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| office=[[Judge]] of the Louisiana 24th Judicial District Court (Jefferson Parish)

| office=[[Judge]] of the Louisiana 24th Judicial District Court (Jefferson Parish)

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| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/clarence-mcmanus/e526200465216|title=Clarence McManus|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 27, 2018}}</ref>

| term_start=1982

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'''Clarence Elburn McManus''' (June 3, 1934 &ndash; September 22, 2016) was a district and circuit judge in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who never faced an opponent in an election.

'''Clarence Elburn McManus''' (June 3, 1934 &ndash; September 22, 2016) was a district and circuit judge in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who never faced an opponent in an election.

The son of Otis Clarence McManus (1914-1987) and the former Odell Hawsey (1915-2010), McManus graduated in 1950 from Warren Easton Senior High School in New Orleans, named for former state and parish education superintendent [[Warren Easton]] and since 2006 a [[charter school]]. He received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1958 and his legal credentials in 1961 from [[Tulane University]]. He held the Division E judgeship in the state's 24th District from 1982 to 1999, based in Gretna, the Jefferson Parish seat of government. He was named Chief Judge of the 24th District in 1990. From 2000 until his retirement in 2012, he was the Division G judge on the Louisiana Circuit Court for the 3rd district, based in New Orleans. Rewarded for what his obituary calls "his steadfast and equitable judicial oversight," he was never challenged in an election.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=clarence-elburn-mcmanus&pid=181591487&fhid=5630|title=Clarence Elburn McManus|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=September 25, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2017}}</ref> From 1970 to 1982, McManus maintained a private civil law practice and was an assistant district attorney for Jefferson Parish, in which capacity, he handled [[felony]] trials.<ref name=obit/>

The son of Otis Clarence McManus (1914-1987) and the former Odell Hawsey (1915-2010), McManus graduated in 1950 from Warren Easton Senior High School in New Orleans, named for former state and parish education superintendent [[Warren Easton]] and since 2006 a [[charter school]]. He received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1958 and his legal credentials in 1961 from [[Tulane University]]. He held the Division E judgeship in the state's 24th District from 1982 to 1999, based in Gretna, the Jefferson Parish seat of government. He was named Chief Judge of the 24th District in 1990. From 2000 until his retirement in 2012, he was the Division G judge on the Louisiana Circuit Court for the 3rd district, based in New Orleans. Rewarded for what his obituary calls "his steadfast and equitable judicial oversight," McManus, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], was never challenged in an election.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=clarence-elburn-mcmanus&pid=181591487&fhid=5630|title=Clarence Elburn McManus|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=September 25, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2017}}</ref> From 1970 to 1982, McManus maintained a private civil law practice and was an assistant district attorney for Jefferson Parish, in which capacity, he handled [[felony]] trials.<ref name=obit/>

In 1975, McManus was named to the committee celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Jefferson Parish. In 1988, he was grand marshal of the [[Saint Patrick|St. Patrick's Day]] parade for Jefferson Parish. He was affiliated with the Delta Sigma Pi and Phi Delta Phi fraternities, the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, the Jefferson Historical Society of Louisiana, and the American Bar Association.<ref name=obit/>  

In 1975, McManus was named to the committee celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Jefferson Parish. In 1988, he was grand marshal of the [[Saint Patrick|St. Patrick's Day]] parade for Jefferson Parish. He was affiliated with the Delta Sigma Pi and Phi Delta Phi fraternities, the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, the Jefferson Historical Society of Louisiana, and the American Bar Association.<ref name=obit/>  

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