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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Shady Robert Wall
| name=Shady Robert Wall
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for Ouachita Parish (later District 15)]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for Ouachita Parish (later District 15)
|term_start=1948
|term_start=1948
|term_end=1956
|term_end=1956
(3) Even his critics conceded that Wall's strong-armed tactics, if essential, still saved taxpayers millions in the cost of additional retirement benefits to state and local officials.
(3) Even his critics conceded that Wall's strong-armed tactics, if essential, still saved taxpayers millions in the cost of additional retirement benefits to state and local officials.
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'''Shady Robert Wall''' (December 11, 1922 – September 4, 1985) was a [[banker]] and [[philanthropist]] from West Monroe in his native Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]], who served nonconsecutively as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1948 to 1956 and 1968 to 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref>
'''Shady Robert Wall''' (December 11, 1922 – September 4, 1985) was a [[banker]] and philanthropist from West Monroe in his native Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]], who served nonconsecutively as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1948 to 1956 and again from 1968 to 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref>
Wall is remembered for his colorful dress, speeding in his [[Rolls-Royce]], flamboyant personality, gifts to local charity, and his penchant for packing a pistol in his boot holster. He was also an iron-fisted chairman of the House Retirement Committee in his later legislative tenure.
Wall is remembered for his colorful dress, speeding in his [[Rolls Royce]], flamboyant personality, gifts to local charity, and his penchant for packing a pistol in his boot holster. He was also an iron-fisted chairman of the House Retirement Committee in his later legislative tenure.
==Wall as a legislator==
==Wall as a legislator==