Edrie Wimberly Albrecht Joseph Rush Wimberly, I (December 30, 1873 – March 11, 1943), was at the turn of the 20th century successively a member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from Arcadia, the seat of Bienville Parish in North Louisiana.
[1] and a single term in the Louisiana State Senate from 1908 to 1912, representing Bienville and neighboring Claiborne parishes.
[3] Wimberly was an alternate delegate to the 1936 Democratic National Convention, which met in Philadelphia to renominate the Roosevelt-Garner ticket.
The oldest, Lorris M. Wimberly, served in the state House, including several stints as Speaker.
Lorris Wimberly was a political ally of his fellow Democrat, Governor Earl Kemp Long.