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==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 William Long (1923-1985) of Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded; 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}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</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 William Long (1923-1985) of Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded; 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 Edwin Lanier, that Ware was for all practical purposes "running" the city police department and undercutting the mayor's position.<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.}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=deathofware/>
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 Edwin Lanier, that Ware was for all practical purposes "running" the city police department and undercutting the mayor's position.<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.}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=deathofware/>