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Gaudin graduated in 1948 from the parochial St. Joseph's Academy in New Roads. He then received his bachelor's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge in 1952. Thereafter, he entered the [[United States Army]] as a second lieutenant on an [[ROTC]] commission. He left the service in 1954 as a first lieutenant but remained a major in the Army Reserve for another decade thereafter. Gaudin graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU with a [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1958.
Gaudin graduated in 1948 from the parochial St. Joseph's Academy in New Roads. He then received his bachelor's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge in 1952. Thereafter, he entered the [[United States Army]] as a second lieutenant on an [[ROTC]] commission. He left the service in 1954 as a first lieutenant but remained a major in the Army Reserve for another decade thereafter. Gaudin graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU with a [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1958.
==Six legislative elections==
==Six legislative election victories==
Gaudin won a 1967 [[special election]] created by the resignation of Democratic lawmaker Luther F. Cole, who became a [[judge]]. He defeated Democrat Richard E. Cheek, 9,856 votes (50.3 percent) to 9,730 (49.7 percent) in a [[special election]] for the one-year unexpired term. In his first year in the legislature, Gaudin served with three other Republicans, Morley Alvin Hudson (1917-2001) and Taylor W. O'Hearn (1907-1997), both of [[Shreveport]] and [[Roderick Miller]] of [[Lafayette], all of whom are deceased. Gaudin was defeated for a four-year term in 1968, with Richard Cheek claiming victory after defeat the previous year. O'Hearn was also defeated; Hudson did not seek reelection, and Miller lost in a bid for the Louisiana State Senate. Gaudin rebounded in 1972 to win the first of five consecutive terms. From 1970 to 1972, there was only one Republican in the 105-member Louisiana House, the New Orleans attorney James Sutterfield, who won a special election to fill the vacancy created by the election of Nat G. Kiefer to the state Senate.
Gaudin won a 1967 [[special election]] created by the resignation of Democratic lawmaker Luther F. Cole, who became a [[judge]]. He defeated Democrat Richard E. Cheek, 9,856 votes (50.3 percent) to 9,730 (49.7 percent) in a [[special election]] for the one-year unexpired term. In his first year in the legislature, Gaudin served with three other Republicans, Morley Alvin Hudson (1917-2001) and Taylor W. O'Hearn (1907-1997), both of [[Shreveport]] and [[Roderick Miller]] of [[Lafayette], all of whom are deceased. Gaudin was defeated for a four-year term in 1968, with Richard Cheek claiming victory after defeat the previous year. O'Hearn was also defeated; Hudson did not seek reelection, and Miller lost in a bid for the Louisiana State Senate. Gaudin rebounded in 1972 to win the first of five consecutive terms. From 1970 to 1972, there was only one Republican in the 105-member Louisiana House, the New Orleans attorney James Sutterfield, who won a special election to fill the vacancy created by the election of Nat G. Kiefer to the state Senate.