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Prior to being governor, Edwards had been a member of the city council in Crowley in Acadia Parish in south Louisiana. He then served briefly in the Louisiana State Senate until he won a special election in 1965 for a seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]], in which he served until his initial inauguration as governor.

Prior to being governor, Edwards had been a member of the city council in Crowley in Acadia Parish in south Louisiana. He then served briefly in the Louisiana State Senate until he won a special election in 1965 for a seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]], in which he served until his initial inauguration as governor.

A native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish in south central Louisiana, Edwards served time in federal prison after his tenure as governor ended. Edwards was found guilty on seventeen of twenty-six counts in relation to the location of a prison in La Salle Parish. The convictions were for including racketeering, extortion, money laundering, mail fraud and wire fraud; Stephen Edwards, his son from his first marriage to Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards (born 1929), was convicted on eighteen counts. Elaine Edwards had served from July to November 1972 by her husband's appointment as an interim U.S. senator.

A native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish in south central Louisiana, Edwards served time in federal prison after his tenure as governor ended. Edwards was found guilty on seventeen of twenty-six counts in relation to the location of a prison in La Salle Parish. The convictions included [[racketeering]], [[extortion]], [[money laundering]], [[mail fraud]] and wire fraud; Stephen Edwards, his son from his first marriage to Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards (born 1929), was convicted on eighteen counts. Elaine Edwards had served from July to November 1972 by her husband's appointment as an interim U.S. senator.

Known for his arrogant, flamboyant persona, Edwards was released from prison in 2011. He soon married his third wife, the former Trina Grimes Scott, who had been his prison pen pal and at the age of thirty-two in 2012 is young enough to be his granddaughter.

Known for his arrogant, flamboyant persona, Edwards was released from prison in 2011. He soon married his third wife, the former Trina Grimes Scott, who had been his prison pen pal and at the age of thirty-two in 2012 is young enough to be his granddaughter.