Tensas Parish is a parish located in the northeastern section of the State of Louisiana;its eastern border is the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census,the population was 4,147. It is the least populated parish in Louisiana. The parish seat is St. Joseph. The name Tensas is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people. The parish was founded in 1843 following Indian Removal.
Claiborne Parish is a parish located in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish was formed in 1828,and was named for the first Louisiana governor,William C. C. Claiborne. As of the 2020 census,the population was 14,170. The parish seat is Homer.
St. Joseph,often called St. Joe,is a town in,and the parish seat of,rural Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana,United States,in the delta of the Mississippi River. The population was 1,176 at the 2010 census. The town had an African-American majority of 77.4 percent in 2010.
Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III was an American politician,investor,and banker who served as the 52nd governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992,and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988. In March 1991,while serving as governor,Roemer switched affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.
David Conner Treen Sr. was an American politician and attorney from Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party,Treen served as U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 1973 to 1980 and the 51st governor of Louisiana from 1980 to 1984. Treen was the first Republican elected to either office since Reconstruction.
John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne,Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who served as commissioner of administration for Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. A Republican,Dardenne previously served as the 53rd lieutenant governor of his state from 2010 to 2016. Running as a Republican,he won a special election for lieutenant governor held in conjunction with the regular November 2,2010 general election. At the time,Dardenne was Louisiana secretary of state. Formerly,Dardenne was a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the Baton Rouge suburbs,a position he filled from 1992 until his election as secretary of state on September 30,2006.
Southern University Law Center is a public law school in Baton Rouge,Louisiana. It is part of the historically black Southern University System and was opened for instruction in September 1947. It was authorized by the Louisiana State Board of Education as a Law School for blacks to be located at Southern University,a historically black college,and to open for the 1947-1948 academic session.
Foster Lonnie Campbell Jr. is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from the U.S. state of Louisiana. Since 2003,he has been a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1976 to 2002.
John Frank LaBruzzo is an American businessman who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 81 in Jefferson Parish. LaBruzzo occupied the legislative district formerly held by Charles Cusimano,David Duke,and David Vitter.
Michael Francis Branch,known as Mike Branch,served from 1996 to 2000 as the Louisiana State Senator from District 13. Branch unseated incumbent Democratic Senator Mike Cross,a former Mayor of Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Dudley Anthony Gautreaux,known as Butch Gautreaux was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from Morgan City,Louisiana. From 2000 to 2012,he represented Senate District 21. In 2012,the reconfigured district incorporated mostly Republican portions of Iberia,Lafourche,St. Mary,and Lafourche parishes.
Fred Henry Mills,Jr.,is an American pharmacist,banker,and politician from Parks,Louisiana who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate,having won a special election on January 22,2011. Mills had previously represented District 46 in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
George Gregory Cromer,is an American politician,currently serving as the mayor of Slidell,Louisiana. A Republican,he previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2018.
John Clyde Morris III is a businessman and attorney from Monroe,Louisiana. A Republican,Morris has been a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 35th district in North Louisiana since 2020. From 2012 until 2020,Morris was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 14,which encompasses Ouachita and Morehouse parishes in the northeastern portion of his state.
Clay John Schexnayder is an American businessman and politician from Ascension Parish,Louisiana. A Republican,he has served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2012 to 2024,and as speaker of the House from 2020 to 2024.
Valarie Dawn Hope Hodges is a politician and businessperson from Denham Springs,Louisiana. She is a member of the Republican Party and represented the 64th state House district of the Louisiana House of Representatives which includes the rural portions of northwest Livingston Parish and northeast East Baton Rouge parish including the areas of Pride and Watson from January 2012 to January 2024. On January 8,2024,she assumed her role in the Louisiana State Senate where she represents the constituents of the 13th district which largely encompasses Livingston Parish north of Interstate 12.
Sherman Albert Bernard Sr. was an American businessman from Jefferson Parish in the New Orleans suburbs,who served from 1972 to 1988 as the Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance. He is mainly remembered for having served twenty-six months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to extortion in federal court in connection with his job duties.
Christopher J. Leopold is a businessman from Belle Chasse,Louisiana,who is a former Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 105,primarily Plaquemines Parish. His district was numerically the last of the state House districts.
Jerome P. "Dee" Richard is an American politician who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2020. A native and resident of Thibodaux,Richard represented the 55th district,which encompasses Lafourche Parish,Louisiana.
Shane Mack is an American politician serving as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 95th district. A member of the Republican Party,Mack represents parts of Livingston Parish and Tangipahoa Parish and has been in office since January 8,2024.
