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  Edmondson, Edmond A.
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NameEdmond A. Edmondson
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Muskogee, Oklahoma , United States
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Born May 07, 1919
DiedDecember 08, 1990 (71 years)
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InfoEDMONDSON, Edmond Augustus, (Brother of James H. Edmondson), a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Muskogee, Okla., April 7, 1919; attended the public schools; graduated from Muskogee Junior College, 1938; graduated from the University of Oklahoma, 1940; graduated from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1947; special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C., 1940-1943; United States Navy, 1943-1946; United States Naval Reserve, 1946-1970; admitted to the Washington, D.C. bar, 1947; county attorney of Muskogee County, Okla.; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1973); was not a candidate for reelection in 1972, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1972 and 1974; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1978; was a resident of Muskogee, Okla.; died in Muskogee, Okla., on December 8, 1990.


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Son James E. Edmondson 1945-
Son Drew Edmondson 1946-
Father E. A. Edmondson 1880-1948
Brother J. Howard Edmondson 1925-1971

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  09/19/1978 OK US Senate - D Runoff Lost 39.54% (-20.91%)
  08/22/1978 OK US Senate - D Primary Won 28.24% (+0.00%)
  11/05/1974 OK US Senate Lost 48.90% (-0.48%)
  09/17/1974 OK US Senate - D Runoff Won 58.67% (+17.34%)
  08/27/1974 OK US Senate - D Primary Won 48.66% (+11.11%)
  11/07/1972 OK US Senate Lost 47.58% (-3.85%)
  08/22/1972 OK US Senate- D Primary Won 56.35% (+35.57%)
  11/03/1970 OK District 2 Won 70.77% (+41.54%)
  11/05/1968 OK District 2 Won 54.89% (+9.78%)
  08/27/1968 OK District 2 - D Primary Won 81.56% (+63.13%)
  11/08/1966 OK District 2 Won 53.62% (+7.23%)
  05/03/1966 OK District 2 - D Primary Won 77.94% (+55.88%)
  11/03/1964 OK District 2 Won 61.41% (+22.82%)
  05/05/1964 OK District 2 - D Primary Won 79.00% (+58.00%)
  11/06/1962 OK District 2 Won 56.65% (+13.30%)
  11/08/1960 OK District 2 Won 56.96% (+13.92%)
  07/05/1960 OK District 2 - D Primary Won 52.60% (+21.85%)
  11/04/1958 OK District 2 Won 79.06% (+58.12%)
  11/06/1956 OK District 2 Won 60.24% (+20.49%)
  07/03/1956 OK District 2 - D Primary Won 88.90% (+77.79%)
  11/02/1954 OK District 2 Won 64.70% (+29.40%)
  11/04/1952 OK District 2 Won 59.24% (+20.42%)
  07/22/1952 OK District 2 - D Runoff Won 53.77% (+7.54%)
  07/01/1952 OK District 2 - D Primary Won 44.95% (+7.31%)
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