PEACE & JUSTICE: Edwards and McKeithen... A Strained Relationship

A bit of political history in this week’s column. Edwin Edwards had succeeded John McKeithen as governor, but the two of them did not maintain much of a relationship during Edwards’ first term in the governor’s office. McKeithen had actively supported Edwards for an open congressional seat in 1966. But there had been little contact between the two once Edwards was sworn in as governor. McKeithen…

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