John S. Edwards (Virginia)
| John S. Edwards | |
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| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 21st district |
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Assumed office January 10, 1996 |
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| Preceded by | J. Brandon Bell |
| United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia | |
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In office January 29, 1980 – January 1981 |
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| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | E. Montgomery Tucker |
| Succeeded by | John P. Alderman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
John Saul Edwards October 6, 1943 Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Cathye Dabney |
| Residence | Roanoke, Virginia |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University (A.B.) University of Virginia (J.D.) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Committees | Commerce and Labor; Courts of Justice; Education and Health; Privileges and Elections; Rules |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Years of service | 1971–1973 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Judge Advocate Division |
John Saul Edwards (born October 6, 1943) is an American politician and lawyer. He is a member of the Senate of Virginia, representing the 21st district.
Edwards graduated from Patrick Henry High School in 1962, where he was President of the Student Government Association, a state champion pole vaulter, and voted by his classmates as “most likely to succeed.” In 1992, he was inducted into the school’s Sports Hall of Fame.
He graduated from Princeton University (A.B., 1966, cum laude), where he majored in History and was a pole vaulter on the track team.
He then attended the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York on a Rockefeller Brothers Theological Fellowship (1966–67) but withdrew to attend law school.
Edwards graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D. 1970), where he was a member of the Law Review and elected to Omicron Delta Kappa and the Raven Society. He served as Vice-Chairman of the University Judiciary Committee and as assistant to Professor Antonin Scalia, later justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Edwards served in the United States Marine Corps from 1971 to 1973 as a Judge Advocate General, attaining the rank of Captain. He volunteered for the Far East and served with the First Marine Aircraft Wing in Japan and Okinawa and later with the Second Marine Division at Camp LeJeune, NC.
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