Don Edwards
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 16th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Leon Panetta |
| Succeeded by | Zoe Lofgren |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 10th district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Charles S. Gubser |
| Succeeded by | William P. Baker |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th district |
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In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975 |
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| Preceded by | J. Arthur Younger |
| Succeeded by | Pete Stark |
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William Donlon Edwards January 6, 1915 San Jose, California, U.S. |
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October 1, 2015 (aged 100) Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Edith Wilkie Edwards (m. 1981; d. 2011) |
| Alma mater |
Stanford University Stanford Law School |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
William Donlon "Don" Edwards (January 6, 1915 – October 1, 2015) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California.
Edwards was born in San Jose, California. He attended the public schools in the city, graduating from San Jose High School, before earning a B.A. from Stanford University in 1936, where he was member of the Stanford golf team. Edwards 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 to 1941, when he joined the United States Navy as a naval intelligence and gunnery officer during World War II. In 1950, he was elected president of the California Young Republicans. But he had switched parties by the time he was first elected to the House in 1962. 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.
Edwards was elected as a member of the Democratic Party to the 88th from the 10th Congressional District (later redistricted to the 16th Congressional District) and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1995). In his first year in the House, Edwards voted to abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee. Edwards was involved in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Edwards was a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the investigation of the Watergate scandal. Edwards opposed the U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War, the invasion of Panama, and the Persian Gulf War.
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