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Irvin Talton – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Webster Parish (1880–84) Elmer R. Tapper (1929–2011), politician; Gregory Tarver (born 1946), civil rights activist, state senator from Caddo Parish; Ray Tarver (1921–1972), dentist; represented Natchitoches Parish in state House of Representatives (1964–68)
James Z. Spearing, attorney, school board member, U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1924–1931; Dorothy Mae Taylor, first African-American woman to serve in the Louisiana House, 1971–1980; member of the New Orleans City Council, 1986–1994 [16] Charles Laveau Trudeau, early 19th century mayor of New Orleans
Davis homestead in Jackson Parish. James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000) was an American singer, songwriter, and Democratic Party politician. After achieving fame for releasing both sacred and popular songs, Davis served as governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1960 to 1964.
Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial (October 9, 1929 – December 24, 1989), was an American politician and a leading civil rights advocate. He was the first black mayor of New Orleans, serving from 1978 to 1986. [1]
Regina Barrow (b. 1966), member of the Louisiana State Senate, former state representative for East and West Baton Rouge parishes, 2005–2016 [42] V.J. Bella (b. 1927), former state representative from St. Mary Parish and state fire marshal, based in Baton Rouge, 1990–1992 and 1996–2004, R [ citation needed ]
James E. Cofer, president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe 2002–2010; Bruce M. Davis, Manson family member serving life sentence for murder; Robert Pershing Foster, MD, a subject of Isabel Wilkerson's book The Warmth of Other Suns; W. C. Friley, Baptist clergyman; second president of Louisiana College; pastor in Monroe in the early 1880s