Walter Evans Edge
American politician (1873-1956) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 82
Walter Evans Edge was an American diplomat and Republican politician who served as the 36th governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, during both World War I and World War II.
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Edge addressing a large crowd during World War I. Liberty bond banners adorn a nearby building.
Edge (right) with his Democratic Senate colleague Edward I. Edwards in 1924.
Autochrome portrait taken in Boulogne by Georges Chevalier, 1930
Edge (right) confers with Andrew W. Mellon and British ambassador William Tyrrell, 1st Baron Tyrrell, photographed by Erich Salomon in Famous Contemporaries in Unguarded Moments.
Edge's son Walter Jr. in 1922.Awards
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Edge also served as United States Senator representing New Jersey from 1919 to 1929 and as United States Ambassador to France from 1929 to 1933.
Country
United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1873 to 1956 · aged 82
