| − | '''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]]. |