Chet Edwards

A Representative from Texas. Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex. , November 24, 1951. B. A. , Texas Agricultural &. Mechanical University, 1974. M. B. A. , Harvard University Business School, Cambridge, Mass. , 1981. Legislative and district administrative assistant to United States Representative Olin Teague of Texas, 1974-1977. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978. Business executive. Member of the Texas state senate, 1983-1990. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Second and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 2011). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.