Jimmie Davis
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James Houston Davis was an American singer, songwriter, and Democratic Party politician. After achieving fame for releasing both sacred and country songs, Davis served as the 47th governor of Louisian
Davis in 1962
Davis homestead in Jackson Parish
Davis was posthumously inducted in 2003 into the Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame in Ferriday, Louisiana
Cork oak tree planted and dedicated by Davis
Earl Long
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Earl Kemp Long was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Louisiana on three occasions. A member of the Democratic Party, he held the same position that his brother, Huey Long, held
Jimmie Davis
…L. Morgan, an elderly attorney and former U.S. representative from Covington, the seat of St. Tammany Parish, who had been backed by former Governor Earl Kemp Long and New Orleans Mayor Robert Maestri. In the runoff, Davis received 251,228 (53.6 percent) to Morgan's 217,915 (46.4 percent). Louisiana established…
Governor Earl Long
The Earl K. Long Gymnasium at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Long's gubernatorial portrait
Grave of Earl Kemp Long in Winnfield, Louisiana