Senate Directory 1880-2004
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MEMBERSHIP IN THE LOUISIANA SENATE 1880 - Present Originally Compiled January, 2008 by Arthur E. McEnany, M.A., M.L.S. Louisiana State Senate Updated January, 2012 by Elizabeth Hecker, Law Librarian Louisiana State Senate THE PRESIDENTS OF THE LOUISIANA SENATE 1880-1881 Samuel Douglas McEnery Ouachita Parish 1881 Dr. W.A. Robertson St. Landry Parish 1881-1882 George L. Walton Concordia Parish 1884-1888 Clay Knobloch Lafourche Parish 1888-1892 James Jeffries Rapides Parish 1892-1884 Charles Parlange Orleans Parish 1894-1896 Hiram R. Lott West Carroll Parish 1896-1900 Robert H. Snyder Tensas Parish 1900-1904 Albert Estopinal St. Bernard Parish 1904-1908 Jared Y. Sanders St. Mary Parish 1908-1912 Paul M. Lambremont St. James Parish 1912-1916 Thomas C. Barret Caddo Parish 1916-1920 Fernand Mouton Lafayette Parish 1920-1924 Hewitt Bouanchaud Pointe Coupee Parish 1924 Delos R. Johnson Washington Parish 1924-1926 Oramel H. Simpson Orleans Parish 1926-1928 Philip H. Gilbert Assumption Parish 1928-1931 Paul M. Cyr Iberia Parish 1931-1932 Alvin O. King Calcasieu Parish Page 2 of 130 1932-1935 John B. Fournet Jefferson Davis Parish 1935 Thomas C. Wingate Vernon Parish 1935-1936 James A. Noe Ouachita Parish 1936-1939 Earl K. Long Winn Parish 1939-1940 Coleman Lindsey Webster Parish 1940-1944 Marc C. Mouton Lafayette Parish 1944-1948 J. Emile Verret Iberia Parish 1948-1952 William J. Dodd Allen Parish 1952-1956 Charles E. "Cap" Barham Lincoln Parish 1956-1960 Lether E. Frazer Calcasieu Parish 1960-1972 Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock St. Mary Parish 1972-19761 James E. Fitzmorris, Jr. Orleans Parish 1976-1983 Michael H. O'Keefe Orleans Parish 1983-1988 Samuel B. Nunez, Jr. St. Bernard Parish 1988-1990 Allen Bares Lafayette Parish 1990-1996 Samuel B. Nunez, Jr St. Bernard Parish 1996-2000 Randy L. Ewing Jackson Parish 2000-2004 John J. Hainkel, Jr. Orleans Parish 1From 1845 to 1976 the lieutenant governor served as president of the Senate. Beginning in 1976, with the adoption of the Constitution of 1974, the Senate elects one of its own members as president in accordance with Article III, Section 7 of that constitution. Page 3 of 130 2004-2008 Donald E. Hines, M.D. Avoyelles Parish 2008-2012 Joel T. Chaisson II St. Charles Parish Page 4 of 130 THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE Beginning with the first Louisiana Constitution in 1812, the members of the Senate have been able to choose their own clerical officers. Article 9 of the 1812 constitution states: " The members of the Senate shall be chosen for the term of four years, and when assembled shall have the power to choose its officers annually". Act No. 4 of 1812 also provided a stipend of three and a half dollars per day for the secretary. The next constitution, adopted in 1845, has similar language with regard to the officers of the Senate (Article 14), and in particular, Article 104 specifically requires that the "secretary of the senate and clerk of the house of representatives shall be conversant with the French and English languages, and members may address either house in the French or English language". The constitutions of 1852, 1864 and 1868 continue the provision that the members of the senate shall have the power to choose their officers. Act No. 52 of the 1870 Extraordinary Session specifically provides that "for the purpose of facilitating the organization of their respective bodies, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, shall hold over and continue in office from one term of the General Assembly to another, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified". The provisions of this Act were incorporated into the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1952, Title 24, Section 33. It is not until the constitution of 1879 that language is adopted as being specific to legislative officers. Article 41 of that constitution states: "The clerical officers of the two Houses of Representatives shall be a Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives,...". Similar language follows in the constitutions of 1898, 1913, and 1921 in articles 43, 43 and 28 respectively. With the adoption of Louisiana's newest constitution in 1974, the tradition continues in Article III, § 7(C), which provides that the "clerical officers shall be the clerk of the House of Representatives and the secretary of the Senate... ". Page 5 of 130 THE SECRETARIES OF THE SENATE 1812 - 1813 Eligius Fromentin 1814 - 1822 J. Chaubaud 1823 - 1853 Horatio Davis 1854 - 1855 William F. Wagner 1856 - 1857 James A. Warner 1858 - 1861 Aristide Barbin 1861 to 1863 Civil War Years - No Secretary 1864 - 1865 John E. Neelis 1866 - 1867 Henry B. Kelly 1868 - 1873 Charles H. Merritt 1874 - 1876 P.E. Bechtel 1877 - 1880 John Clegg 1881 - 1883 Oscar Arryo 1884 - 1887 Will A. Strong 1888 - 1891 Charles D. Caffery 1892 - 1903 W. H. McClendon 1904 - 1907 Phillip H. Gilbert 1908 - 1923 Oramel H. Simpson 1924 - 1931 Andrew W. Booth, Jr. Page 6 of 130 1932 Oramel H. Simpson 1933 - 1940 B.W. Cason 1940 J. Martian Hamley 1942 - 1947 Robert A. Gilbert 1948 - 1951 C.J. "Bobby" Dugas 1952 - 1955 Robert A. Gilbert 1956 - 1978 Charles William "Bill" Roberts 1979 - 2004 Michael S. Baer III 2004 - present Glenn Koepp Page 7 of 130 ACADIA2 1888-1892 Willis Prescott ................................................... D Cornelius C. Duson .............................................. D 1892-1896 D. B. Hayes (resigned 1894) ........................................ D Homer Barousse (vice Hayes, 1894) ................................. D C. W. Ward .................................................... D 1896-1900 James Webb .................................................... D M. R. Wilson ............................................... Populist 1900-1904 Homer Barousse ................................................. D J. J. Thompson ................................................... D 1904-1908 Homer Barousse ................................................. D J. J. Thompson ................................................... D 1908-1912 Homer Barousse ................................................. D Dr. L. Lasaro .................................................... D 1912-1916 Homer Barousse ................................................. D Dr. L. Lazaro .................................................... D 1916-1920 HomerBarousse ................................................. D Leon S. Haas .................................................... D 1920-1924 Homer Barousse ................................................. D A. H. Mouton ................................................... D 1924-1928 Homer Barousse ................................................. D William J. Sandoz ................................................ D 1928-1932 Homer Barousse ................................................. D Henry D. Larcade, Jr. ............................................. D 1932-1936 Arthur E. Gardiner ............................................... D Dr. Charles A. Gardiner (deceased 1934) . D Don C. Pollingue (vice C. A. Gardiner, 1935) . D 1936-1940 Percy T. Ogden .................................................. D Isom J. Guillory (resigned 1937; no replacement) . D 1940-1944 Nat J. Amy ..................................................... D Oscar Guidry ................................................... D 1944-1948 Oscar Guidry ................................................... D Lessley P. Gardiner ............................................... D 1948-1952 Oscar Guidry ................................................... D Lessley P. Gardiner (resigned 1949) .................................. D Edward M. Boagni, Jr. (vice Gardiner, 1950) . D 1952-1956 Edward M. Boagni, Jr. ............................................. D 2Acadia Parish was created from St. Landry Parish by Act No. 39 of 1886 Page 8 of 130 Guy C. Gardiner ................................................. D 1956-1960 W. J. "Bill" Cleveland ............................................. D Henry D. Larcade, Jr. ............................................. D 1960-1964 W. J. "Bill" Cleveland ............................................. D 1964-1968 Edwin W. Edwards (resigned 1965) . D Howard A. Duncan (vice Edwards, 1966) . D 1968-1972 Dudley J. LeBlanc ................................................ D 1972-1976 James E. Fontenot ................................................ D 1976-1980 Ned E. Doucet, Jr. (resigned 1978) . D 1980-1984 Cecil J. Picard ................................................... D 1984-1988 Cecil J. Picard ................................................... D 1988-1992 Cecil J. Picard ................................................... D 1992-1996 Cecil J. Picard.................................................... D J. Lomax Jordan, Jr. ............................................... R Armand J. Brinkhaus .............................................. D 1996-2000 Cecil J. Picard (resigned 1996)....................................... D Gerald "Jerry" Theunissen (vice Picard, 1996) . D J. Lomax Jordan, Jr. ............................................... R Tommy Casanova III M.D. .......................................... R 2000-2004 Gerald "Jerry" Theunissen .......................................... R Fred Hoyt....................................................... D 2004-2008 Gerald “Jerry” Theunissen.......................................... R "Nick" Gautreaux................................................. D 2008-2012 Dan "Blade" Morrish* .............................................R3 "Nick"