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Thomas H. and Edmae Butler Delpit}}

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'''Joseph Albert Delpit''', known as '''Joe Delpit''' (born January 9, 1940), is an [[African-American]] [[business]]man from his native [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who from 1976 to 1992 was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 67. Earlier, he was the first black to serve on the East Baton Rouge Parish Commission, the combined city-parish government.  

'''Joseph Albert Delpit''', known as '''Joe Delpit''' (born January 9, 1940), is an [[African-American]] [[business]]man from his native [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who from 1976 to 1992 was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 67. Earlier, he was the first black to serve on the East Baton Rouge Parish Commission, the combined city-parish government.

Since 1959, Delpit has owned and operated The Chicken Shack [[restaurant]], a company begun in 1935 by his father, Thomas H. Delpin with less than a dollar of capital.  He is also the president of D & W Health Services, Inc., which operates the nursing home known as The Oaks of Mid City. He is the secretary-treasurer of W. T.B., Inc., a [[corporation]] that operates a nursing home in [[Shreveport]], known as the Booker T. Washington Nursing Center.  

 

Since 1959, Delpit has owned and operated The Chicken Shack [[restaurant]], a company begun in 1935 by his father, Thomas H. Delpin with less than a dollar of capital.  He is also the president of D & W Health Services, Inc., which operates the nursing home known as The Oaks of Mid City. He is the secretary-treasurer of W. T.B., Inc., a [[corporation]] that operates a nursing home in [[Shreveport]], known as the Booker T. Washington Nursing Center.  

Delpit and his wife, the former Precious Robinson, have five children: Joseph Jr., Thomas, Deidre, Desiree, and Derrick. He also has eleven grandchildren.  Delpit attended St. Francis Xavier Catholic Elementary School and graduated from McKinley Senior High School in Baton Rouge. He attended historically black Southern University in Baton Rouge, at which he received credits in business administration and nutrition<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.gojagsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205306393 |title=Joe Delpit Tabbed as Keynote Speaker for Hall of Fame Ceremony at Southern University|publisher=Gojagsports.com|date=April 17, 2009|accessdate=September 23, 2019}}</ref>

Delpit and his wife, the former Precious Robinson, have five children: Joseph Jr., Thomas, Deidre, Desiree, and Derrick. He also has eleven grandchildren.  Delpit attended St. Francis Xavier Catholic Elementary School and graduated from McKinley Senior High School in Baton Rouge. He attended historically black Southern University in Baton Rouge, at which he received credits in business administration and nutrition<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.gojagsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205306393 |title=Joe Delpit Tabbed as Keynote Speaker for Hall of Fame Ceremony at Southern University|publisher=Gojagsports.com|date=April 17, 2009|accessdate=September 23, 2019}}</ref>

Delpit was  elected to the state House in the first-ever nonpartisan blanket primary on November 1, 1975.  He served on these committees: Municipal and Parochial Affairs, Agriculture, and Appropriations. In 1983, he won his third term as state representative without opposition. On March 12, 1984, he was elected Speaker Pro Tempore and became the highest-ranking African-American elected official in Louisiana since [[Reconstruction]]. In 1987, Delpit won reelection by 182 votes to secure his fourth term and final term. In a runoff with fellow Democrat Darrell Wayne Glasper (born 1953), Delpit prevailed 3,318 (51 percent) to 3,136 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>

Delpit was  elected to the state House in the first-ever nonpartisan blanket primary on November 1, 1975.  He served on these committees: Municipal and Parochial Affairs, Agriculture, and Appropriations. In 1983, he won his third term as state representative without opposition. On March 12, 1984, he was elected Speaker Pro Tempore and became the highest-ranking African-American elected official in Louisiana since [[Reconstruction]]. In 1987, Delpit won reelection by 182 votes to secure his fourth term and final term. In a runoff with fellow Democrat Darrell Wayne Glasper (born 1953), Delpit prevailed 3,318 (51 percent) to 3,136 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>

He works with his children and grandchildren in the continued family operation of The Chicken Shack.

Delpit works with his children and grandchildren in the continued family operation of The Chicken Shack.

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