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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politician Professors in Louisiana</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Amacker</b> — of Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Lake Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EC-born.html">East Carroll Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/02-26.html">February 26, 1897</a>. Democrat. <b>College professor</b>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NH.html">1936</a>. Died in Lake Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EC-died.html">East Carroll Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/11-02.html">November 2, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 249 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EC-buried.html#cms02021">Lake Providence Cemetery</a>, Lake Providence, La. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Amos Kent Amacker and Elizabeth Chalmers (Muir) Amacker; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#642.31.18">Obediah Pearson Amacker</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kent.html#488.45.22">Amos Kent</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#517.82.31">Green Kendrick</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#266.51.97">John Kendrick</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/18519.html">Kendrick-Amacker family</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43375320">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Tom Cole (b. 1949)</b> — of Moore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CV-lived.html">Cleveland County</a>, Okla. Born in Shreveport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-born.html">Caddo Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/04-28.html">April 28, 1949</a>. Republican. <b>University faculty</b>; staff, U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#117.18.25">Mickey Edwards</a>, 1982-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/OK.html">Oklahoma Republican state chair</a>, 1985-89; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/stsen.html">Oklahoma state senate</a>, 1988-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Oklahoma</a>, 1995-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 4th District, 2003-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amerind.html">Chickasaw Indian</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001053">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400077">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/224/000036116">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lawrence William Cramer (1897-1978)</b> — also known as <b>Lawrence W. Cramer</b> — Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-26.html">December 26, 1897</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <b>university professor</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ofc/ltgv.html">Lieutenant Governor of Virgin Islands</a>, 1931-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands</a>, 1935-40; major in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/chi-psi.html">Chi Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in Chapel Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/10-18.html">October 18, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 296 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/OR-buried.html#cms04412">Old Chapel Hill Cemetery</a>, Chapel Hill, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Carl J. Cramer and Emma E. (Steuber) Cramer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/03-31.html">March 31, 1925</a>, to Aline Parry Smith.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence William Cramer">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43863496">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883)</b> — also known as <b>Tobias Guarneriius</b> — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/02-07.html">February 7, 1805</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <b>college professor</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">linguist</a>; as a young man, took part in several <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duels</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/sppi.html">Louisiana superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1848-51; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CR-diplomats.html ">Costa Rica</a>, 1859-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-diplomats.html ">Nicaragua</a>, 1859-61. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/greek.html">Greek</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amerind.html">Alabama Indian</a> ancestry. Died in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-died.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/01-30.html">January 30, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-buried.html#cms02289">St. Louis Cemetery No. 1</a>, New Orleans, La. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Andrea Drussakis Dimitry and Marie Celeste (Dragon) Dimitry; married to Mary Powell Mills (daughter of Robert Mills); second great-grandfather and great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#337.45.37">Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/dimitry-alexander ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.ncccusa.org/gifs/grayhires.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/745/48.31.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="William H. Gray III"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Herbert Gray III (1941-2013)</b> — also known as <b>William H. Gray III</b>; <b>Bill Gray</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Baton Rouge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-born.html">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/08-20.html">August 20, 1941</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Baptist minister</a>; <b>college professor</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1979-91; resigned 1991; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/PA.html">1984</a>; president and CEO, United Negro College Fund, 1991-2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/trilateral-commission.html">Trilateral Commission</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-phi-alpha.html">Alpha Phi Alpha</a>. Died in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-died.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2013/07-01.html">July 1, 2013</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 315 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Herbert Gray, Jr.; married to Andrea Dash.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000402">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404752">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/667/000061484">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> National Council of Churches</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul Raymond Lamonica (b. 1944)</b> — also known as <b>P. Raymond Lamonica</b> — of Louisiana. Born in Baton Rouge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-born.html">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/06-10.html">June 10, 1944</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <b>law professor</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana</a>, 1986-94. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Still living as of 1994. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Leonard Lamonica and Olivia (Frank) Lamonica; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/08-23.html">August 23, 1971</a>, to Dianne Davis.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Wilbert John LeMelle (b. 1931)</b> — also known as <b>Wilbert J. LeMelle</b> — of New York. Born in New Iberia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/IB-born.html">Iberia Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/11-11.html">November 11, 1931</a>. Democrat. <b>University professor</b>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/KY-diplomats.html ">Kenya</a>, 1977-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SH-diplomats.html ">Seychelles</a>, 1977-80. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-pol-sci-assoc.html">American Political Science Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. Still living as of 1991. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Eloi Sabas LeMelle and Therese (Francis) LeMelle; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/">1958</a> to Yvonne Tauriac.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/lemelle-wilbert-john ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Cecil Morgan (1898-1999)</b> — of Shreveport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-lived.html">Caddo Parish</a>, La.; New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/08-20.html">August 20, 1898</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader of a group of state legislators who impeached Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/long.html#873.80.17">Huey P. Long</a> in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Oil</a> Company; <b>dean</b>, Tulane University Law School, 1963-68. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old Louisiana state capitol. Died in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-died.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/06-14.html">June 14, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/100.html">100 years, 298 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-buried.html#cms01354">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Baton Rouge, La. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#094.82.04">Howell Morgan</a> and Thisba Ann (Hutson) Morgan; married to Margaret Geddes; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howell.html#959.57.02">Richard Howell</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0457.html">Davis-Howell-Morgan-Agnew family</a> of New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Vernon Valentine Palmer</b> — also known as <b>Vernon Palmer</b> — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. <b>Law professor</b>; candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/neworleans.html">mayor of New Orleans, La.</a>, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982)</b> — also known as <b>Max Rafferty</b> — of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; Alabama. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/05-09.html">May 9, 1917</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">columnist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sppi.html">California superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1963-70; defeated, 1970; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1968; <b>dean</b>, Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-kappa.html">Phi Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a> when his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car went off the road</a> into a pond, in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/PI-died.html">Pike County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/06-13.html">June 13, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/PI-buried.html#cms05514">Green Hills Cemetery</a>, Troy, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1886-1967) and DeEtta (Cox) Rafferty; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/06-04.html">June 4, 1944</a>, to Frances Luella Longman.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max Rafferty">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/152889999">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=10886">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/479/59.59.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="Rene J. Waguespack"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Rene Joseph Waguespack (1897-1981)</b> — also known as <b>Rene J. Waguespack</b> — of St. James, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SJ-lived.html">St. James Parish</a>, La. Born in Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/11-12.html">November 12, 1897</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <b>law professor</b>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/LA.html">1924</a>. Died in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-died.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/06-30.html">June 30, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 230 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Raymond Joseph Waguespack and Eva Delphine (Waguespack) Waguespack; married to Bertha Gerson; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#403.67.81">Leonard Waguespack</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> "The Wolf", Loyola University (1928)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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