* Edwin Washington Edwards, former Governor of Louisiana, USA

Garfield sent a telegram to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton alerting Washington to the need for reinforcements to avoid annihilation.

The government in Washington, D. C., refused to approve Sherman's terms and the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, denounced Sherman publicly, precipitating a long-lasting feud between the two men.

File: Frederic Edwin Church-Niagara Falls-WGA04867. jpg | Frederic Edwin Church, Niagara Falls, 1857, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

American Minister Edwin H. Conger cabled Washington, “ the whole country is swarming with hungry, discontented, hopeless idlers .” On 30 May the diplomats, led by British Minister Claude Maxwell MacDonald, requested that foreign soldiers come to Beijing to defend the legations.

Edwin Forrest played a plantation black in 1823, and George Washington Dixon was already building his stage career around blackface in 1828, but it was another white comic actor, Thomas D. Rice, who truly popularized blackface.

* Edwin Washington Edwards, four term governor of Louisiana.

* William Denis Brown, III ( 1931-2012 ), state senator who was floor leader for Governor Edwin Washington Edwards from 1972 to 1976, was reared north of Lake Providence and later practiced law in Monroe.

His death paved the way for Edwin Washington Edwards to assume Louisiana's 7th congressional district seat.

Edwin H. Armstrong installed an FM-broadcasting station on the top of Mount Washington in 1937.

The play was first produced by Arena Stage in Washington, D. C. and debuted on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on October 3, 1968 for a run of 546 performances, directed by Edwin Sherin with James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander in the lead roles.

Edwin Thompson Jaynes ( Waterloo, Iowa, July 5, 1922 – St. Louis, Missouri, April 30, 1998 ) was Wayman Crow Distinguished Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis.

* McElheny, Victor K. ( 1999 ) Edwin Herbert Land: May 7, 1909-March 1, 1991 National Academy Press, Washington, D. C., ISBN 0-309-06644-1

Among the organizers of the League were Charles E. Roemer, II ( 1923-2012 ), of Bossier Parish, later the commissioner of administration for eight years under Governor Edwin Washington Edwards and the father of Governor Buddy Roemer.

Image: Frederic Edwin Church Aurora Borealis. jpg | Frederic Edwin Church, Aurora Borealis, 1865, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D. C.

As a result, the blackface " Sambo " character came to supplant the " tall-tale-telling Yankee " and " frontiersman " character-types in popularity, and white actors such as Charles Mathews, George Washington Dixon, and Edwin Forrest began to build reputations as blackface performers.

Alexander had been acting regularly in various regional theaters when she met producer / director Edwin Sherin in Washington, D. C., where he was Artistic Director at Arena Stage.

Her family moved to Washington, D. C. in 1939 when Edwin was appointed to a position in the United States Department of Agriculture ; moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1942 when he was appointed as branch manager of the Office of Price Administration ; and later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Governor Edwin Washington Edwards signed what became Act 734 of 1975, and a re-dedication ceremony was held in which he and Johnson planted a tree.

He served briefly in Washington, where his opinions clashed with newly appointed Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton on tactics and Union command organization for the Shenandoah Valley campaign against Stonewall Jackson, and Stanton became one of Rosecrans's most vocal critics.

In June 1866, Mallory visited Washington, where he called on many of his old friends and political adversaries, including President Johnson and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who received him cordially.

Edwin Washington Edwards was born in rural Avoyelles Parish, near Marksville.

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's as well as vocalists such as Edwin Starr, David Ruffin and Dennis Edwards from The Temptations, and Michael Jackson, who, throughout his career, cited Brown as his ultimate idol.

** Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke wins a spot in the runoff election for governor of Louisiana, ultimately losing to Edwin Edwards.

Many prominent Republicans endorsed his Democratic opponent Edwin Edwards.

In 2008, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band classic " Ostrich Walk ", written by Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, and Larry Shields, in a performance by Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer, was included on the soundtrack to the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

* Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards, first wife of Edwin Edwards and appointed U. S. Senator from August-November 1972

After Earl Long's death, John McKeithen and Edwin Edwards appeared as heirs to the Long tradition.

" Following the growth of industrial corporations in the area, the town finally became a city in 1977 following a proclamation by Governor Edwin Edwards.

* Raymond LaBorde-Mayor of Marksville ( 1958 – 1970 ), state representative ( 1972 – 1992 ), Edwin Edwards ' commissioner of administration ( 1992 – 1996 )

were these made possible under Edwin Edwards ' riverboat gambling initiatives?

* Plaquemine was the birthplace of the State of Louisiana's first Secretary of Labor, Joseph R. Gerace, who was appointed by Governor Edwin Edwards.

Dwight had eight sons: Timothy Dwight ( 1778 – 1844 ), a New Haven merchant and philanthropist ; Benjamin Woolsey Dwight ( 1780 – 1850 ), a New York physician ; educator and theologian ; twins James Dwight ( 1784 – 1863 ) and John Dwight ( 1784 – 1803 ); Sereno Edwards Dwight ( 1786 – 1850 ); clergyman William Theodore Dwight ( 1795 – 1865 ); Henry Edwin Dwight ( 1797 – 1832 ); and one who died young.

Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields

* " Clarinet Marmalade " m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields

* " Fidgety Feet " m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields

Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Sbarbaro & Larry Shields

* " Ostrich Walk " m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields

* " Tiger Rag " w. Harry De Costa m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Sbarbaro, Henry Ragas & Larry Shields

Sam & Dave released the rare single " Hold on, Edwin's Coming " in 1982 to support Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards ' third run for Governor.