Don Edwards

For other people named Don Edwards, see Don Edwards (disambiguation).

Don Edwards
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th, 10th, and 16th district
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1995
Succeeded by	Zoe Lofgren
Personal details
Born	January 6, 1915 (1915-01-06) (age 96) San Jose, California
Political party	Democratic

William Donlon Edwards (born January 6, 1915) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives from California.

Biography

Born in San Jose, California, he attended the public schools in the city, graduating from San Jose High Academy, before earning a B.A. from Stanford University in 1936, where he was member of the Stanford golf team. Edwards then attended Stanford Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1940. Edwards was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1940 to 1941, when he joined the United States Navy as a naval intelligence and gunnery officer during World War II. He was the president of Valley Title Company of Santa Clara County from 1951 to 1975, and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1964 and 1968.

Edwards was elected as a Democrat to the 88th from the 10th Congressional District (later redistricted to the 16th Congressional District) and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963–January 3, 1995). He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1988 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Alcee Hastings, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and again in 1989 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Walter Nixon, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Edwards was the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights for 23 years. He was not a candidate for reelection to the 104th Congress.

Don Edwards was married to Edith Wilkie Edwards until her death.

Honor

The Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in the south end of San Francisco Bay is named in his honor.

See also

Biography portal

• Don Edwards Congressional Papers

External links

• Don Edwards at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• American Bar Association Human Rights Magazine biography
• Voting record maintained by the Washington Post
• Spartacus Educational Biography

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by J. Arthur Younger	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th congressional district 1963–1975	Succeeded by Pete Stark
Preceded by Charles S. Gubser	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 10th congressional district 1975–1993	Succeeded by William P. Baker
Preceded by Leon Panetta	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 16th congressional district 1993–1995	Succeeded by Zoe Lofgren

Persondata
Name	Edwards, Don
Alternative names	Edwards, William Donlon
Short description	Politician
Date of birth	January 6, 1915
Place of birth	San Jose, California
Date of death
Place of death