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|term_start=1976

|term_start=1976

|term_end=1985

|term_end=1985

|preceded=John Hamilton Cade, Jr.

|preceded=[[John Cade|John Hamilton Cade, Jr.]]

|succeeded=James Bryan Wagner

|succeeded=James Bryan Wagner

|occupation=[[Oil]] and [[natural gas]] [[business]]man

|occupation=[[Oil]] and [[natural gas]] [[business]]man

==Later political activities==

==Later political activities==

Right after his congressional campaign, Spooner became the Louisiana Republican National Committeeman. He did not seek office again though he remained active in the GOP.  In 1979, Spooner was uncommitted between Treen and U.S. Representative William Henson Moore of [[Baton Rouge]], who then held Louisiana's 6th congressional district seat, as the Republican choice for governor. His stance brought criticism from his predecessor as national committeeman, the Treen aide John Hamilton Cade, Jr. (1928-1988), of Alexandria. In 1983, Spooner was chairman of the Platform Committee for the Louisiana State Republican Convention that nominated Treen in an unsuccessful bid for reelection as governor.<ref>''Louisiana History'', p. 347.</ref>  

Right after his congressional campaign, Spooner became the Louisiana Republican National Committeeman. He did not seek office again though he remained active in the GOP.  In 1979, Spooner was uncommitted between Treen and U.S. Representative William Henson Moore of [[Baton Rouge]], who then held Louisiana's 6th congressional district seat, as the Republican choice for governor. His stance brought criticism from his predecessor as national committeeman, the Treen aide [[John Cade|John Hamilton Cade, Jr.]], of Alexandria. In 1983, Spooner was chairman of the Platform Committee for the Louisiana State Republican Convention that nominated Treen in an unsuccessful bid for reelection as governor.<ref>''Louisiana History'', p. 347.</ref>  

In 1984, Spooner spearheaded an unsuccessful movement to draft Treen to run against Senator [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]]  Spooner was also chairman of security for the 1984 Republican National Convention in [[Dallas]].  In 1986, Spooner devised an effective "Get Out The Vote" plan that has been used by a number of Northeast Louisiana Republicans to win elective offices.  In 1996, two decades after his own congressional race, Spooner was the campaign chairman for Republican John Cooksey, a Monroe ophthalmologist, in a successful bid for the 5th congressional district seat.​<ref>''Louisiana History'', p. 347.</ref>

In 1984, Spooner spearheaded an unsuccessful movement to draft Treen to run against Senator [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]]  Spooner was also chairman of security for the 1984 Republican National Convention in [[Dallas]].  In 1986, Spooner devised an effective "Get Out The Vote" plan that has been used by a number of Northeast Louisiana Republicans to win elective offices.  In 1996, two decades after his own congressional race, Spooner was the campaign chairman for Republican John Cooksey, a Monroe ophthalmologist, in a successful bid for the 5th congressional district seat.​<ref>''Louisiana History'', p. 347.</ref>