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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Bill Dodd, Speedy Long, Jerry Fowler, William Stewart Walker, Morgan D. Peoples, Mary Evelyn Parker, Al Ater, Robert DeBlieux, Vic Stelly, John B. Fournet, James R. Fannin, Jimmy D. Long, Eddy Shell, Joe R. Salter, Tommy Armstrong, Jesse L. Boucher, Everett Doerge, Joe McPherson, Mike Smith, Gerald Long, Paul L. Foshee, Virginia deGravelles, Foster Campbell, Donald G. Kelly, James Whitfield Williamson, Dennis Freeman, Ernest Wooton, Jean M. Doerge, Garnie W. McGinty, Dan Flores, Jane H. Smith, Arnold R. Kilpatrick, Charlie Hennigan, Billy Montgomery, C. E. "Cap" Barham, Sherry Boucher, B. L. Shaw, D. C. Wimberly, Bobby Hebert, Henry C. Dethloff, Taylor Townsend, A. P. Tugwell, A. A. Fredericks, Sammy Joe Odom, W. Ray Scott, Eugene P. Watson, Darryl Willis, Joanne Verger, Kenta Bell, Ricardo Acuna, Randy Moffett. Excerpt: William Joseph "Bill" Dodd (November 25, 1909 - November 16, 1991) held five important positions in Louisiana government in the mid-twentieth century, including the offices of state representative, lieutenant governor, state auditor, president and member of the State Board of Education, and state education superintendent, but he never achieved his ultimate goal: the state's powerful Napoleonic-style governorship. Twice Dodd failed to win the pivotal Democratic gubernatorial nomination: 1952 and 1959. To his critics, he was a Long "hatchet man." To his admirers, he never let his defeats sour his optimistic spirit, his patriotism, or his devotion to his adopted home state. Dodd was born in a logging camp in Liberty, Texas, near Houston to Daniel David Dodd and the former Nancy J. Pawley. The family relocated to Sabine Parish (parish seat: Many, pronounced MAN NIE) between Shreveport and Lake Charles. He graduated from Zwolle High School in Zwolle in Sabine Parish. After high school, Dodd played profes...
