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'''Edwin Washington Edwards''' (born 1927) is a retired [[Louisiana]] politician who served four nonconsecutive terms as the governor of his state. His tenure extend from 1972 to 1980, 1984 to 1988, and 1992 to 1996.
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Edwin Washington Edwards
|office=50th [[Governor]] of [[Louisiana]]
|term_start=January 13, 1992
|term_end=January 8, 1996
|predecessor=[[Buddy Roemer]]
|successor=[[Mike Foster|Murphy J. Foster, Jr.]]
|term_start1 = March 12, 1984
|term_end1 = March 14, 1988
|predecessor1=[[David C. Treen]]
|successor1=[[Buddy Roemer]]
|term_start2=May 9, 1972
|term_end2=March 10, 1980
|predecessor2=[[John J. McKeithen]]
|successor2=David C. Treen
|office3=[[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's former 7th congressional district
|term_start3=October 2, 1965
|term_end3=May 9, 1972
|predecessor3=Theo Ashton Thompson
|successor3=[[John Breaux]]
|birth_date=August 7, 1927
|birth_place=Marksville, Louisiana
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|spouse=(1) Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards (married 1949-1989, divorced)<br> (2) Candace Picou Edwards (married 1994-2004, divorced)<br>(3)
Trina Grimes Scott Edwards (since 2011)
|children=Anna<br>Victoria<br>Stephen<br>David<br>Eli
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University<br>
LSU Law School
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|occupation=[[Lawyer]]<br>
[[United States Navy]] in [[World War II]]
}}
'''Edwin Washington Edwards''' (born August 7, 1927) is a retired [[Louisiana]] politician who served four nonconsecutive terms as the [[governor]] of his state from 1972 to 1980, 1984 to 1988, and 1992 to 1996.
In his first election as governor in 1971-1972, Edwards defeated then state Senator [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], of [[Shreveport]] in the [[Democratic Party]] runoff election and then [[Republican]] [[David C. Treen]] in the [[general election]]. In 1975, Edwards won a second term in the first of the state's nonpartisan blanket primary elections, a procedure which he had initiated in a bid to thwart the growth of the Republican Party in his state. Treen won the 1979 election for governor in a crowded field when Edwards could not seek a third consecutive term, but Edwards staged a major comeback in 1983 and handily unseated Treen. In each of his elections, Edwards enjoyed strong support from the [[African American]] community.
In his first election as governor in 1971-1972, Edwards defeated then state Senator [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], of [[Shreveport]] in the [[Democratic Party]] runoff election and then [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[David C. Treen]] in the [[general election]]. In 1975, Edwards won a second term in the first of the state's nonpartisan blanket primary elections, a procedure which he had initiated in a bid to thwart the growth of the Republican Party in his state. Treen won the 1979 election for governor in a crowded field when Edwards could not seek a third consecutive term, but Edwards staged a major comeback in 1983 and handily unseated Treen. In each of his elections, Edwards enjoyed strong support from the [[African American]] community.
Edwards withdrew from a gubernatorial runoff in 1987, and the leading candidate that year, [[Buddy Roemer]] of [[Bossier City]], became governor without a majority of the vote. In 1991, Edwards won his fourth term by defeating then State Representative [[David Duke]], then of Jefferson Parish, a former member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] who ran as a Republican but without state party backing. Duke had edged Roemer out of contention in the 1991 primary election. In the Duke-Edwards contest, even Edwards' old interparty rival, Treen, endorsed Edwards.
Edwards withdrew from a gubernatorial runoff in 1987, and the leading candidate that year, [[Buddy Roemer]] of [[Bossier City]], became governor without a majority of the vote. In 1991, Edwards won his fourth term by defeating then State Representative [[David Duke]], then of Jefferson Parish, a former member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] who ran as a Republican but without state party backing. Duke had edged Roemer out of contention in the 1991 primary election. In the Duke-Edwards contest, even Edwards' old interparty rival, Treen, endorsed Edwards.