Dave Edwards

Politician

1938 – 2013

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Who was Dave Edwards?

David Richard Edwards was an American politician and retired United States Navy officer.

Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Edwards graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He flew more than two hundred combat missions during the Vietnam War.

Edwards moved to Douglas in 1993 and was soon elected to the city council there and then as a commissioner of Converse County. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives as the Representative for District 6 as a Republican.

Edwards tendered his letter of resignation on January 6, 2012 to the Converse County Commission after diagnosis for Alzheimer's disease. He officially stepped down February 1. He suffered a stroke on December 26, 2012 and died ten days later, eight days short of his 75th birthday.

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Born
Jan 13, 1938
Cheyenne
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Naval Postgraduate School
Died
Jan 5, 2013
Douglas

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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