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==Ransdell biography==
==Ransdell biography==
In 1951, LaBorde published a biography, ''A National Southerner: Ransdell of Louisiana'' (Benziger Brothers), about the career of Democratic Senator Joseph E. Ransdell (1858–1954) of Louisiana. An Alexandria native, Ransdell was a lawyer and district attorney in Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish. He was elected to the [Senate in 1912, the year of LaBorde's birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059|title=Senator Joseph Ransdell|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=January 11, 2012}}</ref> Ransdell was defeated for renomination in 1930 by Governor Huey Long.<ref name=bio/>
In 1951, LaBorde published a biography, ''A National Southerner: Ransdell of Louisiana'' (Benziger Brothers), about the career of Democratic Senator Joseph E. Ransdell (1858–1954) of Louisiana. An Alexandria native, Ransdell was a lawyer and district attorney in Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish. He was elected to the Senate in 1912, the year of LaBorde's birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059|title=Senator Joseph Ransdell|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=January 11, 2012}}</ref> Ransdell was defeated for renomination in 1930 by Governor Huey Long.<ref name=bio/>
==Personal life and family==
==Personal life and family==