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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.
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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 Southern Methodist College in [[McRae, Georgia]], served on the Savannah Harbor Commission from 1920 until 1924 and was director of the Atlantic Deep Waterways Association.
=== 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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