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Russell Long
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Son of Huey Long and nephew of Earl Long
Russell Long was elected to the Senate on
November 2, 1948, one day before his 30th
birthday
Long was known for his knowledge of tax laws,
much like his House colleague, Wilbur D. Mills
of Arkansas.
Long's contributions to the United States' tax
laws include the Earned Income Tax Credit, a
program aimed at reducing the tax burden on
poor working families, and Employee Stock
Ownership Programs (ESOPs), employee
benefit plans designed to allow employees to
invest in the stock of their employers.
In 1986, Democratic Congressman John Breaux
of Crowley was elected to succeed Long in the
Senate.
After he considered and rejected a run for
governor of Louisiana, Long retired from the
Senate in 1987.
U. S. Senator
John Breaux
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John Berlinger Breaux (born March 1, 1944)
Former United States senator from Louisiana who
served from 1987 until 2005.
Was a member of the United States House of
Representatives from 1972 to 1987.
Considered one of the more Conservative national
legislators from the Democratic Party.
Breaux was a member of the New Democrat
Coalition.
Breaux was elected as a Democrat to the 92nd
United States Congress in a special election on
September 30, 1972, to fill the vacancy caused by
Edwards' resignation.
At the age of 28, he was then the youngest
member of the House of Representatives.
In the 2003 Louisiana gubernatorial campaign,
after flirting briefly with the possibility of running
himself, Breaux campaigned hard for the
successful Democratic candidate, Kathleen
Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette.
U. S. Representative
and U. S. Senator
J. Bennett Johnston
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John Bennett Johnston, Jr. (born
June 10, 1932), is a Washington,
D.C.-based lobbyist who was a
U.S. Democratic Party politician
and United States senator from
Louisiana from 1972 until 1997.
Louisiana State Senator from
Caddo Parish (at-large) In office
1964 – 1968
Louisiana State Representative
from Caddo Parish (at-large).
In office 1968 – 1972
U. S. Senator
Mary Landrieu
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Mary Loretta Landrieu (born November 23,
1955) is the senior United States Senator from
the state of Louisiana, and the only Louisiana
woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate,
following senators Rose Long (1936) and Elaine
Edwards (1972), who were both appointed.
Daughter of former New Orleans mayor Moon
Landrieu and the sister of current Louisiana
Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu.
By national standards, Landrieu is among the
most conservative Democrats in the U.S. Senate.
member of the New Democrat Coalition.
Landrieu narrowly won re-election in the 2002
mid-term election.
Has made securing funding for Louisiana
projects one of her top priorities as a US Senator
She won a third term on November 4th, 2008.
On December 15, 2008, it was announced that
Landrieu would become Chairwoman of the
Senate Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship for the 111th Congress upon
resignation of Vice President-elect Joe Biden.
State Treasurer
and U. S. Senator
David Vitter
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David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is the
junior United States Senator from Louisiana and
a member of the Republican Party.
Formerly a member of the United States House
of Representatives, first elected in 1999,
representing the suburban Louisiana's 1st
congressional district, Vitter was elected to the
Senate in 2004.
Vitter was born and raised in New Orleans. He
attended Harvard University for his
undergraduate studies and Tulane University for
law school in addition to winning a Rhodes
Scholarship to University College, Oxford. He
served as a member of the Louisiana House of
Representatives before entering the U.S. House.
U. S. Representative
and U. S. Senator
David Treen
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51st Louisiana Governor
David Conner Treen, Sr. (born July 16, 1928), is
a retired attorney and politician from Mandeville
in St. Tammany Parish.
The first Republican governor of the U.S. state
of Louisiana since Reconstruction. He is also
the first Republican in modern times to have
served in the U.S. House of Representatives
from his state. A narrow victor in the
gubernatorial general election held in the fall of
1979, Treen served as governor from 1980 to
1984. He lost his bid for reelection in 1983 to his
long-time rival, Democrat Edwin Edwards. He
served in Congress from 1973-1980.
Treen grew up as a Democrat, but became a
Republican in 1962 when there were only about
10,000 registered Republicans in the state. Only
a few other living Louisiana Republicans have
been members of the party longer than Treen.
Louisiana Governor
Edwin Edwards
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50th Louisiana Governor
Edwin Washington Edwards (born
August 7, 1927) served as the
Democratic governor of Louisiana for
four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988, and
1992–1996
Born in rural Avoyelles Parish, near
Marksville. Edwards was also Louisiana's
first Catholic governor in the twentieth
century.
A colorful, powerful and legendary figure
in Louisiana politics, Edwards was long
dogged by charges of corruption.
In 2001 he was sentenced to ten years in
prison on racketeering charges.
Louisiana Governor
Buddy Roemer
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52nd Louisiana Governor
Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer, III
Born October 4, 1943
Served from 1988 to 1992. He was
elected as a Democrat but
switched to the Republican Party
on March 11, 1991.
Prior to becoming the Governor,
he was a member of the United
States House of Representatives
from 1981 to 1988.
Louisiana Governor
Mike Foster
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53rd Louisiana Governor
Murphy James "Mike" Foster, Jr., born
July 11, 1930
From Franklin, Louisiana
Republican governor
Louisiana, having served from January
1996 until January 2004.
Foster's father was Murphy J. Foster, Jr.,
but Mike Foster uses "Jr." even though
he is technically Murphy J. Foster, III.
Foster is a wealthy businessman,
landowner, and sportsman in St. Mary
Parish in the sugar-growing section of
south Louisiana.
His grandfather was
the 31st Louisiana Governor.
He served from 1882-1900.
Louisiana Governor
Kathleen Blanco
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54th Louisiana Governor
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (born
December 15, 1942)
Democratic Governor of
Louisiana, having served from
January 2004 until January 2008.
She was the first woman to hold
the office of governor of
Louisiana.
During Blanco’s tenure as
governor, Hurricane Katrina, (the
most devastating hurricane ever
to make landfall in the United
States), struck New Orleans and
Louisiana.
Louisiana Governor
Bobby Jindal
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55th Louisiana Governor
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971)
Republican governor
Prior to his election as governor, he was a
member of the United States House of
Representatives from Louisiana's 1st
congressional district, to which he was
elected in 2004 to succeed current U.S.
Senator David Vitter.
Became Governor in January 2008.
On October 20, 2007, Jindal was elected
governor of Louisiana, winning a four-way
race with 54% of the vote.
At age 36, Jindal became the youngest
current governor in the United States.
Louisiana Governor
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• Background photo of
the State Capitol in
Baton Rouge by Jude
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