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| name=Joseph Albert "Joe" Delpit

| name=Joseph Albert "Joe" Delpit, Sr.

| birth_date=January 9, 1940​

| birth_date=January 9, 1940​

| birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]​

| birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]​

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'''Joseph Albert Delpit''', known as '''Joe Delpit''' (born January 9, 1940), is an [[African-American]] [[business]]man from his native [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who from 1976 to 1992 was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 67. Earlier, he was the first black to serve on the East Baton Rouge Parish Commission, the combined city-parish government.

'''Joseph Albert Delpit, Sr.''', known as '''Joe Delpit''' (born January 9, 1940), is an [[African-American]] [[business]]man from his native [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who from 1976 to 1992 was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 67. Earlier, he was the first black to serve on the East Baton Rouge Parish Commission, the combined city-parish government.

Since 1959, Delpit has owned and operated The Chicken Shack [[restaurant]], a company begun in 1935 by his father, Thomas H. Delpit, with virtually no capital.  He is also the president of D & W Health Services, Inc., which operates the nursing home known as The Oaks of Mid City. He is the secretary-treasurer of W. T.B., Inc., a [[corporation]] that operates a nursing home in [[Shreveport]], known as the Booker T. Washington Nursing Center.  

Since 1959, Delpit has owned and operated The Chicken Shack [[restaurant]], a company begun in 1935 by his father, Thomas H. Delpit, with virtually no capital.  He is also the president of D & W Health Services, Inc., which operates the nursing home known as The Oaks of Mid City. He is the secretary-treasurer of W. T.B., Inc., a [[corporation]] that operates a nursing home in [[Shreveport]], known as the Booker T. Washington Nursing Center.  

Delpit was  elected to the state House in the first-ever nonpartisan blanket primary on November 1, 1975.  He served on these committees: Municipal and Parochial Affairs, Agriculture, and Appropriations. In 1983, he won his third term as state representative without opposition. On March 12, 1984, he was elected Speaker Pro Tempore and became the highest-ranking African-American elected official in Louisiana since [[Reconstruction]]. In 1987, Delpit won reelection by 182 votes to secure his fourth term and final term. In a runoff with fellow Democrat Darrell Wayne Glasper (born 1953), Delpit prevailed 3,318 (51 percent) to 3,136 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>

Delpit was  elected to the state House in the first-ever nonpartisan blanket primary on November 1, 1975.  He served on these committees: Municipal and Parochial Affairs, Agriculture, and Appropriations. In 1983, he won his third term as state representative without opposition. On March 12, 1984, he was elected Speaker Pro Tempore and became the highest-ranking African-American elected official in Louisiana since [[Reconstruction]]. In 1987, Delpit won reelection by 182 votes to secure his fourth term and final term. In a runoff with fellow Democrat Darrell Wayne Glasper (born 1953), Delpit prevailed 3,318 (51 percent) to 3,136 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>

Delpit works with his children and grandchildren in the continued family operation of The Chicken Shack.

Delpit works with his children and grandchildren in the continued family operation of The Chicken Shack. His eldest child, Joe Delpit, Jr., died on November 6, 2019 at the age of sixty-one.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-albert-delpit&pid=194410627&fhid=11073|title=Joseph Albert Delpit, Jr. (1958-2019)|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 11, 2019|accessdate=November 12, 2019}}</ref>

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