Edmund M. Reggie is a retired city judge of Crowley, Louisiana, where he was born of Lebanese immigrant father and mother. He graduated Tulane Law School in 1949.

He was known to be perhaps the brightest political strategist in the state, and in spite of the fact that he declined to run for a loftier public office, he was highly engaged in the campaigns and administrations of a few governors.

In 1950, Edmund Reggie became the youngest judge in the U.S. when selected city judge in Crowley. He was 24. He continued on as a city judge of Crowley for 25 years until 1976. His debut to state politics launched as he toured Louisiana for Earl Long in 1956, making eight speeches a day and establishing his reputation as a brilliant public speaker.

At the 1956 Democratic National Convention, with the Louisiana and Massachusetts state delegations sitting across the aisle from each other, he masterminded the delegation's support for Massachusetts senator John F. Kennedy for Vice President, in place of Senator Estes Kefauver (who was the choice of Louisiana Governor Earl Long) while Long stepped out place some wagers at an area racecourse. So began a Lengthy association between the Reggie family and the Kennedys.

When JFK ran for president in 1960, Reggie managed his Louisiana campaign. He later managed successful campaigns for Louisiana Governors John McKeithen and Edwin Edwards.

While concurrently a city judge, he chaired quite a lot of committees and held a multitude of behind the scenes duties in state government without pay. In 1983 Reggie served as Edwards' Executive Counsel.

In 1992, his daughter, Victoria, married U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, a man Reggie remembers as his "best friend."

Reggie was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield, Louisiana in 2004.