Edwin Edwards

Edwin Washington Edwards was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms, twice as many elected terms as any other Louisiana chief executive. He served a total of almost 16 years in gubernatorial office, which at 5,784 days is the sixth-longest such tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history.

7 August 1927

Born on the same birth date (7 August 1927): Art Houtteman • Rocky Bridges

Born on the same birth day (7 August): Alonso de Ercilla • Danny Graves • Eddie Firmani • Kenny Ireland • Kyler Murray • Nicholas Ray • Rocky Bridges • Russell Baze • Sándor Simó

Born in the same month (August 1927): Allan Kaprow • Althea Gibson • Anjali Devi • Art Houtteman • Daniel Keyes • Eddie Leadbeater • F. Ray Keyser Jr. • Geoffrey Beene • Harry Markowitz • Jimmy Martin • John Boardman (art historian) • Maia Wojciechowska • Martial Solal • Oliver Popplewell • Porter Wagoner • Robert Shaw (actor) • Rocky Bridges • Sam Butera • Stuart Rosenberg • Thomas S. Monson