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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Eugene B. Watson, Sr.<br>
| name=Eugene B. Watson, Sr.<br>
| office=Louisiana State Senator for<br> St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes
|office=Louisiana State Senator for St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes
| term_start=1908
| term_start=1908
| term_end=1912
| term_end=1912
| preceded=C. S. E. Babington
| preceded=C. S. E. Babington
| succeeded=A. J. Alford
| succeeded=A. J. Alford
| occupation=Timber owner
| birth_date=November 7, 1873
| birth_date=November 7, 1873
| birth_place=St. Helena Parish, [[Louisiana]]
| birth_place=St. Helena Parish, [[Louisiana]]
| death_date=December 10, 1938
| death_date=December 10, 1938 (aged 65)
| death_place=Flluker, Tangipahoa Parish
| death_place=Flluker, Tangipahoa Parish
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2004|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=January 18, 2018}}</ref> Under [[Governor]]s Jared Young Sanders, Sr., [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], and Oscar Kelly Long, Watson held these positions: warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in West Feliciana Parish, livestock commissioner, and insurance commissioner, respectively.<ref name=dlb/>
http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2004|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=January 18, 2018}}</ref> Under [[Governor]]s Jared Young Sanders, Sr., [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], and Oscar Kelly Long, Watson held these positions: warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in West Feliciana Parish, livestock commissioner, and insurance commissioner, respectively.<ref name=dlb/>
He was the president of Watson Sand and Gravel Company and the co-manager of Hyde and Watson Lumber Company, both in Fluker in neighboring Tangipahoa Parish. In 1902, Watson wed the former Mary Cornelia “Mamie” Hyde; the couple had a son, Eugene, Jr.,<ref name=dlb>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/ |Watson, Eugene B., Sr.|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=January 19, 2018}}</ref> who held the District 10 state senate seat from 1944 to 1948, thirty-two years after his father vacated the position.<ref name=statesenate/> Watson was struck by a [[locomotive]] and killed in Fluker at the age of sixty-five.<ref name=dlb/>
He was the president of Watson Sand and Gravel Company and the co-manager of Hyde and Watson Lumber Company, both in Fluker in neighboring Tangipahoa Parish. In 1902, Watson wed the former Mary Cornelia “Mamie” Hyde; the couple had a son, Eugene, Jr.,<ref name=dlb>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/|title=Watson, Eugene B., Sr.|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=January 19, 2018}}</ref> who held the District 10 state senate seat from 1944 to 1948, thirty-two years after his father vacated the position.<ref name=statesenate/> Watson was struck by a [[locomotive]] and killed in Fluker at the age of sixty-five.<ref name=dlb/>
==References==
==References==