Elaine Edwards

Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards (March 8, 1929 – May 14, 2018) was a former United States Senator from Louisiana. She was a member of the Democratic Party. Edwards was the wife of Edwin Edwards, the former Governor of Louisiana. They were married from 1949 until they divorced in 1989.Manuscripts, Volumes 31-32, Manuscript Society, New York (1979), p. 279 She was a Senator for three and a half months during 1972.Matthew Andrew Wasniewski; et al., Women in Congress, 1917-2006 (Washington: Government printing office, 2006), p. 467 Edwards was born in Marksville, Louisiana.

Edwards died on May 14, 2018 at her daughter's home in Denham Springs, Louisiana of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the age of 89.Elaine Edwards. Louisiana former first lady, dies at 89:report

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Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Category:United States senators from Louisiana
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Category:1929 births
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