Charles Gordon Edwards

Charles Gordon Edwards

Charles Gordon Edwards (born July 2, 1878 in Daisy , Evans County , Georgia , †  July 13, 1931 in Atlanta , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1931 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

Charles Edwards attended public schools in his home country including the Gordon Institute in Barnesville . He then graduated from Florida State College in Lake City . After completing a law degree at the University of Georgia in Athens and being admitted to the bar in 1898, he began working in his new profession in Reidsville . In 1900 he moved his residence and law firm to Savannah . There he also worked in agriculture. Between 1902 and 1904 Edwards was a member of the Savannah militia, where he made it to lieutenant.

Politically, Edwards was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1906 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded James W. Overstreet on March 4, 1907 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1917 . The 16th and 17th amendments to the Constitution were discussed and passed there in 1913 . It was about the federal income tax law and the direct election of US senators .

In 1916 Edwards declined to run for Congress again. In the following years he practiced again as a lawyer in Savannah. In 1919 and 1920 he was president of the city's trade committee. He was also the curator of Southern Methodist College , McRae . Between 1920 and 1924, Edwards was a member of his hometown port commission. In the 1924 election , Charles Edwards returned to the federal stage by being re-elected to Congress in the First District of Georgia. There he replaced Robert Lee Moore on March 4, 1925 . After three re-elections, he could remain in the US House of Representatives until his death on July 13, 1931. Since 1929, the work of the Congress has also been overshadowed by the Great Depression. Charles Edwards died of a heart attack and was buried in Savannah. After a by-election, his mandate fell to Homer C. Parker .

Web links

• Charles Gordon Edwards in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles Gordon Edwards in the database of Find a Grave (English)