Don Calvin Edwards was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Kentucky

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Born in Moulton, Iowa

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, Edwards moved to Erie, Kansas

Erie, Kansas

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, with his parents in 1869.
He attended the common schools of Iowa and Kansas, and Campbell University

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, Holton, Kansas

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He engaged in banking and in the insurance business in Erie, Kansas

Erie, Kansas

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, in 1883.
He moved to London, Kentucky

London, Kentucky

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, in 1892 and engaged in the manufacture of staves and in the wholesale lumber business.
He served as president of the National Bank of London, Kentucky

London, Kentucky

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He served as clerk and master commissioner of Denver Broncos the Laurel circuit court from 1898 to 1904.
He served as chairman of the Kentucky State Republican convention in 1908.

Edwards was elected as a Republican

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 to the Fifty-ninth

59th United States Congress

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, Sixtieth

60th United States Congress

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, and Sixty-first

61st United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Sixty-first Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second

62nd United States Congress

- House of Representatives :* Democratic : 230 * Republican : 162* Socialist : 1* Independent : 1TOTAL members: 394-Senate:* President: James S...

 Congress.
He resumed the lumber and banking business in London, Kentucky

London, Kentucky

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He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth

66th United States Congress

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 Congress.
He died in London, Kentucky

London, Kentucky

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, September 19, 1938.
He was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery.