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== Early life and education == Edgar was born on July 22nd, 1946 in [[Vinita, Oklahoma]] to Cecil and Betty Edgar.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jim Edgar |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/jim-edgar/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=National Governors Association|date=January 12, 2015 }}</ref> Cecil, a small-businessman from [[Charleston, Illinois]], died in an automobile accident in 1953, leaving Jim and his two older brothers to be raised by their mother.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Jim Edgar, Illinois' 38th governor |url=https://www.lib.niu.edu/1991/ii910112.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=www.lib.niu.edu}}</ref> To support her children, Betty Edgar worked as a clerk at [[Eastern Illinois University]], where Jim would later attend.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Early Years {{!}} Jim Edgar |url=https://jimedgar.com/early-years/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |language=en-US}}</ref> While at Eastern, Jim met his future wife Brenda Smith and served as student body president.<ref name=":6" /> He graduated with a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[history]] in 1968.<ref name=":0" /> Edgar developed an interest in politics at a young age.<ref name=":2" /> Though his parents were both [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], Edgar became a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] while in [[Elementary schools in the United States|elementary school]] after following the [[1952 United States presidential election|1952 campaign of Dwight D. Eisenhower]].<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Oral History Interview with Jim Edgar Volume I |url=https://presidentlincoln.illinois.gov/Resources/6c09910b-e0d6-40e0-8102-6f891509d58e/download |website=Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum}}</ref> A young [[Rockefeller Republican|Rockefeller]] Republican, Edgar briefly volunteered for the [[Presidential campaign]] of [[Pennsylvania]] [[Governor of Pennsylvania|Governor]] [[William Scranton]] in the [[1964 Republican Party presidential primaries|1964 Republican Primaries]] and supported [[Governor of New York|New York Governor]] [[Nelson Rockefeller]] in [[1968 Republican Party presidential primaries|1968]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7" />
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