Background
Watkins, Edgar was born on July 31, 1868 in Campbell County, Georgia, United States. Son of Moses Denman and Divine Howard (Word) Watkins.
Watkins, Edgar was born on July 31, 1868 in Campbell County, Georgia, United States. Son of Moses Denman and Divine Howard (Word) Watkins.
Preparatory education, Hutchinson Institute, Whitesburg, Georgia, Bachelor of Laws, University of Georgia, 1889. Doctor of Laws, Ohio Northern University, 1922.
Admitted to Georgia bar, 1889, and began practice at Carrollton. Moved to Houston, Texas, 1896, Atlanta, Georgia., 1907. County attorney Carroll County, Georgia, 1892, 93.
Alderman, Houston, 1902, 03.
President Board of Education, Houston, 1904, 05. Attorney Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, District of Columbia, 1914-1917.
Alderman, Atlanta, 1922, 23. Argued 25 cases before Supreme Court of the United States, appearing successfully against constitutionality of the Lever Food Control Acting.
Attorney for 8 Southern States in interterritorial Commodity Rate Case.
Now member firm Watkins & Watkins. Appointed special assistant to Attorney General to hear appeals of conscientious objectors under the Selective Service Acting. Special Counsel State of Georgia, 1944-1945.
Democratic presidential elector, Georgia, 1928.
President board of trustees and chairman of the executive committee Oglethorpe U. American trustee Yenching University, Peiping, China.
Member American, Georgia State and Atlanta bar associations, American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, International Law Association, National Council of National Economic League, Phi Gamma Delta. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 32°, Shriner). Clubs: City, Capital City (Atlanta).
Married Mary Belle Cameron, March 1, 1894. Children: Edgar, Robert Cameron, James Hogg, John Allan.