husband first endorsed California governor Jerry Brown, and later endorsed Carter after Brown failed to obtain the nomination. In 1983, Edwin Edwards was re-elected as Governor thus making Elaine first lady again this time serving until 1988. Post-political career After her senate tenure, Edwards owned a small business producing custom-made dresses and would continue this business even while serving as first lady during her husband’s third term in the 1980s. She moved to New York City in the 1990s to find occasional work as a soap opera actress. Personal life and death Edwin and Elaine Edwards divorced in 1989 after forty years of marriage. The couple had four children, two daughters and two sons. Elaine Edwards died on May 14, 2018, at her daughter's home in Denham Springs, Louisiana, while suffering from respiratory problems. Edwards was buried at Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. See also Women in the United States Senate References External links 1929 births 2018 deaths Actresses from Louisiana Democratic Party United States senators from Louisiana Female United States senators First Ladies and Gentlemen of Louisiana Louisiana Democrats Marksville High School alumni People from Marksville, Louisiana Women in Louisiana politics Catholics from Louisiana 21st-century American women