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People from Westwego, Louisiana (4 P) Pages in category "People from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
He was elected to the Louisiana state Senate in 1928 in the wake of Huey Long's landslide victory in the gubernatorial election. He defeated the anti-Long incumbent, former Republican Henry E. Hardtner of La Salle Parish. Allen served as Long's floor leader in the Senate; he was also appointed by the governor as chairman of the Louisiana ...
He was a member from 1958 to 1960 of the Jefferson Parish Council. He was a judge of Division B of the 24th Judicial District Court in Jefferson Parish from 1961 to 1966. [ 1 ]
In 1999, Bodenheimer won an election to become judge by defeating Jim Donelon(R), an established politician with overwhelming support by Jefferson Parish elected officials. Donelon, a former state representative, was elected Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance in 2007, and won re-election in 2011, 2015 and 2019. [2]
Transportation in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (1 C, 54 P) Pages in category "Jefferson Parish, Louisiana" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Jules Gabriel Fisher was born in Barataria (Lafitte), Louisiana to Jules Marks Fisher of Russia and Annie Fisher of Prussia (Germany) in 1874. [3] Fisher’s grandfather and grandmother, Johan and Therese, immigrated to the United States from Le Havre, France in 1849 with sons Jules Marks Fisher (Jules Gabriel’s father, age 6) and Charles (Jules Mark’s brother, age 2), [4] likely escaping ...
A total of 28 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976. Of the 28 people executed, 20 were executed via electrocution and 8 via lethal injection. The most recent Louisiana inmate to be put to death, Gerald Bordelon, waived his appeals and asked the state to carry out his sentence. [1]
Newell D. Normand is a former sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. He previously served in various command positions within the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office before being elected in 2007 after the death of then Sheriff Harry Lee. Prior to joining the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, he started his law enforcement career in the Orleans ...