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|spouse=Katherine Thomas Freeman (married 1961–2007, his death​

|spouse=Katherine Thomas Freeman (married 1961–2007, his death​

|children= Pamela Kaye Freeman<br>

|children= Pamela Kaye Freeman<br>

Susan F. <br>

Susan F. Simmons<br>

Kathy F. Alger​

Kathy F. Alger​

|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

|party= [Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

|occupation=[[Insurance]] agent ​

|occupation=[[Insurance]] agent ​

|religion=[[United Methodist]]

|religion=[[United Methodist]]

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'''Harold Dennis Freeman''' (April 23, 1940 &ndash; November 23, 2007), known as '''Dennis Freeman''', was from 1984 until his death the [[mayor]] of Logansport, a town adjacent to the Sabine River in DeSoto Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. His contributions were particularly significant considering the otherwise limited role of a small-town mayor. For some sixteen years, he worked patiently with highway officials in Louisiana and [[Texas]] to construct a new border bridge over the Sabine.. Freeman also fought to keep the pending  Interstate 69 route in western Louisiana closer to Logansport. He helped to establish the first fire and ambulance districts in DeSoto Parish.<ref name="Legacy.com Secure Server">[http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=98534216 Legacy.com Secure Server<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

'''Harold Dennis Freeman''' (April 23, 1940 &ndash; November 23, 2007), known as '''Dennis Freeman''', was from 1984 until his death the [[mayor]] of Logansport, a town adjacent to the Sabine River in DeSoto Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. His contributions were particularly significant considering the otherwise limited role of a small-town mayor. For some sixteen years, he worked patiently with highway officials in Louisiana and [[Texas]] to construct a new border bridge over the Sabine.. Freeman also fought to keep the pending  Interstate 69 route in western Louisiana closer to Logansport. He helped to establish the first fire and ambulance districts in DeSoto Parish.<ref name="Legacy.com Secure Server">[http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=98534216 Legacy.com Secure Server<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

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==Political campaigns==​

==Political campaigns==​

Elected as a [[Democratic Party)|Democrat]] in 1984, 1988, and 1992, Freeman switched parties and won thereafter as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] in 1996, 2000, and 2004. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] in District 7 in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007, even though he had been undergoing treatment for the cancer that took his life a month later. He received 1,427 votes (11 percent), having finished last in a five-candidate field. The seat, which covers all of DeSoto and ten precincts of adjoining Caddo Parish, went to a Republican, [[Richard Burford]] of Stonewall]], the easy winner of the November 17 [[general election]]. Burford is a former three-term member of the DeSoto Parish Police Jury.<ref>[http://www400.s.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms3&rqsdta=102007 Louisiana Secretary of State-Multi-Parish Elections Inquiry<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919060943/http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms3&rqsdta=102007 |date=September 19, 2008 }}</ref> Had Freeman been elected, he would not have lived to have taken the seat on January 14, 2008.​ Burford gave up the seat in 2016 in an unsuccessful bid in 2015 for the Louisiana State Senate.

Elected as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in 1984, 1988, and 1992, Freeman switched parties and won thereafter as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] in 1996, 2000, and 2004. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Louisiana House of Representatives in District 7 in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007, even though he had been undergoing treatment for the cancer that took his life a month later. He received 1,427 votes (11 percent), having finished last in a five-candidate field. The seat, which covers all of DeSoto and ten precincts of adjoining Caddo Parish, went to another Republican, [[Richard Burford]] of Stonewall]], the easy winner of the November 17 [[general election]]. Burford is a former three-term member of the DeSoto Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body.<ref>[http://www400.s.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms3&rqsdta=102007 Louisiana Secretary of State-Multi-Parish Elections Inquiry<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919060943/http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms3&rqsdta=102007 |date=September 19, 2008 }}</ref> Had Freeman been elected, he would not have lived to have taken the seat on January 14, 2008.​ Burford gave up the seat in 2016 in an unsuccessful bid in 2015 for the Louisiana State Senate.

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==Freeman's legacy==​

==Freeman's legacy==​