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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaCharles Gordon EDWARDS
(1878-1931)
EDWARDS, Charles Gordon, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Daisy, Tattnall (now Evans)
County, Ga., July 2, 1878; attended the public schools, Gordon
Institute, Barnesville, Ga., and Florida State College at Lake
City; was graduated from the law department of the University of
Georgia at Athens in 1898; was admitted to the bar the same year
and commenced practice in Reidsville; moved to Savannah in 1900 and
continued the practice of law; also interested in agricultural
pursuits; served as a sergeant in the Savannah Volunteer Guards,
Company B, Coast Artillery, in 1902 and 1903 and as a second
lieutenant in the Oglethorpe Light Infantry of the First Georgia
Regiment of Infantry in 1903 and 1904; elected as a Democrat to the
Sixtieth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March
3, 1917); did not seek reelection in 1916; resumed the practice of
law in Savannah, Ga.; president of the Savannah Board of Trade in
1919 and 1920; trustee of the Southern Methodist College, McRae,
Ga.; member of the Harbor Commission of Savannah, Ga., 1920-1924;
elected to the Sixty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses
and served from March 4, 1925, until his death in Atlanta, Ga.,
July 13, 1931; interment in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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