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| occupation=[[Attorney]]​; [[Judge]]

| occupation=[[Attorney]]​; [[Judge]]

| spouse=Doris Ann Boustany Reggie​

| spouse=Doris Ann Boustany Reggie​

| children=Edmund M. Reggie, Jr.<br>​

| children=Edmund M. Reggie, Jr.​

Victoria Reggie Kennedy<br>​

Victoria Reggie Kennedy<br>​

Denis Andrew Reggie<br>​

Denis Andrew Reggie<br>​

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Reggie was born in the [[rice]]-growing city of Crowley but resided in his later years in [[Lafayette]]. He claimed to have been the youngest person ever to have served as a judge in American history. He was the second father-in-law of the late [[U.S. Senator]] [[Edward M. Kennedy]] of [[Massachusetts]], who was only six years Reggie's junior.​

Reggie was born in the [[rice]]-growing city of Crowley but resided in his later years in [[Lafayette]]. He claimed to have been the youngest person ever to have served as a judge in American history. He was the second father-in-law of the late [[U.S. Senator]] [[Edward M. Kennedy]] of [[Massachusetts]], who was only six years Reggie's junior.​

 

==Background==​

==Background==

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Reggie was of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] descent.<ref>1930 United States Federal Census, Acadia Parish, Louisiana [database online] Provo, UT, provided through Ancestry.com, accessed February 25, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/documents/Sammie%20Reggie%20Book%20PDF.pdf From the Cedars of Lebanon to Acadiana] A book by Samuel J. Reggie</ref> In 1946, he received a bachelor's degree from the '''Southwestern Louisiana Institute''' in Lafayette, since the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 1949, he procured his law degree from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]].

Reggie was of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] descent.<ref>1930 United States Federal Census, Acadia Parish, Louisiana [database online] Provo, UT, provided through Ancestry.com, accessed February 25, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/documents/Sammie%20Reggie%20Book%20PDF.pdf From the Cedars of Lebanon to Acadiana] A book by Samuel J. Reggie</ref> In 1946, he received a bachelor's degree from the '''Southwestern Louisiana Institute''' in Lafayette, since the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 1949, he procured his law degree from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]].

<ref>''Who's Who in the South and Southwest,'' 13th Ed., 1973-1974, Marquis Who's Who, Inc., Chicago, 1973</ref>​

<ref>''Who's Who in the South and Southwest,'' 13th Ed., 1973-1974, Marquis Who's Who, Inc., Chicago, 1973</ref>​

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Reggie was married to the former Doris Ann Boustany (born July 18, 1930), the daughter of businessman Frem F. Boustany, Sr. (1903–1993), and the former Beatrice Joseph (1912–1988). Doris was born in Lafayette and graduated with honors from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.​

Reggie was married to the former Doris Ann Boustany (born July 18, 1930), the daughter of businessman Frem F. Boustany, Sr. (1903–1993), and the former Beatrice Joseph (1912–1988). Doris was born in Lafayette and graduated with honors from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.​<ref name=whoswho/> Beatrice Boustany was a [[cousin]] of [[Amin Gemayel]], a former president of Lebanon. Frem F. Boustany, Jr., a brother-in-law of Edmund Reggie, was a [[physician]] who died two months before the passing of  Beatrice.<ref>"[Beatrice] Boustany service set," ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' October 15, 1988, p. 20.</ref>​

<ref name=whoswho/> Beatrice Boustany was a [[cousin]] of [[Amin Gemayel]], a former president of Lebanon. Frem F. Boustany, Jr., a brother-in-law of Edmund Reggie, was a [[physician]] who died two months before the passing of  Beatrice.<ref>"[Beatrice] Boustany service set," ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' October 15, 1988, p. 20.</ref>​

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Doris Reggie is a second cousin of former [[U.S. Representative]] Charles Boustany of Lafayette, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], who represents [[Louisiana's 3rd congressional district]]. Charles Boustany is a nephew-by-marriage of former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], a Reggie confidant who also began his long political career in Crowley though Edwards was a native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20131122/NEWS01/311220025/|title=Judge Edmund Reggie laid to rest: Democratic Party insider died Tuesday at 87|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|accessdate=November 23, 2013}}</ref>​

Doris Reggie is a second cousin of former [[U.S. Representative]] Charles Boustany of Lafayette, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], who represents [[Louisiana's 3rd congressional district]]. Charles Boustany is a nephew-by-marriage of former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], a Reggie confidant who also began his long political career in Crowley though Edwards was a native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20131122/NEWS01/311220025/|title=Judge Edmund Reggie laid to rest: Democratic Party insider died Tuesday at 87|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|accessdate=November 23, 2013}}</ref>​

In 1968, Judge Reggie spearheaded the [[Robert F. Kennedy]] presidential primary campaign in Louisiana. Reggie invited Kennedy to speak at the 1968 International Rice Festival in October of that year, just as Kennedy's brother, John, had done nine years earlier. As history unfolded, Robert Kennedy was assassinated in June 1968, four months prior to his planned appearance at the  rice festival.​

In 1968, Judge Reggie spearheaded the [[Robert F. Kennedy]] presidential primary campaign in Louisiana. Reggie invited Kennedy to speak at the 1968 International Rice Festival in October of that year, just as Kennedy's brother, John, had done nine years earlier. As history unfolded, Robert Kennedy was assassinated in June 1968, four months prior to his planned appearance at the  rice festival.​

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==Later years==

==Later years==​

In the 1971 Democratic [[Governor of Louisiana|gubernatorial]] primary to choose a successor to John McKeithen, Reggie supported not his Crowley friend, Edwin Edwards, but former Governor Jimmie Davis, one of the more conservative candidates in the crowded field who was seeking a third nonconsecutive term.. At the time Reggie erroneously considered Edwards unelectable. The decision hampered their relationship, and the two did not speak for three years."<ref>Leo Honeycutt, ''Edwin Edwards: Governor of Louisiana,'' Lisburn Press, 2009, p. 70.</ref>​

In the 1971 Democratic [[Governor of Louisiana|gubernatorial]] primary to choose a successor to John McKeithen, Reggie supported not his Crowley friend, Edwin Edwards, but former Governor Jimmie Davis, one of the more conservative candidates in the crowded field who was seeking a third nonconsecutive term.. At the time Reggie erroneously considered Edwards unelectable. The decision hampered their relationship, and the two did not speak for three years."<ref>Leo Honeycutt, ''Edwin Edwards: Governor of Louisiana,'' Lisburn Press, 2009, p. 70.</ref>​

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