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'''Elaine Lucille Schwartzenburg  Edwards''' (March 8, 1929 – May 14, 2018) was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who served in 1972 as an interim [[United States Senator]] for her native [[Louisiana]]. She was appointed to the vacancy created by the death of [[Allen Ellender]] by her then husband, [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. She was the longest serving First Lady of Louisiana for twelve non-consecutive years from 1972 to 1980 and again from 1984 to 1988. In her later years, she was a small fashion businesswoman and a soap opera actress in [[New York City]].  

'''Elaine Lucille Schwartzenburg  Edwards''' (March 8, 1929 – May 14, 2018) was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who served in 1972 as an interim [[United States Senator]] for her native [[Louisiana]]. She was appointed to the vacancy created by the death of [[Allen Ellender]] by her then husband, [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. She was the longest serving First Lady of Louisiana for twelve non-consecutive years from 1972 to 1980 and again from 1984 to 1988. In her later years, she was a small fashion businesswoman and a soap opera actress in [[New York City]].  

Originally from Marksville in Avoyelles Parish in south central Louisiana, Mrs. Edwards was a daughter of Errol Leo Schwartzenburg  (1909-1999) and the former Myrl Dupuy (1907-2001).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83021563|title=Errol Leo Schwartzenburg|date=January 6, 2012|publisher=FindAGrave|accessdate=May 15, 2018</ref> She had two brothers, Frank Charles Schwartzenberg (1928-2013), who relocated to Marshalltown, [[Iowa]], and a younger sibling, Ralph Schwatzenberg (born 1936).

Originally from Marksville in Avoyelles Parish in south central Louisiana, Mrs. Edwards was a daughter of Errol Leo Schwartzenburg  (1909-1999) and the former Myrl Dupuy (1907-2001).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83021563|title=Errol Leo Schwartzenburg|date=January 6, 2012|publisher=FindAGrave|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> She had two brothers, Frank Charles Schwartzenberg (1928-2013), who relocated to Marshalltown, [[Iowa]], and a younger sibling, Ralph Schwatzenberg (born 1936).

She wed Edwin Edwards in 1949 but found too late that she disliked her husband's commitment to "the fishbowl of politics": "All I wanted to do was get married and have babies and keep house," she said in 1984. The Edwardses divorced in 1989;<ref name=obit/> he remarried twice, but she remained single thereafter.

She wed Edwin Edwards in 1949 but found too late that she disliked her husband's commitment to "the fishbowl of politics": "All I wanted to do was get married and have babies and keep house," she said in 1984. The Edwardses divorced in 1989;<ref name=obit/> he remarried twice, but she remained single thereafter.