Edward Maurice Mezvinsky (; born January 17, 1937) is a former U.S.
Representative and felon.
A Democrat, he represented Iowa's 1st congressional district in the U.S.
House of Representatives for two terms (1973–77).
Mezvinsky grew up in Ames, Iowa, and played high school football there.
He received his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (1965).
After being elected to the Iowa Legislature (1968), he lost a race for Congress in 1970, then won in 1972 and was re-elected in 1974.
He made several unsuccessful U.S.
Senate attempts in the 1980s.
In 2001, he was convicted of 31 charges of felony fraud, and served five years in federal prison.In 2010, he became father-in-law to Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton.