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Edwin Edwards (other)
Edwin Edwards (1927–2021) was the 50th governor of Louisiana. Edwin Edwards may also refer to: *Edwin Edwards (artist) (1823–1879), British painter, engraver and lawyer *Edwin Edwards (New Zealand politician) (1862–1909), English-born New Zealand businessman and local politician *Edwin Edwards (organist) (1830–1907), British academic and organist *Eddie Edwards (musician) Edwin Branford "Eddie" Edwards (May 22, 1891 – April 9, 1963) was an early jazz trombonist who was a member of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. Life and career A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Edwards started on violin at age 10 and mo ... (1891–1963, Edwin Branford Edwards), American jazz trombonist See also * Eddie Edwards (other) * Edward Edwards (other) {{hndis, Edwards, Edwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Edwards
Edwin Washington Edwards (August 7, 1927 – July 12, 2021) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the U.S. representative for from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988, and 1992–1996), twice as many elected terms as any other Louisiana chief executive. He served a total of 16 years in gubernatorial office, which at 5,784 days is the sixth-longest such tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history. An influential figure in Louisiana politics, Edwards, who was dubbed the "very last of the line of New Deal Southern Democrats", was long dogged by charges of corruption. In 2001, he was found guilty of racketeering charges and sentenced to ten years in federal prison. Edwards began serving his sentence in October 2002 in Fort Worth, Texas, and was later transferred to the federal facility in Oakdale, Louisiana. He was released from federal prison in January 2011, having served eight years. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Edwards (artist)
Edwin Edwards (6 January 1823 – 15 September 1879) was a British landscape painter, etcher and lawyer. Life and work Edwin Edwards was born in Framlingham, Suffolk in 1823 the son of a Norfolk squire. He trained as a lawyer and held the legal post of the King's Proctor and Examiner of the Courts of Civil Law and the High Court of Admiralty courts until 1861, when at the age of 38 he retired from the profession and devoted himself to art. In 1847, Edwards published ''A treatise on the jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England''. Edwards was inspired to become an etcher by the French artist Henri Fantin-Latour, whom he first met in Paris in 1861. Fantin-Latour made a return visit to Edwards at his Sunbury-on-Thames home and legend has it Edwards decided to become an artist that instant. Edwards went on to become a successful landscape painter and etcher, based in Sunbury and London. His subjects were mainly views in the south of England, especially Devon an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Edwards (New Zealand Politician)
Edwin Edwards (5 April 1862 – 31 May 1909) was a New Zealand businessman, local politician, newspaper proprietor and editor, balladeer. He was born in Camberwell, Surrey, England on 5 April 1862. He unsuccessfully contested the electorate in the against Alfred Cadman Sir Alfred Jerome Cadman (17 June 1847 – 23 March 1905) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. He was the Minister of Railways from 1895 to 1899 in the Liberal Government. Early life Cadman was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1847. .... References 1862 births 1909 deaths New Zealand businesspeople New Zealand writers People from Camberwell Unsuccessful candidates in the 1896 New Zealand general election British emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century New Zealand politicians {{NewZealand-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Edwards (organist)
Edwin Edwards (1830–1907) FRCO (Fellow of the Royal College of Organists), was from 1867 until 1886 the Director of Music and Organist at Rugby School. Born in Street, Somerset in 1830. Before taking up the post at Rugby, Edwards was organist to the Duke of Buccleuch in Dalkeith Dalkeith ( ; gd, Dail Cheith, IPA: ˆt̪alˈçe is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River Esk. It was granted a burgh of barony in 1401 and a burgh of regality in 1540. The settlement of Dalkeith grew southwestwards from its 12th-cent .... He is most widely remembered for his psalm chant in F (''Parish Psalter'' 69, Psalm 25, ''Ad te, Domine, levavi''). But Edwards, who was Editor of the ''Rugby School Hymn Book'', also published music for the organ including a ''March in G'' (1881), a one-movement Sonata in E minor (''Sonata da Chiesa''), which appeared in ''The Organist's Quarterly Journal'' Part 62, in 1884., and an ''Introduction and Fugue in C'', first appearing in ''The Organist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Edwards (musician)
Edwin Branford "Eddie" Edwards (May 22, 1891 – April 9, 1963) was an early jazz trombonist who was a member of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. Life and career A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Edwards started on violin at age 10 and moved to trombone five years later. He played both instruments professionally with the bands of Papa Jack Laine and Ernest Giardina. In addition to music Edwards played minor-league baseball and worked as an electrician. In 1916 he was picked by Alcide Nunez to go to Chicago, Illinois, to play trombone with Johnny Stein's Jazz Band. With a few changes of personnel this band became the Original Dixieland Jazz Band which made the first jazz records in 1917. He played on one of the first commercially released jazz recordings, "Livery Stable Blues", later released as "Barnyard Blues". He left the band after being drafted into the United States Army. The band replaced him with Emile Christian. Edwards served in the Army from July 1918 to Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Edwards (other)
Eddie Edwards may refer to: * Eddie Edwards (American football) (born 1954), American football player *Eddie Edwards (musician) (1899–1963), American jazz trombonist * Eddie Edwards (tennis) (born 1956), South African tennis player *" Eddie the Eagle" Edwards (born 1963), real name Michael Edwards, British ski jumper * Eddie Edwards (wrestler) (born 1983), American professional wrestler *Eddie Edwards (born 1968), American civil servant; see 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire#eddie_edwards See also *Ed Edwards, advertising executive and filmmaker * Edward Edwards (other) *Edwin Edwards (other) Edwin Edwards (1927–2021) was the 50th governor of Louisiana. Edwin Edwards may also refer to: *Edwin Edwards (artist) (1823–1879), British painter, engraver and lawyer *Edwin Edwards (New Zealand politician) (1862–1909), English-born New Zea ... * List of people with reduplicated names {{hndis, Edwards, Eddie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
