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'''George Wilson Reese, Jr.''' (August 10, 1923 &ndash; January 22, 1998),<ref name=reeseancestry>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=George+Wilson&gsln=Reese&mswpn__ftp=New+Orleans%2C+LA&msbdy=1924&uidh=upc|title=George Wilson Reese Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who was a leading figure in the development of his state's [[Republican Party]]  

'''George Wilson Reese, Jr.''' (August 10, 1923 &ndash; January 22, 1998),<ref name=reeseancestry>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=George+Wilson&gsln=Reese&mswpn__ftp=New+Orleans%2C+LA&msbdy=1924&uidh=upc|title=George Wilson Reese Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who was a leading figure in the development of his state's [[Republican Party]]  

during the 1950s and the 1960s. He ran in the 1st congressional district for the [[United States House of Representatives]] against [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Felix Edward Hébert in 1952 and 1954 and for the [[United States Senate]] in 1960 against incumbent [[Allen J. Ellender]]. He was prior to 1960 the state's [[Republican National Committee|Republican national committeeman]]. ​

during the 1950s and the 1960s. He ran in the 1st congressional district for the [[United States House of Representatives]] against [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Felix Edward Hébert in 1952 and 1954 and for the [[United States Senate]] in 1960 against incumbent [[Allen J. Ellender]]. He was prior to 1960 the state's [[Republican National Committee|Republican national committeeman]]. ​

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==Background==​

==Background==​

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In the 1940 census, Reese was listed as a resident of 1125 Royal Street in Ward 6 in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Louisiana/Marcelle-Reese_49jxjh|title=Marcelle Reese in the 1940 Census|publisher=ancestry.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref> After two years of college, Reese served from 1942 to 1945 during [[World War II]] in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, the forerunner to the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=George+Wilson&gsln=Reese+Jr.&mswpn__ftp=New+Orleans&msbdy=1923&uidh=upc&pcat=39&h=518570&recoff=5+6+7&db=WWIIenlist&indiv=1&ml_rpos=16|title=George W. Reese Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref>​

In the 1940 census, Reese was listed as a resident of 1125 Royal Street in Ward 6 in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Louisiana/Marcelle-Reese_49jxjh|title=Marcelle Reese in the 1940 Census|publisher=ancestry.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref> After two years of college, Reese served from 1942 to 1945 during [[World War II]] in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, the forerunner to the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=George+Wilson&gsln=Reese+Jr.&mswpn__ftp=New+Orleans&msbdy=1923&uidh=upc&pcat=39&h=518570&recoff=5+6+7&db=WWIIenlist&indiv=1&ml_rpos=16|title=George W. Reese Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref>​

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He thereafter graduated from [[Tulane University]] and the Tulane Law School of Law in New Orleans. He was a member of Phi Delta Phi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phideltaphi.org/person/4615943/-George-Reese.htm|title=George Wilson Reese Jr.|publisher=Phideltaphi.org|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref>​

He thereafter graduated from [[Tulane University]] and the Tulane Law School of Law in New Orleans. He was a member of Phi Delta Phi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phideltaphi.org/person/4615943/-George-Reese.htm|title=George Wilson Reese Jr.|publisher=Phideltaphi.org|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref>

 

 

==Political life==​

==Political life==​

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In the summer of 1977, U.S. Senators [[Russell Long]] and [[J. Bennett Johnston Jr.]], Ellender's long-term successor, submitted Reese's name to [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]]  to become the U.S. attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, based in New Orleans. Some [[African-American]]s objected because of Reese's former activities in the Republican Party. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] notified Reese of "allegations" that he drank and gambled and once procured a loan from a financial institution with mob ties. A shocked Reese withdrew his nomination, and John Volz was proclaimed the Carter administration's preferred candidate. A Democrat at the time, Volz subsequently switched his registration to Republican and was held over by the  [[Ronald W. Reagan]] administration. Thereafter, Volz prosecuted [[Mafia]] figure Carlos Marcello and a number of Democratic office holders,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thelensnola.org/2012/12/18/with-letten-gone-tis-the-season-for-intrigue-and-wild-rumors/|title=With Letten gone, 'tis the season for intrigue and wild rumors|publisher=thelensnola.org|author=Mark Moseley|date=December 18, 2012|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref> including former Commissioner of Administration [[Charles E. Roemer, II]], Orleans Parish]] District Attorney Harry Connick Sr., state Senate President Michael  H. O'Keefe, Sr], and [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web​

In the summer of 1977, U.S. Senators [[Russell Long]] and [[J. Bennett Johnston Jr.]], Ellender's long-term successor, submitted Reese's name to [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]]  to become the U.S. attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, based in New Orleans. Some [[African-American]]s objected because of Reese's former activities in the Republican Party. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] notified Reese of "allegations" that he drank and gambled and once procured a loan from a financial institution with mob ties. A shocked Reese withdrew his nomination, and John Volz was proclaimed the Carter administration's preferred candidate. A Democrat at the time, Volz subsequently switched his registration to Republican and was held over by the  [[Ronald W. Reagan]] administration. Thereafter, Volz prosecuted [[Mafia]] figure Carlos Marcello and a number of Democratic office holders,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thelensnola.org/2012/12/18/with-letten-gone-tis-the-season-for-intrigue-and-wild-rumors/|title=With Letten gone, 'tis the season for intrigue and wild rumors|publisher=thelensnola.org|author=Mark Moseley|date=December 18, 2012|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref> including former Commissioner of Administration [[Charles E. Roemer, II]], Orleans Parish]] District Attorney Harry Connick Sr., state Senate President Michael  H. O'Keefe, Sr], and [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web​

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==Later years==​

==Later years==​

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Reese moved in 1996 to Poplarville  in Pearl River County in southwestern [[Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=George+Wilson&gsln=Reese%2c+Jr.&mswpn__ftp=Poplarville%2c+MS&msbdy=1923&uidh=upc&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4294437&db=USpublicrecords3&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1|title=George W. Reese Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> He died in New Orleans early in 1998 at the age of seventy-four.<ref name=reeseancestry/> His surviving widow, Mary Ann Z. Reese (born November 1939), is a Republican voter iMetairie in Jefferson Parish in  [[suburb]]an New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter |title=Mary Reese, November 1939 |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=January 7, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A 1957 graduate of Academy of Holy Angels in New Orleans, she formerly resided in Prentiss and Poplarville, Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&qf=Mary&qmi=Z&qn=Reese&qcs=New+Orleans%2C+LA&focusfirst=0|title=Mary Z. Reese|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> ​

Reese moved in 1996 to Poplarville  in Pearl River County in southwestern [[Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=George+Wilson&gsln=Reese%2c+Jr.&mswpn__ftp=Poplarville%2c+MS&msbdy=1923&uidh=upc&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4294437&db=USpublicrecords3&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1|title=George W. Reese Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> He died in New Orleans early in 1998 at the age of seventy-four.<ref name=reeseancestry/> His surviving widow, Mary Ann Z. Reese (born November 1939), is a Republican voter iMetairie in Jefferson Parish in  [[suburb]]an New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter |title=Mary Reese, November 1939 |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=January 7, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A 1957 graduate of Academy of Holy Angels in New Orleans, she formerly resided in Prentiss and Poplarville, Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&qf=Mary&qmi=Z&qn=Reese&qcs=New+Orleans%2C+LA&focusfirst=0|title=Mary Z. Reese|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> ​

 

==References==​

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