William Donlon Edwards, (born January 6, 1915) known as Don, is an American politician of the Democratic Party, formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives from California. Jump to: navigation, search January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Democratic Party, founded in 1792, is the second-oldest political party in the world (after the Tories of the United Kingdom). ... Jump to: navigation, search Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

Born in San Jose, California, he attended the public schools there, graduating from San Jose High Academy, before earning a B.A. from Stanford University in 1936; he then attended Stanford Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1940. Edwards was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1940-1941, when he joined the United States Navy as a naval intelligence and gunnery officer during World War II. He was the president of Valley Title Company, of Santa Clara County from 1951 to 1975, and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1964 and 1968. City nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... San Jose High Academy (SJHA) is the second oldest high school in California and was founded in 1863. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts three or four years. ... For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stanford Law School is a graduate school of Stanford University located in Stanford, California in the Silicon Valley. ... The California State Bar Association is Californias statewide organization responsible for overseeing the admission of lawyers to the practice of law in that state. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Official FBI Seal The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... Location of Santa Clara County within California. ...

Edwards was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1995). He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1988 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Alcee Lamar Hastings, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and again in 1989 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Walter L. Nixon, judge of the United States District Court for the District Court of Mississippi. Edwards was the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights for 23 years. He was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in the south end of San Francisco Bay is named in his honor. San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary in which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ...

Resources

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• American Bar Association Human Rights Magazine biography