Leander Perez
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Leander Henry Perez Sr. was an American Democratic Party political boss of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes in southeastern Louisiana during the middle third of the 20th century. Officially, he se
Perez in 1914 as Tulane Law School graduate
Leander Perez's tomb, in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans
James Eastland
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James Oliver Eastland was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation i
Leander Perez
…with the Catholic Church and was readmitted before his death after issuing a retraction, and through political leverage exercised by Democratic senator James Eastland. Perez received a requiem Mass at Holy Name of Jesus Christ Church at Loyola University in New Orleans. In 1917, Perez married Agnes Octave Chalin…
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Senator Eastland with President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968.
Official U.S. Senate portrait of Eastland