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==Biography==
==Biography==
Freeman was subsequently the Plaquemine city judge from 1990 to 1996. From 1968 to 1980, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He served as lieutenant governor under, first, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Governor [[David C. Treen]], with whom he often quarreled over partisan matters, and tried to halt Treen proposals when Treen was out-of-state. His second term as lieutenant governor was under Treen's Democratic successor (and predecessor), [[Edwin Edwards]]. Freeman was defeated for a third term as lieutenant governor in the 1987 [[general election]] by the former Louisiana Secretary of State and Democrat-turned-Republican Paul Jude Hardy, a [[Baton Rouge]] attorney originally from St. Martinville, Louisiana.
Freeman was subsequently the Plaquemine city judge from 1990 to 1996. From 1968 to 1980, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He served as lieutenant governor under, first, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Governor [[David C. Treen]], with whom he often quarreled over partisan matters, and tried to halt Treen proposals when Treen was out-of-state. His second term as lieutenant governor was under Treen's Democratic successor (and predecessor), [[Edwin Edwards]]. Freeman was defeated for a third term as lieutenant governor in the 1987 [[general election]] by the former Louisiana Secretary of State and Democrat-turned-Republican Paul Jude Hardy, a [[Baton Rouge]] attorney originally from St. Martinville, Louisiana.
In 1952, Freeman graduated from Plaquemine Senior High School, at which he engaged in [[boxing]], with among others his classmate and friend Jessel Ourso (1932-1978), later the sheriff of Iberville Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postsouth.com/article/20100708/NEWS/307089958#ixzz2gsMqMmVv|author=Diedre Cruse|title=Sheriff Jessel Ourso named to Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame|date=July 28, 2010|publisher=postsouth.com|accessdate=October 5, 2013}}</ref> Freeman earned his bachelor's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He was a member of the LSU boxing team and was inducted into the Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| title=Political Hall of Fame inducts 9 in Winnfield|publisher=thepineywoods.com| url=http://www.thepineywoods.com/HallOfFameMar08.htm|accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref> Freeman in 1965 earned his L.L.B. from Loyola University [[New Orleans]] College of Law. He served in the [[United States Army]] from 1956 to 1959 and worked for a chemical company from 1960 to 1961. Early in his career, Freeman practiced law in the Plaquemine firm of Freeman and Pendley. He was a member of the Louisiana and American bar associations. He was chairman of the Plaquemine Planning and Zoning Commission from 1966 to 1968 and was also a member of the board of directors of the Louisiana Environmental Health Association.
In 1952, Freeman graduated from Plaquemine Senior High School, at which he engaged in [[boxing]], with among others his classmate and friend Jessel Ourso (1932-1978), later the sheriff of Iberville Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postsouth.com/article/20100708/NEWS/307089958#ixzz2gsMqMmVv|author=Diedre Cruse|title=Sheriff Jessel Ourso named to Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame|date=July 28, 2010|publisher=postsouth.com|accessdate=October 5, 2013}}</ref> Freeman earned his bachelor's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He was a member of the LSU boxing team and was inducted into the Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| title=Political Hall of Fame inducts 9 in Winnfield|publisher=thepineywoods.com| url=http://www.thepineywoods.com/HallOfFameMar08.htm|accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref> Freeman in 1965 earned his L.L.B. from Loyola University [[New Orleans]] College of Law. He served in the [[United States Army]] from 1956 to 1959 and worked for a chemical company from 1960 to 1961. Early in his career, Freeman practiced law in the Plaquemine firm of Freeman and Pendley. He was a member of the Louisiana and American bar associations. He was chairman of the Plaquemine Planning and Zoning Commission from 1966 to 1968 and was also a member of the board of directors of the Louisiana Environmental Health Association.
On February 2, 2008, Freeman was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofwinnfield.com/museum.html|title=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|publisher=cityofwinnfield.com|accessdate=August 22, 2009}}</ref>
On February 2, 2008, Freeman was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofwinnfield.com/museum.html|title=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|publisher=cityofwinnfield.com|accessdate=August 22, 2009}}</ref>
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Until his death in 2016, at the age of eighty-two, Freeman resided with his wife, the former Marianne Drago (born 1936), in Plaquemine, Louisiana. A [[Roman Catholic]], he is interred at Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery in Plaquemine. There are two children from the marriage of the Freemans.
Until his death in 2016, at the age of eighty-two, Freeman resided with his wife, the former Marianne Drago (born 1936), in Plaquemine, Louisiana. A [[Roman Catholic]], he is interred at Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery in Plaquemine. There are two children from the marriage of the Freemans.