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|name= Claude Kirkpatrick​

|name= Claude Kirkpatrick​

|office= [[Louisiana]] State Representative for Jefferson Davis Parish​

|office= [[Louisiana]] State Representative for Jefferson Davis Parish​

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'''Claude Kirkpatrick''' (June 17, 1917 – January 14, 1997) was a diversified [[business]]man who served two terms in the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives from 1952 to 1960. As a representative, he worked to establish Toledo Bend Reservoir through his directorship of the state Department of Public Works (1960 to 1964), and was the administrator and then president of Baton Rouge General Medical Center (1967 to 1982). Kirkpatrick ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]] in the 1963 gubernatorial [[primary]] election. In his later years, he built three shopping centers in Baton Rouge. He was also active in various state and national organizations of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]].​

'''Claude Kirkpatrick''' (June 17, 1917 – January 14, 1997) was a diversified [[business]]man who served two terms in the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives from 1952 to 1960. As a representative, he worked to establish Toledo Bend Reservoir through his directorship of the state Department of Public Works (1960 to 1964), and was the administrator and then president of Baton Rouge General Medical Center (1967 to 1982). Kirkpatrick ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]] in the 1963 gubernatorial [[primary]] election. In his later years, he built three shopping centers in Baton Rouge. He was also active in various state and national organizations of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]

 

==Early years, education, family==​

==Background==

 

Kirkpatrick (no middle name) was born in [[rural]] Glenmora in south Rapides Parish, to Eugene Kirkpatrick (died 1956) and the former Arlie Gill (died 1981). The senior Kirkpatrick operated a sawmill in Glenmora and then, when Claude was six years of age, relocated to  [[Lake Charles]] in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana. He was a tie inspector servicing the Louisiana, [[Texas]], and [[Arkansas]] area for [[Southern Pacific Railroad]]. He attended public school and graduated in 1934 from Lake Charles High School]<ref name=statement>Statement of Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick, September 8, 2008.</ref>​

Kirkpatrick (no middle name) was born in [[rural]] Glenmora in south Rapides Parish, to Eugene Kirkpatrick (died 1956) and the former Arlie Gill (died 1981). The senior Kirkpatrick operated a sawmill in Glenmora and then, when Claude was six years of age, relocated to  [[Lake Charles]] in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana. He was a tie inspector servicing the Louisiana, [[Texas]], and [[Arkansas]] area for the Southern Pacific Railroad. He attended public school and graduated in 1934 from Lake Charles High School]<ref name=statement>Statement of Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick, September 8, 2008.</ref>​

He then enrolled at Baptist-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] and in 1938 received a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[history]].<ref name=bm>{{cite web|url=http://www.baptistmessage.com/articledetail.php?articleID=1592|title=Claude Kilpatrick|publisher=''The Baptist Message''|accessdate Unknown; no longer on-line.}}</ref> There, Kirkpatrick met his future wife, the former Edith Aurelia Killgore (born November 14, 1918) of the Lisbon Lisbon]] in Claiborne Parish in north Louisiana. They married in 1938 after both graduated from college.<ref name=statement/>​

He then enrolled at Baptist-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] and in 1938 received a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[history]].<ref name=bm>{{cite web|url=http://www.baptistmessage.com/articledetail.php?articleID=1592|title=Claude Kilpatrick|publisher=''The Baptist Message''|accessdate Unknown; no longer on-line.}}</ref> There, Kirkpatrick met his future wife, the former Edith Aurelia Killgore (born November 14, 1918) of the Lisbon Lisbon]] in Claiborne Parish in north Louisiana. They married in 1938 after both graduated from college.<ref name=statement/>​