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'''Charles Gordon Edwards''' (July 2, 1878 – July 13, 1931) was an American lawyer and [[political figure]] from the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], serving a total of 8 terms over two separate stints in the [[United States House of Representatives | U.S. House of Representatives]] between 1907 and 1931.
==Early years and education==
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After moving to [[Savannah, Georgia]] in 1900, Edwards joined the Savannah Volunteer Guards, Company B, Coast Artillery, and served as a sergeant in 1902 and 1903 and as a second lieutenant in the Oglethorpe Light Infantry of the First Georgia Regiment of Infantry in 1903 and 1904.
==Political career ==
In 1906, Edwards was elected to the [[60th United States Congress]] as a [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] and served four additional terms in that seat until declining to run for re-election in 1916.
==Legal career and return to office==
After his initial congressional service, Edwards returned to Savannah to practice law. He also served as president of the Savannah Board of Trade in 1919 and 1920, trustee of
=== Second stint in Congress ===
Edwards returned to the U.S. Congress as a Representative in the [[69th United States Congress|69th Congress]] and served three additional terms until his 1931 death from a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] while still in office.
He was buried in Savannah's [[Bonaventure Cemetery]].
==See also==
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[[Category:People from Reidsville, Georgia]]
[[Category:Politicians from Savannah, Georgia]]
[[Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)]]
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