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|name=Edwin Oswald "Ed" Ware, III
|name=Edwin Oswald "Ed" Ware, III
==Legal and political life==
==Legal and political life==
Ware obtained his legal credentials in 1951 from the LSU Center in Baton Rouge. He was affiliated with Lambda Chi Alpha.<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Edwin O. Ware, III", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), pp. 674-675.</ref> His law school classmates included other later Alexandria political figures [[U.S. Representative]] [[Gillis Long]] of Louisiana's since disbanded 8th congressional district; 9th Judicial District Judge [[Guy Humphries]], state Representative Lloyd George Teekell (1922-1996),<ref name=yearbook/> and Ware's law partner and assistant DA, [[Gus Voltz|Gus Voltz, Jr.]].<ref name=voltz>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thetowntalk.com/article/20080829/OBITUARIES/80828035/Gus-Voltz-Jr-|title=Gus Voltz, Jr.|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=August 28, 2008|accessdate=May 26, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref> Also in the class were later state Representatives George Burnham Holstead (1924-2002) of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and Risley C. Triche (1927-2012) of Napoleonville, in Assumption Parish.<ref name=yearbook>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/lsu/1951/Page_127.html|title=Louisiana State University ''Gumbo'' yearbook, 1951|publisher=E-yearbook.com|accessdate=July 3, 2013}}</ref>
Ware obtained his legal credentials in 1951 from the LSU Center in Baton Rouge. He was affiliated with Lambda Chi Alpha.<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Edwin O. Ware, III", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), pp. 674-675.</ref> His law school classmates included other later Alexandria political figures [[U.S. Representative]] [[Gillis Long]] of Louisiana's since disbanded 8th congressional district; 9th Judicial District Judge [[Guy Humphries]], state Representative Lloyd George Teekell (1922-1996),<ref name=yearbook/> and Ware's law partner and assistant DA, [[Gus Voltz|Gus Voltz, Jr.]]<ref name=voltz>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thetowntalk.com/article/20080829/OBITUARIES/80828035/Gus-Voltz-Jr-|title=Gus Voltz, Jr.|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=August 28, 2008|accessdate=May 26, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref> Also in the class were later state Representatives George Burnham Holstead (1924-2002) of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and Risley C. Triche (1927-2012) of Napoleonville, in Assumption Parish.<ref name=yearbook>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/lsu/1951/Page_127.html|title=Louisiana State University ''Gumbo'' yearbook, 1951|publisher=E-yearbook.com|accessdate=July 3, 2013}}</ref>
Ware and Voltz established their long-term practice, Voltz and Ware, in downtown Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.martindale.com/Edwin-O-Ware-III/587820-lawyer.htm|title=Edwin O. Ware, III|publisher=martindale.com|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> From 1955 to 1957, he was an assistant district attorney for Rapides Parish. He was elected three times as DA in 1966, 1972, and 1978.<ref name=whoswho/> Voltz was his first assistant DA during all of those years. In his capacity as DA, Ware was frequently involved in high-profile legal cases. In 1969, he was the [[defendant]] in ''Snyder v. Ware, et al.'', in which later Alexandria [[Mayor]] [[John K. Snyder]] sued regarding a criminal [[defamation]] charge brought against him.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://leagle.com/decision/1970649314FSupp335_1584.xml/SNYDER%20v.%20WARE|title=John K. Snyder v. Edwin O. Ware, III|publisher=Leagle.com|date=October 13, 1970|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> In the spring of 1977, Ware felt compelled to deny a charge by Mayor Snyder, who was then seeking reelection in his failed campaign against [[Carroll Lanier]], that Ware was for all practical purposes "running" the city police department and undercutting the mayor's position.<ref name=deathofware/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120418/OPINION/204180319/From-past|title=From the Past|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=April 18, 1977|accessdate=May 26, 2015; no longer on-line.}}</ref>
Ware and Voltz established their long-term practice, Voltz and Ware, in downtown Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.martindale.com/Edwin-O-Ware-III/587820-lawyer.htm|title=Edwin O. Ware, III|publisher=martindale.com|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> From 1955 to 1957, he was an assistant district attorney for Rapides Parish. He was elected three times as DA in 1966, 1972, and 1978.<ref name=whoswho/> Voltz was his first assistant DA during all of those years. In his capacity as DA, Ware was frequently involved in high-profile legal cases. In 1969, he was the [[defendant]] in ''Snyder v. Ware, et al.'', in which later Alexandria [[Mayor]] [[John K. Snyder]] sued regarding a criminal [[defamation]] charge brought against him.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://leagle.com/decision/1970649314FSupp335_1584.xml/SNYDER%20v.%20WARE|title=John K. Snyder v. Edwin O. Ware, III|publisher=Leagle.com|date=October 13, 1970|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> In the spring of 1977, Ware felt compelled to deny a charge by Mayor Snyder, who was then seeking reelection in his failed campaign against [[Carroll Lanier]], that Ware was for all practical purposes "running" the city police department and undercutting the mayor's position.<ref name=deathofware/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120418/OPINION/204180319/From-past|title=From the Past|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=April 18, 1977|accessdate=May 26, 2015; no longer on-line.}}</ref>