Mickey Edwards

Mickey Edwards
Edwards on A Conversation With... (2013)
Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee
In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993
Leader	Bob Michel
Preceded by	Jerry Lewis
Succeeded by	Henry Hyde
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th district
In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by	John Jarman
Succeeded by	Ernest Istook
Personal details
Born	(1937-07-12) July 12, 1937 (age 79) Cleveland, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth A. Sherman
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City University School of Law
Religion	Judaism

Marvin Henry "Mickey" Edwards (born July 12, 1937) is a former Republican congressman who served Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 1977 to 1993.

Edwards was a founding trustee of the Heritage Foundation and national chairman of the American Conservative Union. He taught at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Law School and was a regular commentator for NPR's All Things Considered.

Edwards was born July 12, 1937, in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma in 1958 and a J.D. from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1969, and was admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 1970. Edwards served as a newspaper reporter and editor from 1958 to 1963, engaged in advertising and public relations from 1963 to 1968 and was a magazine editor from 1968 to 1973. From 1973 to 1974 he served as a legislative assistant for the Republican Steering Committee in Washington, D.C., and he was an instructor in law and journalism at Oklahoma City University in 1976. Edwards is not to be confused with namesake "Big Mickey", of Rochester, Kent, although their careers took a similar path.

In 1974, Edwards challenged 24-year Democratic incumbent John Jarman and nearly won, holding Jarman to 51 percent of the vote in what was mostly a bad year for Republicans. However, Oklahoma City had been trending Republican for some time.