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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=James Albert Gremillion
| name=James Albert Gremillion, Sr.
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Louisiana]] Secretary of State
| office=[[Louisiana]] Secretary of State
Mrs. James H. Hains<br>
Mrs. James H. Hains<br>
Mrs. H. E. Ratcliff<br>
Mrs. H. E. Ratcliff<br>
Mary Lucile Gremillion.
| alma_mater=Marksville High School<br>
| alma_mater=Marksville High School<br>
[[Tulane University]]
[[Tulane University]]
}}
}}
'''James Albert Gremillion''' (October 19, 1884 – August 5, 1967)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=James+Albert_Gremillion&event=_baton+rouge-east+baton+rouge-louisiana-usa_34148&birth=1884|title=James Albert Gremillion|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=September 8, 2019}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]]] from his native state of [[Louisiana]].
'''James Albert Gremillion, Sr.''' (October 19, 1884 – August 5, 1967)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=James+Albert_Gremillion&event=_baton+rouge-east+baton+rouge-louisiana-usa_34148&birth=1884|title=James Albert Gremillion|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=September 8, 2019}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]]] from his native state of [[Louisiana]].
==Biography==
==Biography==
The possibility had existed that there would have been no runoffs at all in 1944 if the [[Earl Long|Long]]-backed gubernatorial candidate, Lewis Lovering Morgan (1876-1950), an attorney from Covington in St. Tammany Parish, had decided not to pursue a second primary against [[Jimmie Davis]]. Morgan, however, remained in the race, but Davis won the first of his two nonconsecutive terms as governor. At the time Louisiana law then allowed runoffs for the lower-level constitutional office only if there was also a runoff for governor. Somehow, the Martins convinced Gremillion that he would lose a runoff, should bow out and continue to work as an attorney in the secretary of state's office under the junior Martin. With runoffs completed, Earl Long lost his bid for lieutenant governor to J. Emile Verrett (1885-1965), a school board member from Iberia Parish.<ref name=billdoddmemoir/>
The possibility had existed that there would have been no runoffs at all in 1944 if the [[Earl Long|Long]]-backed gubernatorial candidate, Lewis Lovering Morgan (1876-1950), an attorney from Covington in St. Tammany Parish, had decided not to pursue a second primary against [[Jimmie Davis]]. Morgan, however, remained in the race, but Davis won the first of his two nonconsecutive terms as governor. At the time Louisiana law then allowed runoffs for the lower-level constitutional office only if there was also a runoff for governor. Somehow, the Martins convinced Gremillion that he would lose a runoff, should bow out and continue to work as an attorney in the secretary of state's office under the junior Martin. With runoffs completed, Earl Long lost his bid for lieutenant governor to J. Emile Verrett (1885-1965), a school board member from Iberia Parish.<ref name=billdoddmemoir/>
Gremillion and his wife, the former Mary Cassidy (1886-1978), had five children: John E. Gremillion, Charles C. Gremillion, Mrs. James H. Hains, Mrs. H. E. Ratcliff, and Lucille Gremillion. In 1955, James Gremillion retired from the secretary of state's office. He died twelve years thereafter at the age of eighty-two in [[Baton Rouge]], where he is interred at Roselawn Memorial Park.<ref name=wikitree/>
Gremillion and his wife, the former Mary Cassidy (1886-1978), had five children: James Gremillion, Jr. (1912-1939, John Edward Gremillion (1917-1997), Charles C. Gremillion, Frances Gremillion Hains (1918-2007), Mrs. H. E. Ratcliff, and Mary Lucile Gremillion (1916-1993). In 1955, James Gremillion retired from the secretary of state's office. He died twelve years thereafter at the age of eighty-two in [[Baton Rouge]], where he is interred at Roselawn Memorial Park.<ref name=wikitree/>
==References==
==References==