Editing Chet Edwards (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1951)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Chet Edwards
| image               = 111edwardsc-tx17.jpg
| caption             = Edwards in 2008
| office1             = Member of the<br />[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br />from [[Texas]]
| term_start1         = January 3, 1991
| term_end1           = January 3, 2011
| predecessor1        = [[Marvin Leath]]
| successor1          = [[Bill Flores]]
| constituency1       = {{ushr|TX|11|11th District}} (1991–2005)<br />{{ushr|TX|17|17th District}} (2005–2011)
| state_senate2       = Texas
| district2           = [[Texas Senate, District 9|9th]]
| term_start2         = January 11, 1983
| term_end2           = January 2, 1991
| predecessor2        = Dee Travis
| successor2          = [[David Sibley (politician)|David Sibley]]
| birth_name          = Thomas Chester Edwards
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1951|11|24}}
| birth_place         = [[Corpus Christi, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = Lea Ann Edwards
| education           = [[Texas A&M University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| website             = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20040722084149/http://edwards.house.gov|House website}}
| module              = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Chet Edwards on Legislation Designating the Waco Mammoth Site as a National Monument.ogg|title=Chet Edwards's voice|type=speech|description=Edwards speaks on designating the [[Waco Mammoth National Monument|Waco Mammoth site]] as a national monument<br/>Recorded July 27, 2009}}
}}
'''Thomas Chester Edwards''' (born November 24, 1951) is an American politician who was a [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]] from [[Texas]], representing a district based in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], from 1991 to 2011. Previously, he served in the [[Texas Senate]] from 1983 to 1990. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Edwards was on [[Barack Obama]]'s vice presidential shortlist in 2008.<ref name="Obama prepares to name veep">{{cite news|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080822_13_WASH630324|title=Obama prepares to name veep|agency=[[Associated Press]]|first1=Nedra|last1=Pickler|first2=Liz|last2=Sidoti|date=August 22, 2010|access-date=November 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012150401/http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080822_13_WASH630324|archive-date=October 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>