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'''Morgan Jefferson Goudeau, III''' (June 13, 1929 – September 23, 2016), was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native Opelousas, [[Louisiana]]. From 1973 to 1997, he was the district attorney for St. Landry Parish.  

'''Morgan Jefferson Goudeau, III''' (June 13, 1929 – September 23, 2016), was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[attorney]] and [[politician]] from his native Opelousas, [[Louisiana]]. From 1973 to 1997, he was the district attorney for St. Landry Parish.

A son of Morgan Goudeau, Jr. (1905-1984), and the former Alma Chachere (1907-2004), he graduated in 1945 from the [[Roman Catholic]] Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Opelousas, at which he was the co-captain of the 1944  state champion six-man [[football]] team.ll team. He was an [[Eagle Scout]]. In 1948, at the age of eighteen, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He was affiliated with  the Delta Kappa Epsilon social fraternity and Pi Gamma Mu honorary social science fraternity. He obtained his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from the Catholic [[Georgetown University]] Law School in [[Washington, D.C.]], at which he was on the staff of the ''Georgetown Law Review.''  He was a U.S. Capitol police officer while in law school and was admitted in 1952 to the practice of law in both the District of Columbia and Louisiana.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170499616/morgan-j-goudeau|title=Morgan J. Goudeau, III|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 16, 2020}}</ref>  

 

A son of Morgan Goudeau, Jr. (1905-1984), and the former Alma Chachere (1907-2004), he graduated in 1945 from the [[Roman Catholic]] Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Opelousas, at which he was the co-captain of the 1944  state champion six-man [[football]] team.ll team. He was an [[Eagle Scout]]. In 1948, at the age of eighteen, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He was affiliated with  the Delta Kappa Epsilon social fraternity and Pi Gamma Mu honorary social science fraternity. He obtained his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from the Catholic [[Georgetown University]] Law School in [[Washington, D.C.]], at which he was on the staff of the ''Georgetown Law Review.''  He was a U.S. Capitol police officer while in law school and was admitted in 1952 to the practice of law in both the District of Columbia and Louisiana.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170499616/morgan-j-goudeau|title=Morgan J. Goudeau, III|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 16, 2020}}</ref>

Goudeau opened his law office in Opelousas on April 5, 1952, In 1955, he was appointed assistant DA of St. Landry Parish, a position he filled until 1973, when he was elected as district attorney, a post he filled for twenty-four years until his retirement. He served as president of the Louisiana District Attorney’s Association and was the Louisiana representative on the board of directors of the National District Attorney’s Association. He was also the first DA to have been inducted in 2005 into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame. An active Democrat, he managed the 1960 presidential campaign in south Louisiana on behalf of the victorious ticket of [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], which defeated the [[Repubican Party|Republican]] choice, [[Richard M. Nixon]] and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985). Goudeau was a delegate to numerous Democratic national conventions. For a time he was the vice-chairman of the state Democratic Party. However, he dissented from [[liberal]] national Democrats on the issue of [[abortion]] and was a longtime member of the National Right to Life Association and the Pro-Life Democrats organization.<ref name=findagrave/>

Goudeau opened his law office in Opelousas on April 5, 1952, In 1955, he was appointed assistant DA of St. Landry Parish, a position he filled until 1973, when he was elected as district attorney, a post he filled for twenty-four years until his retirement. He served as president of the Louisiana District Attorney’s Association and was the Louisiana representative on the board of directors of the National District Attorney’s Association. He was also the first DA to have been inducted in 2005 into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame. An active Democrat, he managed the 1960 presidential campaign in south Louisiana on behalf of the victorious ticket of [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], which defeated the [[Repubican Party|Republican]] choice, [[Richard M. Nixon]] and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985). Goudeau was a delegate to numerous Democratic national conventions. For a time he was the vice-chairman of the state Democratic Party. However, he dissented from [[liberal]] national Democrats on the issue of [[abortion]] and was a longtime member of the National Right to Life Association and the Pro-Life Democrats organization.<ref name=findagrave/>