Edwin Edwards in 1974 with rock and roll ... President George Bush has a light moment with Gov. Edwin Edwards while U.S. House Rep. Billy Tauzin looks on. Mr. Bush was ... Eli Wallace Edwards.

Louisiana’s 50th governor, Edwin Washington Edwards, was born on Aug. 7, 1927, and passed from this world on July 12, 2021. He was one month shy of his 94th birthday.

Edwin Edwards, the most charismatic and confounding Louisiana politician in the past 50 years, makes certain he gets the last word in his new authorized biography, writing a 16-page epilogue from ...

Edwin Edwards, the longest-serving governor in Louisiana history, has passed away at the age of 93. His tenure as governor in the 1970s ended with a huge boom to the state’s oil and gas industry.

Eli Wallace Edwards, 7-years-old, is the late governor’s fifth child. The Edwards’ would’ve been married ten years on July 29. Mrs. Edwards added, “His last words were to Eli.

Four-term Louisiana governor and rascally populist Edwin Edwards died at 93 after surviving federal prison and many ups and downs. His great triumph was saving Louisiana from being governed by ...