| Martin "Chip" Koons Edwards | |
| Office: | President pro tempore of the Indiana Senate |
| Term Start: | November 8, 1978 |
| Term End: | November 5, 1980 |
| Preceded: | Robert James Fair |
| Succeeded: | Robert D. Garton |
| State Senate1: | Indiana |
| State1: | Indiana |
| District1: | 28th |
| Term Start1: | November 8, 1972 |
| Term End1: | January 6, 1981 |
| Preceded1: | Earl Wilson |
| Succeeded1: | Michael K Rogers |
| State Senate2: | Indiana |
| State2: | Indiana |
| District2: | 15th |
| Term Start2: | November 6, 1968 |
| Term End2: | November 8, 1972 |
| Preceded2: | Joy Julian Bailey |
| Succeeded2: | Thomas Joseph Teague |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 21 June 1938 |
| Alma Mater: | Wabash College (AB) Indiana University School of Law (LLB) |
| Spouse: | Jane Ann Brook Kaye F. Froio Elizabeth Miller[1] |
| Children: | 2 |
Martin "Chip" Koons Edwards (June 21, 1938 – April 3, 2017) was an American politician from the state of Indiana. A Republican, he served in the Indiana Senate from 1968 to 1981.[2] [3] [4] [5] Edwards served as President pro tempore of the Indiana Senate from 1978 to 1980.[4] He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1976.[1] He resigned from the State Senate in 1981. In 1982, he went on trial for charges that he accepted a bribe in exchange to push railroad legislation.[6] He died on April 3, 2017.[7]
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