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'''Charles Gordon Edwards''' (July 2, 1878 – July 13, 1931) was a [[United States|U.S.]] [[political figure]] from the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].

 

Edwards was born in [[Daisy, Georgia|Daisy]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] in 1878 and attended the [[Gordon College (Georgia)|Gordon Institute]] in [[Barnesville, Georgia]] and Florida State College in [[Lake City, Florida|Lake City]] (now the [[University of Florida]]). He then studied law at the [[University of Georgia School of Law]], was a member of the [[Phi Kappa Literary Society]] and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Laws]] ([[LL.B.]]) degree in 1898, gained admission to the state bar and began the practice of law in [[Reidsville, Georgia]].

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.