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'''John Speir Treen, Sr.''' (born February 5, 1926), is a retired homebuilder from Metairie in Jefferson Parish, [[Louisiana]], who lost a 1989 [[special election]] for the Louisiana House of Representatives to the former [[Ku Klux Klan]]sman [[David Duke]]. Treen is the older brother of the late [[David C. Treen]], the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative and [[governor]] of Louisiana since [[Reconstruction]].
'''John Speir Treen, Sr.''' (born February 5, 1926), is a retired homebuilder from Metairie in Jefferson Parish, [[Louisiana]], who lost a 1989 [[special election]] for the Louisiana House of Representatives to the former [[Ku Klux Klan]]sman [[David Duke]]. Treen is the older brother of the late [[David C. Treen]], the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative and [[governor]] of Louisiana since [[Reconstruction]].
==Background==
==Background==
John Treen was born in [[Baton Rouge]] to Joseph Paul Treen, Sr. (1900–1986) and the former Elizabeth Speir (1899–1990). He had a second brother, Paul Treen, Jr. He is married to the former Martha Ann Swayze (born 1928).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=gov-david-conner-treen&pid=135263008|title=Gov. David Conner Treen|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 1, 2009}}</ref> Treen has two sons, John S. Treen, Jr., (born 1954) of Metairie and Ben Marcus Treen (born 1956) of Greenville, [[South Carolina]].<ref>People Search & Background Check</ref> and two daughters, Betsy T. Anderson of Cypress, [[Texas]], and Georgia T. Cole of Spartanburg, South Carolina.
John Treen was born in [[Baton Rouge]] to Joseph Paul Treen, Sr. (1900–1986) and the former Elizabeth Speir (1899–1990). He had a second brother, Paul Treen, Jr. He is married to the former Martha Ann Swayze (born 1928).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=gov-david-conner-treen&pid=135263008|title=Gov. David Conner Treen|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 1, 2009}}</ref> Treen has two sons, John S. Treen, Jr., (born 1954) of Metairie and Ben Marcus Treen (born 1956) of Greenville, [[South Carolina]].<ref>People Search & Background Check</ref> and two daughters, Betsy T. Anderson of Cypress, [[Texas]], and Georgia T. Cole of Spartanburg, South Carolina.
==Political life==
==Political life==
Like his brother Dave Treen, John Treen has long been active in the Louisiana Republican Party. While Dave Treen ran for governor on February 1, 1972, in the first of three campaigns for the state's highest office, John Treen in that same election contested a state Senate seat in Jefferson Parish. He lost by 973 votes to the Democrat M. Joseph Tiemann, 16,153 (51.6 percent) to 15,180 (48. percent.)<ref>[[Louisiana Secretary of State]], General election returns, February 1, 1972.</ref>
Like his brother Dave Treen, John Treen has long been active in the Louisiana Republican Party. While Dave Treen ran for governor on February 1, 1972, in the first of three campaigns for the state's highest office, John Treen in that same election contested a state Senate seat in Jefferson Parish. He lost by 973 votes to the Democrat M. Joseph Tiemann, 16,153 (51.6 percent) to 15,180 (48. percent.)<ref>[[Louisiana Secretary of State]], General election returns, February 1, 1972.</ref>