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Bussie's first wife, from whom he was [[divorce]]d, was the former Gertrude Mae "Gertie" Foley (October 15, 1918 &ndash; September 16, 2005), who died in Round Rock in [[suburban]] Williamson County, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&indiv=try&h=120812142|title=Victor V. Bussie|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref> His second wife was the former Frances "Fran" Martinez Nolan (born May 6, 1935), herself a political activist, who in the 1980s was a member of the [[Democratic National Committee]].<ref>"November primary gets nod," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' June 2, 1983, p. 1.</ref> Fran Bussie's parents were John O. Martinez (1906–1990) and Althea Olivia Williams Martinez (1914–2003) of New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Althea+Williams_Martinez&event=_baton+rouge-east+baton+rouge-louisiana-usa_34148&birth=1914|title=Althea Williams Martinez|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref> Her brothers are Tony and Johnny Martinez.<ref name=obit/>  

Bussie's first wife, from whom he was [[divorce]]d, was the former Gertrude Mae "Gertie" Foley (October 15, 1918 &ndash; September 16, 2005), who died in Round Rock in [[suburban]] Williamson County, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&indiv=try&h=120812142|title=Victor V. Bussie|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref> His second wife was the former Frances "Fran" Martinez Nolan (born May 6, 1935), herself a political activist, who in the 1980s was a member of the [[Democratic National Committee]].<ref>"November primary gets nod," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' June 2, 1983, p. 1.</ref> Fran Bussie's parents were John O. Martinez (1906–1990) and Althea Olivia Williams Martinez (1914–2003) of New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Althea+Williams_Martinez&event=_baton+rouge-east+baton+rouge-louisiana-usa_34148&birth=1914|title=Althea Williams Martinez|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref> Her brothers are Tony and Johnny Martinez.<ref name=obit/>  

Bussie was affiliated with the [[liberal]] wing of the Democratic Party. In 1964, he campaigned even in north Louisiana, a stronghold of the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] that year, on behalf of President Lyndon Johnson, who lost that region by a large margin in the last election prior to passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], which thereafter enfranchised tens of thousands of black voters, most of whom became automatic Democrats. Bussie was even closer to Johnson's [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]], who had attended [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge during the 1930s but failed to win the state's [[electoral vote]]s in 1968.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838210,00.html?iid=chix-sphere; http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/weberman/jcooper.htm]</ref>​

Bussie was affiliated with the [[liberal]] wing of the Democratic Party. In 1964, he campaigned even in north Louisiana, a stronghold of the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] that year, on behalf of President Lyndon Johnson, who lost that region by a large margin in the last election prior to passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], which thereafter enfranchised tens of thousands of black voters, most of whom became automatic Democrats. Bussie was even closer to Johnson's [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]], who had attended [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge during the 1930s but failed to win the state's [[electoral vote]]s in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838210,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|title=Democrats: Humphrey Renewed|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=April 19, 1968|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>​

After leaving the union presidency, Bussie joined a group of Louisiana business and political leaders, including the former Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]], in unsuccessfully effort to obtain from President [[George W. Bush]] a pardon of the imprisoned Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Not until 2011, was Edwards released from the federal corrections facility in Oakdale in Allen Parish because of his conviction of [[bribery]]. Bussie supported Edwards in all four of the Democrat's successful gubernatorial campaigns as well as the aborted on in 1987. Edwards once said that Bussie was the single-most influential person in his administration.<ref>[http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/newsstory/ewe05.html; https://books.google.com/books?id=FiRbQYoZtv0C&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=Victor+Bussie+&source=web&ots=4hgUssswTT&sig=fBYDo8JZMtozkEh7ShAN-ppYjT8&hl=en]</ref> Bussie also endorsed at least one Republican candidate in Louisiana, John S. Treen, the older brother of David Treen. John Treen narrowly lost to [[David Duke]] in the 1989 [[special election]] for the Louisiana state House from Jefferson Parish.​

After leaving the union presidency, Bussie joined a group of Louisiana business and political leaders, including the former Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]], in unsuccessfully effort to obtain from President [[George W. Bush]] a pardon of the imprisoned Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Not until 2011, was Edwards released from the federal corrections facility in Oakdale in Allen Parish because of his conviction of [[bribery]]. Bussie supported Edwards in all four of the Democrat's successful gubernatorial campaigns as well as the aborted on in 1987. Edwards once said that Bussie was the single-most influential person in his administration.<ref>[http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/newsstory/ewe05.html; https://books.google.com/books?id=FiRbQYoZtv0C&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=Victor+Bussie+&source=web&ots=4hgUssswTT&sig=fBYDo8JZMtozkEh7ShAN-ppYjT8&hl=en]</ref> Bussie also endorsed at least one Republican candidate in Louisiana, John S. Treen, the older brother of David Treen. John Treen narrowly lost to [[David Duke]] in the 1989 [[special election]] for the Louisiana state House from Jefferson Parish.​