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− | '''Johnny Reid "John" Edwards''' (born | + | '''Johnny Reid "John" Edwards''' (born 10 Jun 1953), Democratic candidate for the 2008 US Presidential Election |
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==John Edwards== | ==John Edwards== | ||
− | John Edwards was born | + | John Edwards was born 10 Jun 1953 to Wallace Reid Edwards and Catharine Juanita "Bobbie" Wade in Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina. The family moved several times but eventually settled in Robbins, North Carolina. |
− | He | + | He ran on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008. His Democratic challengers were: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Joseph Biden|Joe Biden]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]], and [[Mike Gravel]]. |
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+ | A video posted on YouTube showed Edwards evidently acting vain with his hair, and Rush Limbaugh has since been referring to him as "The Breck Girl". In mid-2008 there were rumors around Edwards having a mistress and a "love child". He was "chased" into a hotel lobby and security escorted the reporters out of the hotel. On 8 Aug 2008, CNN reported that Edwards admitted to having an extra-martial affair in 2006. | ||
===Gay Rights=== | ===Gay Rights=== | ||
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==Hershel Thomas Wade== | ==Hershel Thomas Wade== | ||
===Primary documents for 6=== | ===Primary documents for 6=== | ||
− | *[http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sc/oconee/cemeteries/sort-wa-wh.txt Oconee, SC Tombstone Inscriptions], by Ann Rogers : "C141,WADE, Hershel Thomas, b. 10 | + | *[http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sc/oconee/cemeteries/sort-wa-wh.txt Oconee, SC Tombstone Inscriptions], by Ann Rogers : "C141,WADE, Hershel Thomas, b. 10 May 1908, d. 18 Aug 1972, military marker: sc trumpeter us marine corps; C141,WADE, Myrtle Pauline Duncan, b. 1909C, d. 27 Nov 1997, p. john & elizabeth nimmons duncan, h. hershel thomas wade" |
==Myrtle Pauline Duncan== | ==Myrtle Pauline Duncan== | ||
===Primary documents for 7=== | ===Primary documents for 7=== | ||
− | *[http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sc/oconee/cemeteries/sort-wa-wh.txt Oconee, SC Tombstone Inscriptions], by Ann Rogers : "C141,WADE, Hershel Thomas, b. 10 | + | *[http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sc/oconee/cemeteries/sort-wa-wh.txt Oconee, SC Tombstone Inscriptions], by Ann Rogers : "C141,WADE, Hershel Thomas, b. 10 May 1908, d. 18 Aug 1972, military marker: sc trumpeter us marine corps; C141,WADE, Myrtle Pauline Duncan, b. 1909C, d. 27 Nov 1997, p. john & elizabeth nimmons duncan, h. hershel thomas wade" |
==George T Edwards== | ==George T Edwards== | ||
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==Elizabeth Nimmons== | ==Elizabeth Nimmons== | ||
+ | [[Category:Famous Men]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Politicians]] | ||
[[Category:South Carolina]] | [[Category:South Carolina]] | ||
[[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]] | [[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]] |