Category: Louisiana

Governor | Democrat | LONG, HUEY PIERCE, (Husband of Rose McConnell Long, father of Russell B. Long, brother of George S. Long, and cousin of Speedy P. Long), a Senator from Louisiana; born on a farm near Winnfield, Winn Parish, La., August 30, 1893; attended the public schools at Winnfield and University of Oklahoma School… Continue reading Huey Long

Lt. Governor | Democrat | Earl Long on Wikipedia

Senator | Democrat | ELLENDER, ALLEN JOSEPH, a Senator from Louisiana; born in Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, La., September 24, 1890; attended the public and private schools; graduated from St. Aloysius College, New Orleans, La., in 1909 and from the law department of Tulane University, New Orleans, La., 1913; admitted to the bar in 1913 and… Continue reading Allen Ellender

Senator | Democrat | LONG, RUSSELL BILLIU, (Son of Huey Pierce Long and Rose McConnell Long, cousin of Gillis W., and nephew of George S. Long), a Senator from Louisiana; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., November 3, 1918; attended the public schools of Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans, La.; graduated from Louisiana State… Continue reading Russell Long

Representative | Democrat | HEBERT, FELIX EDWARD, a Representative from Louisiana; born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., October 12, 1901; attended public and parochial schools, Jesuit High School, New Orleans, La., and Tulane University, New Orleans, La., 1920-1924; engaged in newspaper and editorial work in New Orleans, La., 1918-1940; colonel on staff of the… Continue reading Felix Hebert

Representative | Republican | JINDAL, BOBBY, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., June 10, 1971; graduated from Baton Rouge High School, Baton Rouge, La., 1988; B.S., Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1991; M.Litt., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1994; secretary, Louisiana department of health and hospitals 1996-1998; appointed executive director… Continue reading Bobby Jindal

Representative | Democrat | EDWARDS, EDWIN WASHINGTON, (Husband of Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards), a Representative from Louisiana; born in Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, La., August 7, 1927; attended the public schools; LL.B., Louisiana State University, Shreveport, La., 1949; J.D., Louisiana State University, Shreveport, La., 1969; United States Naval Air Corps, 1945-1946; lawyer, private practice; member of the… Continue reading Edwin Edwards

Representative | Democrat | BOGGS, THOMAS HALE, SR., (Husband of Corinne Claiborne Boggs), a Representative from Louisiana; born in Long Beach, Harrison County, Miss., February 15, 1914; attended the public and parochial schools of Jefferson Parish, La.; was graduated from Tulane University, New Orleans, La., in 1935 and from the law department of the same… Continue reading Hale Boggs

Representative | Democrat | BROOKS, OVERTON, (nephew of John Holmes Overton), a Representative from Louisiana; born near Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., December 21, 1897; attended the public schools; during the First World War served overseas as an enlisted man in the Sixth Field Artillery, First Division, Regular Army, in 1918 and 1919;… Continue reading Overton Brooks

Representative | Democrat | RANSDELL, JOSEPH EUGENE, a Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; born in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La., October 7, 1858; attended the public schools and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1882; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1883 and practiced at Lake Providence, La., 1883-1889; district attorney for the… Continue reading Joseph Ransdell