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'''Drayton Rogers Boucher''' (March 19, 1908 – June 3, 1983) was a state legislator from Webster Parish who was affiliated with the [[Earl Long|Long]] political faction of his state's [[Democratic Party]]. Boucher served in the state House for a single four-year term from 1936 to 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=
'''Drayton Rogers Boucher''' (March 19, 1908 – June 3, 1983) was a state legislator from Webster Parish who was affiliated with the [[Earl Long|Long]] political faction of his state's [[Democratic Party]]. Boucher served in the state House for a single four-year term from 1936 to 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Webster Parish) |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref> and three terms in the state Senate from a combination district including Webster and Bossier parishes from 1940 to 1952. In the state Senate, he succeeded Coleman Lindsey (1892–1968) of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], who in 1939 became lieutenant governor upon the succession to the governorship of [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.legis.state.la.us/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880 - Present (Bossier and Webster parishes)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref>
http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Webster Parish) |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref> and three terms in the state Senate from a combination district including Webster and Bossier parishes from 1940 to 1952.
In the state Senate, he succeeded Coleman Lindsey (1892–1968) of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], who in 1939 became lieutenant governor upon the succession to the governorship of [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.legis.state.la.us/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880 - Present (Bossier and Webster parishes)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
In the 1959 Democratic primary when Boucher declined to run for voting machine custodian, he was instead an unsuccessful candidate from Webster Parish for a seat on the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee. He was defeated by a 4-3 margin by the dairyman, Roy Don Hinton, Sr. (1912-2011), of Minden.<ref>"Hinton Wins Seat on State Central Committee," ''Minden Press,'' December 7, 1959, p. 1.</ref>
In the 1959 Democratic primary when Boucher declined to run for voting machine custodian, he was instead an unsuccessful candidate from Webster Parish for a seat on the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee. He was defeated by a 4-3 margin by the dairyman, Roy Don Hinton, Sr. (1912-2011), of Minden.<ref>"Hinton Wins Seat on State Central Committee," ''Minden Press,'' December 7, 1959, p. 1.</ref>
==Business and civic activities==
On exiting politics, Boucher remained in Baton Rouge and attended the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center though he never procured legal credentials. Instead, he concentrated on Drayton Boucher Real Estate and his Evelyn Corporation, named for his second wife. He was also a partner in Acadian Oil and Gas in [[Lafayette]]. Boucher was an active member of the Masonic lodge. As a Shriner, he was active in fundraising for the Shriners Hospital for Children in Shreveport. He was an active member of the Jefferson [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Baton Rouge.<ref name=bobit>Boucher obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' June 5, 1983.</ref>
On exiting politics, Boucher remained in Baton Rouge and attended the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center though he never procured legal credentials. Instead, he concentrated on Drayton Boucher Real Estate and his Evelyn Corporation, named for his second wife. He was also a partner in Acadian Oil and Gas in [[Lafayette]]. Boucher was an active member of the Masonic lodge. As a Shriner, he was active in fundraising for the Shriners Hospital for Children in Shreveport. He was an active member of the Jefferson [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Baton Rouge.<ref name=bobit>Boucher obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' June 5, 1983.</ref>
==Two marriages==
==Two marriages==