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Wall's legislative tenure corresponded with the administrations of [[Governor]]s [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[John J. McKeithen]], [[Edwin  Edwards]], and [[David C. Treen]]. Of the governors between 1948 and 1984, Wall served under all except [[Jimmie Davis]].

Wall's legislative tenure corresponded with the administrations of [[Governor]]s [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[John J. McKeithen]], [[Edwin  Edwards]], and [[David C. Treen]]. Of the governors between 1948 and 1984, Wall served under all except [[Jimmie Davis]].

At the start of his second term in the legislature, Wall, allied with Governor Kennon, challenged in 1952 the reelection of [[U.S. Representative]] Otto Ernest  Passman (1900-1988) of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], whose service extended from 1947 to 1977. He polled only 7,199 votes to 28,404 for the popular incumbent.<ref>Ellen Blue, “Multi-Hued Racehorse, Two-Headed Goose, or Just a Chameleon?: ‘The Political Animal’: Otto Passman and the 1952 Gubernatorial Race in Louisiana,” ''North Louisiana History'' (Fall 2000), p. 27.</ref>​

At the start of his second term in the legislature, Wall, allied with Governor Kennon, challenged in 1952 the reelection of [[U.S. Representative]] Otto Ernest  Passman (1900-1988) of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], whose service extended from 1947 to 1977. He polled only 7,199 votes to 28,404 for the popular incumbent.<ref>Ellen Blue, “Multi-Hued Racehorse, Two-Headed Goose, or Just a Chameleon?: ‘The Political Animal’: [[Otto Passman]] and the 1952 Gubernatorial Race in Louisiana,” ''North Louisiana History'' (Fall 2000), p. 27.</ref>​

[[Ron Gomez]], a House colleague from [[Lafayette]] in Wall's last legislative term from 1980–1984, describes him, accordingly:​

[[Ron Gomez]], a House colleague from [[Lafayette]] in Wall's last legislative term from 1980–1984, describes him, accordingly:​