Biography
A Representative from Louisiana. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. , October 12, 1901. Attended public and parochial schools, Jesuit High School, New Orleans, La. , and Tulane University, New Orleans, La. , 1920-1924. Engaged in newspaper and editorial work in New Orleans, La. , 1918-1940. Colonel on staff of the Governor of Louisiana in 1936. Served as personal representative of the Governor in Washington, D. C. , in 1940. Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1977). Chairman, Committee on Armed Services (Ninety-second and Ninety-third Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress. Resided in New Orleans, La. , where he died December 29, 1979. Entombment in Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum.