Edwin Bethune
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Edwin Bethune was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas born in Pocahontas, Arkansas on December 19, 1935.
From 1954 to 1957, Bethune served in United States Marine Corps attaining the rank of sergeant, with service in Korea as the Korean War was ending. Bethune received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1961, and his law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1963.
Bethune was the deputy prosecuting attorney for Randolph County, Arkansas from 1963 to 1964 and was a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1964 to 1968. He served as a prosecuting attorney for the first judicial district of Arkansas from 1970 to 1971 and was chairman of the Ninth District Federal Home Loan Bank Board from 1973 until1976.
He was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985). Bethune was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate. Thereafter, Bethune resumed the practice of law and is a retired partner of the Washington office of Bracewell & Giuliani.
Bethune is widely regarded as an expert in ethics and public service, having advised former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and other members of Congress.
