Edgar L. Jenkins

A Representative from Georgia. Born in Young Harris, Towns County, Ga. , January 4, 1933. Graduated from Union County, Blairsville, Ga. , 1949. A. A. , Young Harris College, Young Harris, Ga. , 1951. LL. B. , University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. , 1959. Admitted to the Georgia state bar, 1958. Lawyer, private practice. Staff, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1951. United States Coast Guard, 1952-1955. Staff, United States Representative Phillip M. Ladrum, 1959-1962. Pickens County, Ga. , attorney, 1968-1972. Assistant United States attorney, Northern District of Georgia, 1962-1964. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1993). Was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992. Died on January 1, 2012, in Atlanta, Ga. Interment at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Blairsville, Ga.