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|office5=House Speaker
|office5=House Speaker
|term_start5=May 14, 1956
|term_start5=May 14, 1956
|term_end 5=.July 10, 1956
|term_end 5=July 10, 1956
|preceded5=Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock
|preceded5=Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock
|succeeded5=Robert Joseph "Bob" Angelle
|succeeded5=Robert Joseph "Bob" Angelle
| occupation=[[Business]]man, [[Cattle]]man; [[Farmer]]
| occupation=[[Business]]man, [[Cattle]]man; [[Farmer]]
|footnotes='''Notes'''<br>
|footnotes='''Notes'''<br>
(1) Wimberly served three nonconsecutive stints as Speaker of the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives]] under [[Governor]]s [[Richard Leche]] and [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]].<br>
(1) Wimberly served three nonconsecutive stints as Speaker of the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives]] under [[Governor]]s Richard Webster Leche and [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]].<br>
(2) Wimberly's last political position was as the appointed state director of public works from 1956 to 1960.
(2) Wimberly's last political position was as the appointed state director of public works from 1956 to 1960.
Wimberly was also the state highway department director during the 1940s and headed the Department of Public Works from 1956 to 1960. He was a member of the powerful [[Huey Long|Long]] political faction] which dominated the state during most of Wimberly's public career.
Wimberly was also the state highway department director during the 1940s and headed the Department of Public Works from 1956 to 1960. He was a member of the powerful [[Huey Long|Long]] political faction] which dominated the state during most of Wimberly's public career.
==Background==
==Background==
Like his father, Lorris Wimberly graduated from Arcadia High School, an entity of the Bienville Parish School Board. He made his living as a [[cattle]]man and [[farmer]] and was also affiliated with the former Daniel, Bryan, and Turner Insurance Agency in Arcadia. Lorris Wimberly was twice married. From his union to Jessie Faye Sherard (June 6, 1899 — July 25, 1934) was born a daughter, Faye Wimberly Mary (born 1921), the widow of Richard M. Mary, Sr. (born 1922), of [[Baton Rouge]]. After the death of his first wife, Wimberly in 1936 married the former Dorothy Knox (December 25, 1911 — November 1981) of Baton Rouge. From that union came Lorris M. Wimberly, Jr. (born 1946), a [[United Methodist]] minister. Wimberly had five grandchildren: Richard Mary, Jr. (born 1951) and Mary's four half-cousins, Lorris Knox Wimberly (born 1975), Marianna Grace Wimberly (born 1978), Shelley Dawn Wimberly (born 1980), and Wesley Paul Wimberly (born 1982), all of Baton Rouge.
Like his father, Lorris Wimberly graduated from Arcadia High School, an entity of the Bienville Parish School Board. He made his living as a [[cattle]]man and [[farmer]] and was also affiliated with the former Daniel, Bryan, and Turner Insurance Agency in Arcadia. Lorris Wimberly was twice married. From his union to Jessie Faye Sherard (June 6, 1899 — July 25, 1934) was born a daughter, Faye Wimberly Mary (born 1921), the widow of Richard M. Mary, Sr. (born 1922), of [[Baton Rouge]]. After the death of his first wife, Wimberly in 1936 married the former Dorothy Knox (December 25, 1911 — November 1981) of Baton Rouge. From that union came Lorris M. Wimberly, Jr. (born 1946), a [[United Methodist]] minister. Wimberly had five grandchildren: Richard Mary, Jr. (born 1951) and Mary's four half-cousins, Lorris Knox Wimberly (born 1975), Marianna Grace Wimberly (born 1978), Shelley Dawn Wimberly (born 1980), and Wesley Paul Wimberly (born 1982), all of Baton Rouge.
==Political activities==
==Political activities==
Wimberly supported state-funded textbooks, a plank in the original platform espoused by [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]] The textbooks proposal was first advanced by the Longite John Sparks Patton of Claiborne Parish, adjacent to Bienville Parish, who was later a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission] Wimberly's first stint as Speaker occurred when Longite Speaker [[Allen J. Ellender]] of Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana, was elected to the [[United States Senate]]. Wimberly served as the choice of [[Governor]] [[Richard Leche|Richard Webster Leche]] of [[New Orleans]] (1936–1939), when Leche was forced to resign amid scandals known as the "Louisiana Hayride". From 1939 to 1940, Wimberly continued as Speaker under Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], who succeeded to the top position from the lieutenant governorship with the departure of Leche.
Wimberly supported state-funded textbooks, a plank in the original platform espoused by [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]] The textbooks proposal was first advanced by the Longite John Sparks Patton of Claiborne Parish, adjacent to Bienville Parish, who was later a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission] Wimberly's first stint as Speaker occurred when Longite Speaker [[Allen J. Ellender]] of Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana, was elected to the [[United States Senate]]. Wimberly served as the choice of [[Governor]] [[Richard Leche|Richard Webster Leche]] of [[New Orleans]] (1936–1939), when Leche was forced to resign amid scandals known as the "Louisiana Hayride". From 1939 to 1940, Wimberly continued as Speaker under Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], who succeeded to the top position from the lieutenant governorship with the departure of Leche.