Horace Hall Edwards was an American

United States

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 politician, who was mayor of Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

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, and a candidate for governor in 1949.

Edwards was born in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Isle of Wight County, Virginia

As of the census of 2010, there were 35,270 people, 11,319 households, and 8,670 families residing in the county. The population density was 94 people per square mile . There were 12,066 housing units at an average density of 38 per square mile...

. After graduating from the University of Richmond

University of Richmond

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, he set up a law practice in Richmond. From 1946 to 1948 Edwards served as mayor of Richmond, the last one who served as chief executive officer of Richmond under the city's bicameral system of government before a charter change transitioned the city to a council-manager form of government.

Edwards chaired the Democratic Party's State Central Committee from 1940 to 1948. He entered a four-candidate race for the 1949 Democratic nomination for governor. Edwards proposed a 2 percent sales tax to finance improvements to public education. In the Democratic primary Edwards finished third with only 15 percent of the vote.

Edwards is buried in Hollywood Cemetery.