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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 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>
'''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.
==As a legislator==
Wall's legislative tenure corresponded with the administrations of [[Governor]]s [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[John J. McKeithen]], [[Edwin Edwards]], and [[David C. Treen]]. Of the governors between 1948 and 1984, Wall served under all except [[Jimmie Davis]].
At the start of his second term in the legislature, Wall, allied with Governor Kennon, challenged in 1952 the reelection of [[U.S. Representative]] Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], whose service extended from 1947 to 1977. He polled only 7,199 votes to 28,404 for the popular incumbent.<ref>Ellen Blue, “Multi-Hued Racehorse, Two-Headed Goose, or Just a Chameleon?: ‘The Political Animal’: Otto Passman and the 1952 Gubernatorial Race in Louisiana,” ''North Louisiana History'' (Fall 2000), p. 27.</ref>
At the start of his second term in the legislature, Wall, allied with Governor Kennon, challenged in 1952 the reelection of [[U.S. Representative]] Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], whose service extended from 1947 to 1977. He polled only 7,199 votes to 28,404 for the popular incumbent.<ref>Ellen Blue, “Multi-Hued Racehorse, Two-Headed Goose, or Just a Chameleon?: ‘The Political Animal’: Otto Passman and the 1952 Gubernatorial Race in Louisiana,” ''North Louisiana History'' (Fall 2000), p. 27.</ref>
[[Ron Gomez]], a House colleague from [[Lafayette]] in Wall's last legislative term from 1980–1984, describes him, accordingly:
[[Ron Gomez]], a House colleague from [[Lafayette]] in Wall's last legislative term from 1980–1984, describes him, accordingly: