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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=John Easterly Coxe
|office=[[Louisiana]] Superintendent of Education
|term_start=1940
|term_end=1948
|preceded=[[T. H Harris]]
|succeeded=[[Shelby M. Jackson]]
|birth_date=July 14, 1887
|birth_place=Watson, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA
|death_date=November 18, 1972 (aged 85)
|resting_place=Roselawn Memorial Park in [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|spouse=Three wives (order of marriages unclear):<br>
Margaret Devaney Coxe<br>
Alice Pearl Grimm Coxe<br>
Hazel Viola Grimm Coxe (married 1929-1972, his death)
|children=Two daughters from first marriage:<br>
Ruth Lucille Coxe Butcher<br>
Hazel Margaret Coxe Butcher<br>
'''Parents''': <br>
William Potts and Margie Selina Webb Coxe
|occupation=[[Educator]]
|alma_mater=
}}
'''John Easterly Coxe''' (July 14, 1887 – November 18, 1972)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62661485/john-easterly-coxe|title=John Easterly Coxe|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 19, 2019}}</ref> was the [[Louisiana]] state superintendent of education from 1940 to 1948 during the terms of [[Governor]]s [[Sam Houston Jones]] and [[Jimmie Davis]]. At the time the office was elective; years later it was made appointive.
Coxe was one of eight children of William Potts Coxe (1845-1915) and the former Margie Selina Webb (1854-1930), both natives of [[Mississippi]]. He was born in rural Watson in Livingston Parish, fifteen miles from the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He advanced in the field of professional education from classroom teacher to parish superintendent to a curriculum specialist in the state department in Baton Rouge]]. Running on the Sam Jones [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] ticket,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://astheysawit.com/1001-1940-louisiana.html|title=1940: Louisiana, As They Saw It|publisher=astheysawit.com|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> Coxe unseated a powerhouse of Louisiana politics, [[T. H. Harris]], the state superintendent since 1908 for whom a scholarship for college students was established in 1938 through legislation offered by [[Lether Frazar]], a college president and then state representative who later became lieutenant governor in the third term of [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]]. Harris was allied with the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction of Louisiana politics. Coxe previously was employed in Harris' office, which he since decried as characterized by "politicalizations and unbearable dictatorship … void of reason in his effort to control the schools and the school people."<ref>"John E. Coxe: Candidate for Education Post Makes Statement," ''Minden Herald,'' January 12, 1940, 4.</ref>
Eight years later, Coxe was unseated by [[Shelby M. Jackson]] of Concordia Parish, a Democrat who held the post it for four terms but forfeited a fifth term to run unsuccessfully for [[governor]] in 1963, when [[John J. McKeithen]] was first elected. Jackson was elected on an intra-party ticket headed by former Governor Sam Jones, who sought a comeback in 1948. Oddly, Coxe had been elected to the first of his two terms in 1940 on the successful Jones ticket.
From his marriage to the former Margaret Devaney, Coxe had two daughters, Ruth Lucille Coxe Butcher (1905-1981) and Hazel Margaret Butcher (1921-2003), who were born in [[Minnesota]] and [[South Dakota]], respectively. He had two other wives, the former Alice Pearl Grimm and Hazel Viola Grimm (1896-1978), a native of Watertown, South Dakota, who were sisters. The order of Coxe's marriages is unclear. Hazel was an educator in South Dakota, where Coxe himself resided in 1908 and again in 1929, the year that he and Hazel married.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/john_coxe|title=John Coxe|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=October 19, 2019}}</ref>
Coxe is interred at Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.<ref name=findagrave/> On January 1, 1974, Charles Ernest Weimer completed a 91-page dissertation on Coxe at [[Louisiana State University]].<ref>Weimer, Charles Ernest, ''John Easterly Coxe, Louisiana Educator''" (1974). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 2702.
[https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/2702], accessed October 19, 2019.</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
|name=John Easterly Coxe
|office=[[Louisiana]] Superintendent of Education
|term_start=1940
|term_end=1948
|preceded=[[T. H Harris]]
|succeeded=[[Shelby M. Jackson]]
|birth_date=July 14, 1887
|birth_place=Watson, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA
|death_date=November 18, 1972 (aged 85)
|resting_place=Roselawn Memorial Park in [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|spouse=Three wives (order of marriages unclear):<br>
Margaret Devaney Coxe<br>
Alice Pearl Grimm Coxe<br>
Hazel Viola Grimm Coxe (married 1929-1972, his death)
|children=Two daughters from first marriage:<br>
Ruth Lucille Coxe Butcher<br>
Hazel Margaret Coxe Butcher<br>
'''Parents''': <br>
William Potts and Margie Selina Webb Coxe
|occupation=[[Educator]]
|alma_mater=
}}
'''John Easterly Coxe''' (July 14, 1887 – November 18, 1972)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62661485/john-easterly-coxe|title=John Easterly Coxe|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 19, 2019}}</ref> was the [[Louisiana]] state superintendent of education from 1940 to 1948 during the terms of [[Governor]]s [[Sam Houston Jones]] and [[Jimmie Davis]]. At the time the office was elective; years later it was made appointive.
Coxe was one of eight children of William Potts Coxe (1845-1915) and the former Margie Selina Webb (1854-1930), both natives of [[Mississippi]]. He was born in rural Watson in Livingston Parish, fifteen miles from the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He advanced in the field of professional education from classroom teacher to parish superintendent to a curriculum specialist in the state department in Baton Rouge]]. Running on the Sam Jones [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] ticket,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://astheysawit.com/1001-1940-louisiana.html|title=1940: Louisiana, As They Saw It|publisher=astheysawit.com|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> Coxe unseated a powerhouse of Louisiana politics, [[T. H. Harris]], the state superintendent since 1908 for whom a scholarship for college students was established in 1938 through legislation offered by [[Lether Frazar]], a college president and then state representative who later became lieutenant governor in the third term of [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]]. Harris was allied with the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction of Louisiana politics. Coxe previously was employed in Harris' office, which he since decried as characterized by "politicalizations and unbearable dictatorship … void of reason in his effort to control the schools and the school people."<ref>"John E. Coxe: Candidate for Education Post Makes Statement," ''Minden Herald,'' January 12, 1940, 4.</ref>
Eight years later, Coxe was unseated by [[Shelby M. Jackson]] of Concordia Parish, a Democrat who held the post it for four terms but forfeited a fifth term to run unsuccessfully for [[governor]] in 1963, when [[John J. McKeithen]] was first elected. Jackson was elected on an intra-party ticket headed by former Governor Sam Jones, who sought a comeback in 1948. Oddly, Coxe had been elected to the first of his two terms in 1940 on the successful Jones ticket.
From his marriage to the former Margaret Devaney, Coxe had two daughters, Ruth Lucille Coxe Butcher (1905-1981) and Hazel Margaret Butcher (1921-2003), who were born in [[Minnesota]] and [[South Dakota]], respectively. He had two other wives, the former Alice Pearl Grimm and Hazel Viola Grimm (1896-1978), a native of Watertown, South Dakota, who were sisters. The order of Coxe's marriages is unclear. Hazel was an educator in South Dakota, where Coxe himself resided in 1908 and again in 1929, the year that he and Hazel married.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/john_coxe|title=John Coxe|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=October 19, 2019}}</ref>
Coxe is interred at Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.<ref name=findagrave/> On January 1, 1974, Charles Ernest Weimer completed a 91-page dissertation on Coxe at [[Louisiana State University]].<ref>Weimer, Charles Ernest, ''John Easterly Coxe, Louisiana Educator''" (1974). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 2702.
[https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/2702], accessed October 19, 2019.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coxe, John Easterly}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]