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'''LeRoy Cullom Smallenberger, Sr.''' (November 13, 1912 &ndash; July 6, 2002),<ref name=small>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/LeRoy_Cullom_Smallenberger_Peoria_Illinois_USA_records.ashx?pid=52358685&gss=seo|title=LeRoy Cullom Smallenberger (1912-2002)|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 25, 2014}}</ref> was a [[lawyer]] and [[judge]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who was also from 1960 to 1964 the state chairman of the [[Republican Party]].​

'''LeRoy Cullom Smallenberger, Sr.''' (November 13, 1912 &ndash; July 6, 2002),<ref name=small>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/LeRoy_Cullom_Smallenberger_Peoria_Illinois_USA_records.ashx?pid=52358685&gss=seo|title=LeRoy Cullom Smallenberger (1912-2002)|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 25, 2014}}</ref> was a [[lawyer]] and [[judge]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who was also from 1960 to 1964 the state chairman of the [[Republican Party]].​

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==Political life==​

==Political life==

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A son of LeRoy Charles Smallenberger (born 1850) and the former Dora Schnet of Peoria, [[Illinois]],, Smallenberger graduated from the [[University of Illinois]] at Urbana-Champaign and then in 1938 from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. From November 2, 1954, until his retirement on August 8, 1986, he was a  bankruptcy judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He and his first wife, the former Thelma Mounce,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131539576|title=Judge LeRoy Smallenberger|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 16, 2018}}</ref> had one son, LeRoy, Jr. (1936-2007). In 1995, Smallenberger married his secretary, the former Doris Margaret McFerren (1934-2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=doris-margaret-smallenberger&pid=189916975|title=Doris Margaret Smallenberger|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 15, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref>​

A son of LeRoy Charles Smallenberger (born 1850) and the former Dora Schnet of Peoria, [[Illinois]],, Smallenberger graduated from the [[University of Illinois]] at Urbana-Champaign and then in 1938 from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. From November 2, 1954, until his retirement on August 8, 1986, he was a  bankruptcy judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He and his first wife, the former Thelma Mounce,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131539576|title=Judge LeRoy Smallenberger|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 16, 2018}}</ref> had one son, LeRoy, Jr. (1936-2007). In 1995, Smallenberger married his secretary, the former Doris Margaret McFerren (1934-2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=doris-margaret-smallenberger&pid=189916975|title=Doris Margaret Smallenberger|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 15, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref>​

According to the website The Political Graveyard, Smallenberger came to Shreveport prior to 1948, a decade after receiving his law degree.<ref name=polgrave/> In 1956, he was practicing law in his Smallenberger, Eatman & Morgan firm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leagle.com/decision/1956668145FSupp523_1554.xml/DON%20GEORGE,%20INC.%20v.%20PARAMOUNT%20PICTURES|title=DON GEORGE, Inc., et al. v.  PARAMOUNT PICTURES, Inc., et al. (October 11, 1956)|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=May 25, 2014}}</ref>   

According to the website The Political Graveyard, Smallenberger came to Shreveport prior to 1948, a decade after receiving his law degree.<ref name=polgrave/> In 1956, he was practicing law in his Smallenberger, Eatman & Morgan firm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leagle.com/decision/1956668145FSupp523_1554.xml/DON%20GEORGE,%20INC.%20v.%20PARAMOUNT%20PICTURES|title=DON GEORGE, Inc., et al. v.  PARAMOUNT PICTURES, Inc., et al. (October 11, 1956)|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=May 25, 2014}}</ref>   

He was an alternate delegate to both the 1948 [[epublican National Convention]], held in [[Philadelphia]], and the 1952 conclave in [[Chicago]].<ref name=polgrave>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smalley-smit.html|title=Smallenberger, LeRoy|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=May 25, 2014}}</ref>​

He was an alternate delegate to both the 1948 [[Republican National Convention]], held in [[Philadelphia]], and the 1952 conclave in [[Chicago]].<ref name=polgrave>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smalley-smit.html|title=Smallenberger, LeRoy|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=May 25, 2014}}</ref>​

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Prior to the state chairmanship, Smallenberger, a Republican since 1938, had been the Republican state chairman for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, then represented by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961). Beginning in 1988, the district switched to Republican representation. In 1959, Smallenberger and the Louisiana national committeeman, [[George Reese]], of [[New Orleans]], the party's 1960 nominee for the [[United States Senate]] against [[Allen J. Ellender]], became involved in an intraparty feud with Thomas Eaton "Tom" Stagg, Jr. (1923-2015), a Shreveport Republican lawyer and subsequent judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and Charles Thomas Beaird (1922-2006), the later publisher of the defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]]''. Stagg objected when Reese endorsed, with Smallenberger in agreement, a slate of candidates for party position on both the state and parish committees. Stagg described Reese as having attempted to assemble a group of "yes-men" and had hence "earned the enmity of a large number of fair-minded Republicans".<ref>"GOP Faction Fight Erupts Over Primary: 4th District Head Charges Attempt to Pack Committee", ''The Shreveport Times'', December 2, 1959, p. 1.</ref> Reese, however, defended his endorsements, most of whom won their primary races, on the premise that he as a statewide party leader was obligated to recommend suitable candidates to rank-and-file voters.<ref>"Endorsements Defended by GOP Leader: Reese answers attack by Stagg as Faction Fight", ''The Shreveport Times'', December 3, 1959, pp. 1, 4.</ref> At the time, Reese appointed Smallenberger as the "assistant national committeeman for North Louisiana."<ref>"Attorney Here Appointed to GOP Position", ''The Shreveport Times'', December 2, 1959, p. 4-A.</ref>​

Prior to the state chairmanship, Smallenberger, a Republican since 1938, had been the Republican state chairman for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, then represented by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961). Beginning in 1988, the district switched to Republican representation. In 1959, Smallenberger and the Louisiana national committeeman, [[George Reese]], of [[New Orleans]], the party's 1960 nominee for the [[United States Senate]] against [[Allen J. Ellender]], became involved in an intraparty feud with Thomas Eaton "Tom" Stagg, Jr. (1923-2015), a Shreveport Republican lawyer and subsequent judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and Charles Thomas Beaird (1922-2006), the later publisher of the defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]]''. Stagg objected when Reese endorsed, with Smallenberger in agreement, a slate of candidates for party position on both the state and parish committees. Stagg described Reese as having attempted to assemble a group of "yes-men" and had hence "earned the enmity of a large number of fair-minded Republicans".<ref>"GOP Faction Fight Erupts Over Primary: 4th District Head Charges Attempt to Pack Committee", ''The Shreveport Times'', December 2, 1959, p. 1.</ref> Reese, however, defended his endorsements, most of whom won their primary races, on the premise that he as a statewide party leader was obligated to recommend suitable candidates to rank-and-file voters.<ref>"Endorsements Defended by GOP Leader: Reese answers attack by Stagg as Faction Fight", ''The Shreveport Times'', December 3, 1959, pp. 1, 4.</ref> At the time, Reese appointed Smallenberger as the "assistant national committeeman for North Louisiana."<ref>"Attorney Here Appointed to GOP Position", ''The Shreveport Times'', December 2, 1959, p. 4-A.</ref>​

Smallenberger is interred at  Greenwood Town Cemetery in Greenwood in southwestern Caddo Parish; Doris Smallenberger, at Centuries Memorial Park in Shreveport.​

Smallenberger is interred at  Greenwood Town Cemetery in Greenwood in southwestern Caddo Parish; Doris Smallenberger, at Centuries Memorial Park in Shreveport.​

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