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Politicians in the Oil and Gas Business in Louisiana

	George W. Carroll (1855-1935) — also known as "The Moneyless Millionaire of Texas" — of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex. Born in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, La., April 11, 1855. Son of Frank L. Carroll and Sarah (Long) Carroll. Lumber business; banker; oil millionaire; philanthropist; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Texas, 1902; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1904. Baptist. Died, of pneumonia, in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex., December 14, 1935 (age 80 years, 247 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.   Relatives: Married 1877 to Underhill Mixson (1854-1927).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr. (1894-1973) — also known as Charlton H. Lyons, Sr. — of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. Born in Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La., September 3, 1894. Son of Ernest John Lyons and Joyce Bentley (Havard) Lyons. Republican. Lawyer; oil business; candidate for U.S. Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961; candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1964; Louisiana Republican state chair, 1964-68; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1964 (delegation chair); Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi Delta Phi. Died August 8, 1973 (age 78 years, 339 days). Interment at Forest Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.   Relatives: Son of Ernest John Lyons and Joyce Bentley (Havard) Lyons; married, August 28, 1917, to Marjorie Gladys Hall (1895-1971); father of Hall McCord Lyons.   See also Wikipedia article
	Hall McCord Lyons (1923-1998) — also known as Hall M. Lyons — of Louisiana. Born December 22, 1923. Son of Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr. and Marjorie Gladys (Hall) Lyons (1895-1971). Oil business; Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1966; American candidate for U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1972. Mormon. Died in Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, La., July 22, 1998 (age 74 years, 212 days). Interment at Forest Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.   Relatives: Son of Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr. and Marjorie Gladys (Hall) Lyons (1895-1971); married to Betty Sue Buffington McKeever (1925-1993) and Ann B. Barras (born 1936); married, July 31, 1975, to Rosamond Rosholt (born 1922).   See also Wikipedia article
	Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) — of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Nebraska, August 20, 1898. Son of Howell Morgan and Thisba Ann (Hutson) Morgan. Lawyer; member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader of a group of state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P. Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil Company; dean, Tulane University Law School, 1963-68. Member, American Legion. He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old Louisiana state capitol. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., June 14, 1999 (age 100 years, 298 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.   Relatives: Third great-grandson of Richard Howell; son of Howell Morgan and Thisba Ann (Hutson) Morgan; married to Margaret Geddes. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
	James Albert Noe (1893-1976) — also known as James A. Noe — of Monroe, Ouachita Parish, La. Born December 21, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; oil business; Governor of Louisiana, 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940, 1956. Died April 2, 1976 (age 82 years, 103 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, La.   Relatives: Married to Anna Gray Sweeney (1901-1972).   See also National Governors Association biography
	Willard Lloyd Rambo (1917-1984) — also known as W. L. Rambo — of Georgetown, Grant Parish, La. Born in Georgetown, Grant Parish, La., March 22, 1917. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oilfield drilling contractor; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1952-60; defeated, 1968, 1976; member of Louisiana state senate, 1964-68. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. Died, of heart failure, in a hospital at Houston, Harris County, Tex., November 28, 1984 (age 67 years, 251 days). Interment at Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, La.
	Joe David Waggonner, Jr. (1918-2007) — also known as Joe Waggonner, Jr. — of Plain Dealing, Bossier Parish, La. Born near Plain Dealing, Bossier Parish, La., September 7, 1918. Son of Joe David Waggonner and Elizzibeth (Johnston) Waggonner. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; wholesale petroleum products distribution business; member, Louisiana state board of education, 1960-61; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961-79. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Lions; Kappa Sigma. Arrested in Washington, D.C., 1976, for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute. Died in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., October 7, 2007 (age 89 years, 30 days). Interment at Plain Dealing Cemetery, Plain Dealing, La.   Relatives: Married, December 14, 1942, to Mary Ruth Carter.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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