330:. Edwards was the last one who served as mayor of Richmond under the city's bicameral system of government before a charter change transitioned the city to a council-manager form of government. He served in that position until his resignation in 1948. He resigned so he could enter a four-candidate race for the 1949 Democratic nomination for governor. He ran on a platform for more and better schools and better pay for teachers. He proposed a 2 percent sales tax to finance improvements to public education. In the Democratic primary, Edwards finished third with only 15 percent of the vote. On January 1, 1954, he was elected by the nine-member council as Richmond's second city manager, replacing Sherwood Reeder. He served as city manager for 13 years and factions in the city council tried to oust him three times in 1957, 1958 and 1963. During his tenure as city manager, he pushed the construction and planning of the Health-Safety-Welfare Building, construction of a jail and detention center and appropriated money for new Ninth Street and Acca railroad yard bridges. He resigned in 1967 and then worked as special counsel to the city in its annexation suit against Chesterfield County.
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