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According to his faith in free enterprise, Michot advanced the tenets of "career education" during his term as superintendent.<ref name=obit/> One of his assistant superintendents with duties in special education, was later Superintendent [[Thomas Clausen]], a native of St. Mary Parish then from [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlouisiana.org/s3web/1002087/docs/Constitutional%20Amendment%20Archive/CA1979_Sept.pdf|title=Thomas G. Clausen, p. 18|publisher=parlouisiana.org|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref> Michot was defeated for a second term in 1975 by his fellow Democrat, J. Kelly Nix, the first executive assistant to Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] and originally from West Carroll Parish. In 1984, Nix was succeeded as the last of the elected superintendents by Tom Clausen.
According to his faith in free enterprise, Michot advanced the tenets of "career education" during his term as superintendent.<ref name=obit/> One of his assistant superintendents with duties in special education, was later Superintendent [[Thomas Clausen]], a native of St. Mary Parish then from [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlouisiana.org/s3web/1002087/docs/Constitutional%20Amendment%20Archive/CA1979_Sept.pdf|title=Thomas G. Clausen, p. 18|publisher=parlouisiana.org|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref> Michot was defeated for a second term in 1975 by his fellow Democrat, J. Kelly Nix, the first executive assistant to Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] and originally from West Carroll Parish. In 1984, Nix was succeeded as the last of the elected superintendents by Tom Clausen.
==The Republican Michots==
==The Republican Michots==
Two sons of Louis J. Michot, Patrick Louis "Rick" Michot (born 1948) and Mike Michot, both of whom are in the brothers' band, have followed their father into politics as well, but as Republicans. Rick Michot is a state 15th District Court judge in Lafayette Parish, and Mike Michot served as a state senator from 2000 to 2012. Mike Michot was elected in 1995 to the lower house of the legislature as a Democrat but switched parties on June 23, 1997.
Two sons of Louis J. Michot, Patrick Louis "Rick" Michot (born 1948) and Mike Michot, both of whom are in the brothers' band, have followed their father into politics as well, but as Republicans. Rick Michot is a state 15th District Court judge in Lafayette Parish, and Mike Michot served as a state senator from 2000 to 2012. Mike Michot was elected in 1995 to the lower house of the legislature as a Democrat but switched parties on June 23, 1997.