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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">53rd <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Louisiana" title="List of governors of Louisiana">Governor of Louisiana</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 8, 1996 – January 12, 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant</th><td class="infobox-data">Kathleen Blanco</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">Edwin Edwards</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Blanco" title="Kathleen Blanco">Kathleen Blanco</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Senate">Louisiana Senate</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_21st_State_Senate_district" title="Louisiana's 21st State Senate district">21st</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1988 – January 1996</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Guarisco_Jr." title="Anthony Guarisco Jr.">Anthony Guarisco Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">John Siracusa</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Murphy James Foster Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1930-07-11</span>)</span>July 11, 1930<br /><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Louisiana" title="Franklin, Louisiana">Franklin, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 4, 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-10-04)</span> (aged 90)<br />Franklin, Louisiana, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (from 1995)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (before 1995)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Alice Foster</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Military_Institute" title="Virginia Military Institute">Virginia Military Institute</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_University" title="Southern University">Southern University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1952–1956</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Force Reserve">United States Air Force Reserve</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Murphy James Foster Jr.</b> (July 11, 1930 – October 4, 2020) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 53rd <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Governor of Louisiana">governor of Louisiana</a> from 1996 to 2004. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Foster_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Murphy James Foster Jr. was born in <a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Louisiana" title="Franklin, Louisiana">Franklin</a>, the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">seat of government</a> of <a href="/wiki/St._Mary_Parish,_Louisiana" title="St. Mary Parish, Louisiana">St. Mary Parish</a>. His father, also named Murphy James Foster, was an area <a href="/wiki/Sugar" title="Sugar">sugar</a> <a href="/wiki/Planter_(American_South)" class="mw-redirect" title="Planter (American South)">planter</a> and owner of <a href="/wiki/Oil" title="Oil">oil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> lands, whose own father was <a href="/wiki/Murphy_J._Foster_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Murphy J. Foster Sr.">Murphy J. Foster Sr.</a>, who was Louisiana governor from 1892 to 1900 and a U.S. Senator from 1901 to 1913. As governor, Murphy Foster led the campaign to disenfranchise Black citizens through the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Louisiana#Louisiana_Constitution_of_1898" title="Constitution of Louisiana">Louisiana Constitution of 1898</a>, calling for an end to "the leprous virus of negro suffrage, thereby creating a running sore which has ever since tainted our government, both federal and state, with foul corruption and loathsome disease."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Foster attended <a href="/wiki/State_school" title="State school">public high school</a> in Franklin, graduated from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge" class="mw-redirect" title="Baton Rouge">Baton Rouge</a> in 1952 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Southern_University_Law_Center" title="Southern University Law Center">Southern University Law Center</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> in 2004, the year he left the governorship. He became an <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Scout_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)">Eagle Scout</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="Boy Scouts of America">Boy Scouts of America</a> in 1946 and was a recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Eagle_Scout_Award" title="Distinguished Eagle Scout Award">Distinguished Eagle Scout Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mjfoster_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mjfoster-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a member of <a href="/wiki/Delta_Kappa_Epsilon" title="Delta Kappa Epsilon">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a> fraternity (Zeta Zeta chapter) and <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Friars_(club)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Friars (club) (page does not exist)">The Friars</a>. He joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> and served in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. By the time Mike Foster entered politics, he had already become a wealthy sugar planter and owner of a construction firm. He resided at <a href="/wiki/Oaklawn_Manor" title="Oaklawn Manor">Oaklawn Manor</a>, an antebellum plantation mansion in Franklin.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_as_governor,_1995"><span id="Election_as_governor.2C_1995"></span>Election as governor, 1995</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Foster_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Election as governor, 1995"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Foster entered the <a href="/wiki/1995_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election" title="1995 Louisiana gubernatorial election">1995 gubernatorial race</a> as a minor candidate whom most local political observers discounted. Then in September 1995, Foster announced he would qualify for the race as a Republican. The Republicans had not coalesced on a candidate, and Foster's announcement that he was switching parties vaulted him from single digits in the polls to serious contention. Foster rode a wave of popular dissatisfaction with the more unsavory aspects of the casino gambling that had been legalized under outgoing Governor <a href="/wiki/Edwin_W._Edwards" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwin W. Edwards">Edwin W. Edwards</a>. Foster came out strongly against gambling and pledged to run Louisiana "like a business." His conservative platform included attacks on welfare abuse, gun control, <a href="/wiki/Affirmative_action" title="Affirmative action">affirmative action</a>, racial quotas, and political corruption.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He carried the endorsement of the columnist and former Republican presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/Patrick_J._Buchanan" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick J. Buchanan">Patrick J. Buchanan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Foster edged out two more well-known candidates for a seat in the runoff with then-<a href="/wiki/United_States_Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Representative">United States Representative</a> <a href="/wiki/Cleo_Fields" title="Cleo Fields">Cleo Fields</a> from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 4th congressional district">Louisiana's 4th congressional district</a>, a prominent black Democratic politician. Future U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Mary_Landrieu" title="Mary Landrieu">Mary Landrieu</a> ran third and missed the general election berth by just 8,983 votes (0.6 percent of the total votes cast). Former Governor <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Buddy Roemer</a>, seeking a gubernatorial comeback, came in fourth place. Foster's embrace of the Republican label and his conservative platform undercut Roemer, another Democrat-turned-Republican.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Reminiscent of his grandfather's inauguration virtually a century earlier, Mike Foster's inauguration ceremony on January 8, 1996, occurred at the <a href="/wiki/Old_Louisiana_State_Capitol" title="Old Louisiana State Capitol">Old State Capitol</a>. Always a man of few words, Foster remarked briefly about the historicity of the occasion and made cordial statements about outgoing four-term Governor Edwin Edwards, who was present.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Foster defeated black Democratic candidates in both of his campaigns for governor—<a href="/wiki/Cleo_Fields" title="Cleo Fields">Cleo Fields</a> in 1995 and Congressman <a href="/wiki/William_J._Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="William J. Jefferson">William Jefferson</a> of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 2nd congressional district">Louisiana's 2nd congressional district</a> in 1999. He defeated Jefferson in a landslide, avoiding a runoff with 64 percent of the vote. His second inauguration took place on January 10, 2000.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foster_as_governor">Foster as governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Foster_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Foster as governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_George_W._Bush_speaks_during_a_ceremony_held_to_honor_the_gift_of_a_new_firetruck_for_the_city_of_New_York.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/President_George_W._Bush_speaks_during_a_ceremony_held_to_honor_the_gift_of_a_new_firetruck_for_the_city_of_New_York.jpg/220px-President_George_W._Bush_speaks_during_a_ceremony_held_to_honor_the_gift_of_a_new_firetruck_for_the_city_of_New_York.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/President_George_W._Bush_speaks_during_a_ceremony_held_to_honor_the_gift_of_a_new_firetruck_for_the_city_of_New_York.jpg/330px-President_George_W._Bush_speaks_during_a_ceremony_held_to_honor_the_gift_of_a_new_firetruck_for_the_city_of_New_York.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/President_George_W._Bush_speaks_during_a_ceremony_held_to_honor_the_gift_of_a_new_firetruck_for_the_city_of_New_York.jpg/440px-President_George_W._Bush_speaks_during_a_ceremony_held_to_honor_the_gift_of_a_new_firetruck_for_the_city_of_New_York.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="381" /></a><figcaption>Foster watches as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> speaks during a ceremony held to honor the gift of a new firetruck for the city of New York on the South Lawn in 2001</figcaption></figure> <p>Foster was widely seen as having favored business to a greater degree than had previous governors. He retained the secretary of economic development, former legislator <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Reilly_(Louisiana_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevin Reilly (Louisiana politician) (page does not exist)">Kevin P. Reilly Sr.</a> of Baton Rouge, the former CEO of <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Advertising_Company" title="Lamar Advertising Company">Lamar Advertising Company</a> of <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge" class="mw-redirect" title="Baton Rouge">Baton Rouge</a>. He ended state <a href="/wiki/Affirmative_action" title="Affirmative action">affirmative action</a> and set-aside programs, which earned him the support of the business community but prompted protests from civil rights groups. Foster also targeted <a href="/wiki/Tort_reform" title="Tort reform">tort reform</a> and ended the practice by which trial lawyers could seek punitive damages from businesses. Foster had close relations with the statewide pro-business <a href="/wiki/Lobbying" title="Lobbying">lobbying</a> group <a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana_Association_of_Business_and_Industry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (page does not exist)">Louisiana Association of Business and Industry</a> (LABI) for most of his tenure, though there were short-lived tensions in 2000 over Foster's attempt to raise business taxes in an effort to secure funding for higher education. By the end of his second term, Foster was receiving criticism for his reluctance to take business trips in order to attract businesses and jobs to Louisiana, and for enrolling in part-time law school classes while still in office. He also appointed then 24-year-old <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a>, later a two-term Republican governor, as head of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Department_of_Health_and_Hospitals" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals">Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As his executive counsel, Foster appointed the Democrat Cheney Joseph Jr. (1942–2015), a member of the LSU Law School faculty and a former <a href="/wiki/District_attorney" title="District attorney">district attorney</a> for <a href="/wiki/East_Baton_Rouge_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="East Baton Rouge Parish">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Foster worked to re-organize the state's <a href="/wiki/Community_college" title="Community college">community college</a> system by creating the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Community_and_Technical_College_System" title="Louisiana Community and Technical College System">Louisiana Community and Technical College System</a>, and expanded the <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Opportunity_Program_for_Students" title="Taylor Opportunity Program for Students">Tuition Opportunity Program for Students</a> (TOPS).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Foster instituted mandatory standardized testing for grade advancement in a move described by his administration as an effort to make public schools more accountable. He made increasing teacher salaries a major priority, at one point promising to stop cashing his paychecks until teachers' salaries reached the Southern average. Andy Kopplin served as Governor Foster's chief of staff.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1997, Foster named former state budget director <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Perlman" title="Ralph Perlman">Ralph Perlman</a> as secretary of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, a position that Perlman held for five years while in his eighties.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite having run on an anti-gambling platform, in office Foster became a quiet supporter of the gambling industry. His advocacy of a bailout bill for the <a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Harrah's">Harrah's</a> casino in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> helped ensure the passage of the measure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atchafalaya_Basin_Program">Atchafalaya Basin Program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Foster_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Atchafalaya Basin Program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1996 the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Corps of Engineers">U.S. Army Corps of Engineers</a> requested that Foster appoint a lead agency to coordinate state participation in the <a href="/wiki/Atchafalaya_River" title="Atchafalaya River">Atchafalaya Basin Project</a>. Foster chose the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources as the lead agency. In December 1996, the Atchafalaya Basin Advisory Committee was created, members appointed, and planning initiated that resulted in the Atchafalaya Basin Master Plan, as authorized by the U.S. Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A result of this plan was the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Sherburne_Complex_Wildlife_Management_Area" title="Sherburne Complex Wildlife Management Area">Sherburne Complex Wildlife Management Area</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Section 4.41-B) that includes the partnership of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Department_of_Wildlife_and_Fisheries" title="Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries">Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries</a> (LDWF), and the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Corps of Engineers">U.S. Army Corps of Engineers</a>. The area consists of 44,000 acres (180 km<sup>2</sup>), and is managed by the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Department_of_Wildlife_and_Fisheries" title="Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries">Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foster_and_David_Duke">Foster and David Duke</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Foster_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Foster and David Duke"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his 1995 campaign, Foster paid more than $150,000 for former <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klansman</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Duke" title="David Duke">David Duke</a>'s mailing list of supporters. After failing to report the purchase as a campaign expenditure, Foster became the first Louisiana governor to admit and pay a fine for a violation of the state's ethics code. Foster insisted that he did not need to report the expenditure because he paid Duke with his personal funds and did not utilize the list in his campaign. Duke also endorsed Foster in the 1995 campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post_governorship">Post governorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Foster_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post governorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In retirement, Foster lived with his wife Alice C. Foster (born 1940), to whom he was married for over 50 years, on the family estate near Franklin.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, Foster was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame">Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame</a> in <a href="/wiki/Winnfield,_Louisiana" title="Winnfield, Louisiana">Winnfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, the state agreed to fund $2 million to renovate part of Franklin City Hall to provide housing for Foster's papers.<sup id="cite_ref-fittingtribute_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fittingtribute-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 28, 2020, news reports confirmed Foster entered hospice care.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After spending a week in hospice care, Mike Foster died on October 4, 2020, at the age of 90.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Foster_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Mike_Foster_(American_politician)" title="Special:EditPage/Mike Foster (American politician)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>State Senator, 21st Senatorial District, 1987</b> </p><p>Threshold > 50% </p><p>First Ballot, October 24, 1987 </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Affiliation </th> <th>Support </th> <th>Outcome </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Mike Foster </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Democratic </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">24,183 (64%) </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Elected </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Guarisco_Jr." title="Anthony Guarisco Jr.">Anthony Guarisco Jr.</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Democratic </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">13,599 (36%) </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Defeated </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>State Senator, 21st Senatorial District, 1991</b> </p><p>Threshold > 50% </p><p>First Ballot, October 19, 1991 </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Affiliation </th> <th>Support </th> <th>Outcome </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Mike Foster </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Democratic </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">30,836 (85%) </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Elected </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eddie Albares </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>5,232 (15%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Governor of Louisiana, 1995</b> </p><p>Threshold > 50% </p><p>First Ballot, October 21, 1995 </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Affiliation </th> <th>Support </th> <th>Outcome </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">Mike Foster </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">Republican </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">385,267 (26%) </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">Runoff </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF"><a href="/wiki/Cleo_Fields" title="Cleo Fields">Cleo Fields</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Democratic </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">280,921 (19%) </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Runoff </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Landrieu" title="Mary Landrieu">Mary Landrieu</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Democratic </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">271,938 (18%) </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Defeated </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8"><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Buddy Roemer</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">Republican </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">263,330 (18%) </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">Defeated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others </td> <td>n.a. </td> <td>274,440 (19%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Second Ballot, November 18, 1995 </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Affiliation </th> <th>Support </th> <th>Outcome </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">Mike Foster </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">Republican </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">984,499 (64%) </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">Elected </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF"><a href="/wiki/Cleo_Fields" title="Cleo Fields">Cleo Fields</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Democratic </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">565,861 (36%) </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Defeated </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Governor of Louisiana, 1999</b> </p><p>Threshold > 50% </p><p>First Ballot, October 23, 1999 </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Affiliation </th> <th>Support </th> <th>Outcome </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">Mike Foster </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">Republican </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">805,203 (62%) </td> <td bgcolor="#FFE8E8">Elected </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Jefferson">Bill Jefferson</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Democratic </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">382,445 (30%) </td> <td bgcolor="#DDEEFF">Defeated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others </td> <td>n.a. </td> <td>107,557 (8%) </td> <td>Defeated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Foster_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080221041257/http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/410/Default.aspx">State of Louisiana – Biography</a></li> <li>DuBos, Clancy. "Foster on Fire." <i>Gambit Weekly</i>. October 3, 1995.</li> <li>Kurtz, David. "Mike's Millions: He may be a working man, but Mike Foster certainly doesn't have to." <i>New Orleans Magazine</i>, May 1996.</li> <li>Reeves, Miriam. <i>The Governors of Louisiana</i>. Gretna: Pelican Publishing, 1998.</li> <li>Warner, Chris. "Mike Foster's Legacy: What Will it Be?" <i>State Business Louisiana</i>. Winter 2002.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gatewayno.com/history/fosterbio.html">Governor Murphy J. "Mike" Foster Jr. </a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Videos">Videos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Foster_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Videos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>(1) Foster's Inauguration as Louisiana's 53rd Governor on January 8, 1996, at the Old State Capitol Grounds <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVI-1996">[2]</a> </p><p>(2) Second Inauguration on the State Capitol Grounds on January 10, 2000 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVI-2000">[3]</a> </p><p>(3) State of the State Address on April 29, 1996 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-1996">[4]</a> </p><p>(4) Joint Session of the Louisiana State Legislature from May 30, 1996 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?72605-1/presidential-campaign-speech">[5]</a> </p><p>(5) Opening Address to the Louisiana State Legislature on March 31, 1997 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-19970331">[6]</a> </p><p>(6) Special Session of the Louisiana State Legislature from March 23, 1998 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-19980323">[7]</a> </p><p>(7) Opening Address to Fiscal Session of the Louisiana State Legislature from April 27, 1998 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-19980427">[8]</a> </p><p>(8) Opening Address to the Louisiana State Legislature from March 29, 1999 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-19990329">[9]</a> </p><p>(9) Gubernatorial Debate Forum from October 8, 1999 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGUBD-19991008">[10]</a> </p><p>(10) Opening Address to the Louisiana State Legislature from March 19, 2000 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-20000319">[11]</a> </p><p>(11) Fiscal Session from April 24, 2000 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-20000424">[12]</a> </p><p>(12) Special Session from March 11, 2001 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-20010311">[13]</a> </p><p>(13) Opening Address to the Louisiana State Legislature from March 26, 2001 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-20010326">[14]</a> </p><p>(14) Press conference on the September 11th terrorist attacks on September 12, 2001 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-20010912">[15]</a> </p><p>(15) Opening Address to the Louisiana State Legislature from April 29, 2002 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-20020429">[16]</a> </p><p>(16) Final State of the State Address from March 31, 2003 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LGOVA-20030331">[17]</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Foster_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Roman">Roman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandre_Mouton" title="Alexandre Mouton">Mouton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Johnson_(politician)" title="Isaac Johnson (politician)">I. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Marshall_Walker" title="Joseph Marshall Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert" title="Paul Octave Hébert">Hébert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Wickliffe" title="Robert C. 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Warmoth">Warmoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._S._Pinchback" title="P. B. S. Pinchback">Pinchback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McEnery_(politician)" title="John McEnery (politician)">J. McEnery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_Kellogg" title="William Pitt Kellogg">Kellogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_B._Packard" title="Stephen B. Packard">Packard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_T._Nicholls" title="Francis T. Nicholls">Nicholls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_A._Wiltz" title="Louis A. Wiltz">Wiltz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_D._McEnery" title="Samuel D. McEnery">S. McEnery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_T._Nicholls" title="Francis T. Nicholls">Nicholls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murphy_J._Foster" title="Murphy J. Foster">M. J. Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wright_Heard" title="William Wright Heard">Heard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_C._Blanchard" title="Newton C. 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Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Davis" title="Jimmie Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Long" title="Earl Long">E. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennon" title="Robert F. Kennon">Kennon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Long" title="Earl Long">E. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Davis" title="Jimmie Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McKeithen" title="John McKeithen">McKeithen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">E. Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Treen" title="Dave Treen">Treen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">E. Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Roemer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">E. Edwards</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Blanco" title="Kathleen Blanco">Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Jindal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bel_Edwards" title="John Bel Edwards">J. Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Landry" title="Jeff Landry">Landry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="Template:Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="Template talk:Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame">Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="1990s" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">1990s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1993</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hale_Boggs" title="Hale Boggs">Hale Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._C._Claiborne" title="William C. C. Claiborne">William C. C. Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Davis" title="Jimmie Davis">Jimmie Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pap_Dean&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pap Dean (page does not exist)">Pap Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">Edwin Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_LeBlanc" class="mw-redirect" title="Dudley LeBlanc">Dudley LeBlanc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Long" title="Earl Long">Earl Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huey_Long" title="Huey Long">Huey Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_B._Long" title="Russell B. Long">Russell B. Long</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1994</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._Leonard_Allen" title="A. Leonard Allen">A. Leonard Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindy_Boggs" title="Lindy Boggs">Lindy Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Bussie" title="Victor Bussie">Victor Bussie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_J._Ellender" title="Allen J. Ellender">Allen J. Ellender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillis_William_Long" title="Gillis William Long">Gillis William Long</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camille_Gravel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Camille Gravel (page does not exist)">Camille Gravel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Hanna_Sr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sam Hanna Sr. (page does not exist)">Sam Hanna Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeLesseps_Story_Morrison" title="DeLesseps Story Morrison">deLesseps Story Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zachary_Taylor" title="Zachary Taylor">Zachary Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Douglass_White" title="Edward Douglass White">Edward Douglass White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Berry" title="Louis Berry">Louis Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Carville" title="James Carville">James Carville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Evelyn_Parker" title="Mary Evelyn Parker">Mary Evelyn Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander_Perez" title="Leander Perez">Leander Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Weill" title="Gus Weill">Gus Weill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1997</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_K._Allen" title="Oscar K. Allen">Oscar K. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murphy_J._Foster" title="Murphy J. Foster">Murphy J. Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Bennett_Johnston" title="J. Bennett Johnston">J. Bennett Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melinda_Schwegmann" title="Melinda Schwegmann">Melinda Schwegmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Treen" title="Dave Treen">David C. Treen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1998</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speedy_Long" title="Speedy Long">Speedy Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Overton" title="John H. Overton">John H. Overton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Waggonner" title="Joe Waggonner">Joe Waggonner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Harry_Williams" title="T. Harry Williams">T. Harry Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Doucet" title="Cat Doucet">Cat Doucet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Fitzmorris" title="Jimmy Fitzmorris">Jimmy Fitzmorris</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Fowler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Douglas Fowler (page does not exist)">Douglas Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iris_Kelso" title="Iris Kelso">Iris Kelso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Renwick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ed Renwick (page does not exist)">Ed Renwick</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2000s" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2000s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Caffery" title="Jefferson Caffery">Jefferson Caffery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="William J. Jefferson">William J. Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeannette_Knoll" title="Jeannette Knoll">Jeannette Knoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_D._Long" title="Jimmy D. Long">Jimmy D. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Buddy Roemer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiley_W._Hilburn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiley W. Hilburn (page does not exist)">Wiley W. Hilburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennon" title="Robert F. Kennon">Robert F. Kennon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Lee_(sheriff)" title="Harry Lee (sheriff)">Harry Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_McSween" class="mw-redirect" title="Harold McSween">Harold McSween</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wade_O._Martin_Jr." title="Wade O. Martin Jr.">Wade O. Martin Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_H._Schiro" title="Victor H. Schiro">Victor H. Schiro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jesse_Bankston&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jesse Bankston (page does not exist)">Jesse Bankston</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenny_Bowen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenny Bowen (page does not exist)">Kenny Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Bozeman" title="Harley Bozeman">Harley Bozeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burl_Cain" title="Burl Cain">Nathan Burl Cain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dodd" title="Bill Dodd">Bill Dodd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Grevemberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francis Grevemberg (page does not exist)">Francis Grevemberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hainkel" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hainkel">John Hainkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henson_Moore" title="Henson Moore">Henson Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Sampite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Sampite (page does not exist)">Joe Sampite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Walker_(politician)" title="Lillian Walker (politician)">Lillian Walker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Alario" title="John Alario">John Alario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Breaux" title="John Breaux">John Breaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Chevalier" title="Jay Chevalier">Jay Chevalier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Connick_Sr." title="Harry Connick Sr.">Harry Connick Sr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mike Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Huntoon" title="Carolyn Huntoon">Carolyn Huntoon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raymond_Laborde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raymond Laborde (page does not exist)">Raymond Laborde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Livingston" title="Bob Livingston">Bob Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Stalder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Stalder (page does not exist)">Richard Stalder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Tauzin" title="Billy Tauzin">Billy Tauzin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Boles_(politician)" title="Billy Boles (politician)">Billy Boles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._DeWitt_Jr." title="Charles W. DeWitt Jr.">Charles W. DeWitt Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_A._Guglielmo" title="Dudley A. Guglielmo">Dudley A. Guglielmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_Landrieu" title="Moon Landrieu">Moon Landrieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_G._%22Sonny%22_Mouton_Jr." title="Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr.">Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Lindsey_Holland_Rhodes" title="Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes">Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Shehee" title="Virginia Shehee">Virginia Shehee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Wardlaw&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Wardlaw (page does not exist)">Jack Wardlaw</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_W._Bates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert W. Bates (page does not exist)">Robert W. Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Roberto_Flores" title="Carlos Roberto Flores">Carlos Roberto Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Flake_Flores&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mary Flake Flores (page does not exist)">Mary Flake Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jordan_(attorney)" title="Eddie Jordan (attorney)">Eddie J. Jordan Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curtis_Joubert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Curtis Joubert (page does not exist)">Curtis Joubert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Boggs_Sigmund" title="Barbara Boggs Sigmund">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_C._Thompson" title="Francis C. Thompson">Francis C. Thompson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Babineaux_Blanco" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathleen Babineaux Blanco">Kathleen Babineaux Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Cook" title="Charlie Cook">Charlie Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvan_Friedman" title="Sylvan Friedman">Sylvan Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_E._Hines" title="Donald E. Hines">Donald E. Hines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Fox_McKeithen" title="W. Fox McKeithen">W. Fox McKeithen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cecil_J._Picard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cecil J. Picard (page does not exist)">Cecil J. Picard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Stelly" title="Vic Stelly">Vic Stelly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Bajoie" title="Diana Bajoie">Diana E. Bajoie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Clausen" title="Sally Clausen">Sally Clausen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_deGravelles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles deGravelles (page does not exist)">Charles deGravelles</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_deGravelles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virginia deGravelles (page does not exist)">Virginia deGravelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_Downer" title="Hunt Downer">Hunt Downer</a></li> <li>Theodore "Ted" Jones</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Landrieu" title="Mary Landrieu">Mary Landrieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_O%27Keefe" title="Sean O'Keefe">Sean O'Keefe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Baker_(American_politician)" title="Richard Baker (American politician)">Richard Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Freeman_Sr." title="Robert Louis Freeman Sr.">Bobby Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kip_Holden" title="Kip Holden">Melvin "Kip" Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Joseph" title="James A. Joseph">James A. Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_G._Kelly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donald G. Kelly (page does not exist)">Donald G. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_LaPlante&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John LaPlante (page does not exist)">John LaPlante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Odom" title="Bob Odom">Bob Odom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Randolph" title="Ned Randolph">Ned Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_R._Salter" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe R. Salter">Joe R. Salter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Ater" title="Al Ater">Al Ater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster_Campbell" title="Foster Campbell">Foster Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_John_(politician)" title="Chris John (politician)">Chris John</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Lee_(Louisiana_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walter Lee (Louisiana politician) (page does not exist)">Walter Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessel_Ourso" title="Jessel Ourso">Jessel Ourso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_F._Taylor" title="Patrick F. Taylor">Patrick F. Taylor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2010s" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2010s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Rodney Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Randy_Ewing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Randy Ewing (page does not exist)">Randy Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlton_Lyons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charlton Lyons (page does not exist)">Charlton Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_B._Nunez_Jr." title="Samuel B. Nunez Jr.">Samuel B. Nunez Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Nungesser_Sr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Nungesser Sr. (page does not exist)">William Nungesser</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risley_C._Triche&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Risley C. Triche (page does not exist)">Risley C. Triche</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Brown_(politician)" title="James H. Brown (politician)">James H. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucille_May_Grace" title="Lucille May Grace">Lucille May Grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_D._Kimball" title="Catherine D. Kimball">Catherine D. Kimball</a></li> <li>J. Kelly Nix</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Perlman" title="Ralph Perlman">Ralph Perlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Smith_(Louisiana_lobbyist)" title="Charlie Smith (Louisiana lobbyist)">Charlie Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2012</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Baden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fred Baden (page does not exist)">Fred Baden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Edward_H%C3%A9bert" class="mw-redirect" title="Felix Edward Hébert">Felix Edward Hébert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._Henry" title="E. L. Henry">E. L. Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Huckaby" title="Jerry Huckaby">Jerry Huckaby</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adras_LaBorde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adras LaBorde (page does not exist)">Adras LaBorde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Montgomery" title="Billy Montgomery">Billy Montgomery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Barham" title="Charles C. Barham">Charles C. Barham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_J._Chabert" title="Leonard J. Chabert">Leonard J. Chabert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_J._Chabert" title="Marty J. Chabert">Marty J. Chabert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norby_Chabert" title="Norby Chabert">Norby Chabert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Dement" title="George Dement">George Dement</a></li> <li>Leonard R. "Pop" Hataway</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Angelo_Roppolo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Angelo Roppolo (page does not exist)">Angelo Roppolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Strother" title="Raymond Strother">Raymond Strother</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._Marshall_Brown" title="J. Marshall Brown">J. Marshall Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bel_Edwards" title="John Bel Edwards">John Bel Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Fournet" title="John B. Fournet">John B. Fournet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Guidry" title="Dick Guidry">Richard P. "Dick" Guidry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_S._Hunt_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John S. Hunt II (page does not exist)">John S. Hunt II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_McConnell_Long" title="Rose McConnell Long">Rose McConnell Long</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Mann_(Louisiana_historian)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Mann (Louisiana historian) (page does not exist)">Robert "Bob" Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Peltier_Jr." title="Harvey Peltier Jr.">Harvey Peltier Jr.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peppi_Bruneau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peppi Bruneau (page does not exist)">Peppi Bruneau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Caldwell" title="Buddy Caldwell">Buddy Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juba_Diez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juba Diez (page does not exist)">Juba Diez</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Noble_Ellington&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Noble Ellington (page does not exist)">Noble Ellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Maginnis_(Louisiana_political_writer)" title="John Maginnis (Louisiana political writer)">John Maginnis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_A._Marvin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles A. Marvin (page does not exist)">Charles A. Marvin</a></li> <li>Scott family: <a href="/wiki/Albin_Provosty" title="Albin Provosty">Albin Provosty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nauman_Scott" title="Nauman Scott">Nauman Scott</a> and Jock Scott</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boysie_Bollinger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boysie Bollinger (page does not exist)">Boysie Bollinger</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Randy_K._Haynie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Randy K. Haynie (page does not exist)">Randy K. Haynie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ieyoub" title="Richard Ieyoub">Richard Ieyoub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Houston Jones">Sam Houston Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Mamoulides&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Mamoulides (page does not exist)">John Mamoulides</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Braxton_Moody_III&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Braxton Moody III (page does not exist)">Braxton Moody III</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaliste_Saloom_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kaliste Saloom Jr. (page does not exist)">Kaliste Saloom Jr.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Jim Beam</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dimos" title="Jimmy Dimos">Jimmy Dimos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._J._Jemison" title="T. 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Jemison</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maurice_Mapes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maurice Mapes (page does not exist)">Maurice Mapes</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Norris_(Louisiana_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Norris (Louisiana politician) (page does not exist)">Dave Norris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avery_Alexander" title="Avery Alexander">Avery Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Dardenne" title="Jay Dardenne">Jay Dardenne</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quentin_Dastugue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quentin Dastugue (page does not exist)">Quentin Dastugue</a></li> <li>James Gill</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_D._Lancaster_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles D. 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