1919 and 1920, trustee of Southern Methodist College in
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, served on the Savannah Harbor Commission from 1920 until 1924 and was director of the Atlantic Deep Waterways Association.


Second stint in Congress

Edwards returned to the U.S. Congress as a Representative in the 69th Congress and served three additional terms until his 1931 death from a
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in
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while still in office. He was buried in Savannah's
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.


See also

*
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References


''History of the University of Georgia'', Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949, pp.1748-1749
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