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Jesse D. McLain<br>​

Jesse D. McLain<br>​

[[Lawrence A. Sheridan]]​

[[Lawrence A. Sheridan]]​

| succeeded=Suzanne Mayfield Krieger​

| succeeded=[[Suzanne Mayfield Krieger​]]

| birth_date=May 6, 1921​

| birth_date=May 6, 1921​

| birth_place=Slidell, St. Tammany Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]​

| birth_place=Slidell, St. Tammany Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]​

Scogin won again as a Democrat in the 1975 and 1979 elections. Shortly after the 1979 general election, even before Treen took office as governor to succeed the then term-limited Edwards, Scogin switched to the [[Republican Party]].<ref>John Clements, ''Taylor's Encyclopedia of Government Officials, Supplement to Vol. VII, [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]: Political Research, Inc., 1980), p. 8.</ref> He won new terms as a Republican in 1983 and 1987.<ref name=dist76/> In his last election on October 24, 1987, Scogin defeated the Democrat Earl D. Broom, 8,396 votes (56.6 percent) to 6,344 (43.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>​

Scogin won again as a Democrat in the 1975 and 1979 elections. Shortly after the 1979 general election, even before Treen took office as governor to succeed the then term-limited Edwards, Scogin switched to the [[Republican Party]].<ref>John Clements, ''Taylor's Encyclopedia of Government Officials, Supplement to Vol. VII, [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]: Political Research, Inc., 1980), p. 8.</ref> He won new terms as a Republican in 1983 and 1987.<ref name=dist76/> In his last election on October 24, 1987, Scogin defeated the Democrat Earl D. Broom, 8,396 votes (56.6 percent) to 6,344 (43.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>​

On November 16, 1991, after five terms, Scogin was unseated, 8,399 (52.7 percent) to 7,534 (47.3 percent), by a fellow Republican, Suzanne Mayfield Krieger, also of Slidell.  On that same day, Edwards defeated [[David Duke]] to procure a fourth nonconsecutive term as governor. Krieger left the post after a single term when she ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the 1995 nonpartisan blanket primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>​

On November 16, 1991, after five terms, Scogin was unseated, 8,399 (52.7 percent) to 7,534 (47.3 percent), by a fellow Republican, [[Suzanne Mayfield Krieger]], also of Slidell.  On that same day, Edwards defeated [[David Duke]] to procure a fourth nonconsecutive term as governor. Krieger left the post after a single term when she ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the 1995 nonpartisan blanket primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>​

==Legacy==

==Legacy==