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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Randy Lew Ewing
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br>District 35 (Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, and Union parishes)
| party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start = 1988
| term_end = 2000
| preceded=Charles Clem Barham
| succeeded=Bill Jones
| office2 =President of the Louisiana State Senate
| term_start2 = 1996
| term_end2 = 2000
| preceded2=Samuel Bernard Nunez, Jr.
| succeeded2 =John J. Hainkel, Jr.
| birth_date=February 10, 1944
| birth_place=Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA
| residence=Quitman, Jackson Parish
| alma_mater=Jonesboro-Hodge High School<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| occupation=Timber [[business]]man
| spouse = Rosemary Upshaw Ewing
| children = Ashley E. Manning<br>
Brandon Ewing}}
'''Randy Lew Ewing''' (born February 10, 1944) is a timber [[business]]man from Jackson Parish, who as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], represented District 35 (Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, and Union ] parishes in the [[Louisiana]] State Senate]] from 1988 to 2000. He was the State Senate President in his last term from 1996 to 2000, which corresponded with the first term of [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor]] [[Mike Foster|Murphy James "Mike" Foster, Jr.]]
==Background==
Ewing recalls that his father, Laster Cleo "Lew" Ewing (1912-2004), was given a job at the [[Louisiana State University]] student farm in [[Baton Rouge]] during the depths of the [[Great Depression]] through the intervention of [then Governor [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]] Though he had first attended [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], L. C. Ewing was therefore able to study at LSU,<ref name=lceobit>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/jackson/obits/e/ewing1031nob.txt|title=L. C. Ewing obituary|publisher=files.usgwarchives.net|accessdate=October 20, 2012}}</ref> from which he graduated in 1935.<ref name=lceobit/>
Randy Ewing explained accordingly: "My father's stories of LSU, Huey Long, and Baton Rouge because almost mystical in my family. This life-changing opportunity for a 19-year-old poverty-stricken boy from Chatham bore great influence on subsequent generations" of the Ewing family. Ewing's mother, the former Louise Williams (1917-2001), known as "Topper Ewing," devoted much of her time and to their [[United Methodist]] church as well as other community and civic endeavors.<ref name=lceobit/>
Ewing is married to the former Rosemary Upshaw. They have two children, Ashley E. Manning of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] and Brandon Ewing of Ruston. He graduated in 1962 from Jonesboro-Hodge High School. In 1966, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in [[business]] and [[finance]] from the E.J. Ourso College of Business at LSU. He studied [[history]] there under the famous [[professor]] Stephen Ambrose.
Ewing owns Ewing Timber Co., a business in Quitman, a small town north of the parish seat of Jonesboro. Ewing maintained his Senate office in the nearby larger city of Ruston in Lincoln Parish. In Ruston, he is a director of American Bank and the private Cedar Creek School. He has served on the board of the Louisiana Methodist Children's Home in Ruston. He and Mrs. Ewing have long supported [[Boy Scouts]] and [[Girl Scouts]]. Ewing is a member of the Lions Club.
He is a past president of the Louisiana Forestry Association, an organization in which his father was also active, and a former chairman of the Louisiana Forestry Commission. He is also a former member of the Louisiana Ad Valorem Tax Commission.
==Political career==
In the Senate, Ewing authored the Louisiana "Balanced Budget Amendment" and the establishment of the state mineral trust fund. He was active in promoting government ethics, the treatment of substance abuse, the prevention of child abuse, and reforms in education. In 1998, Ewing served on a citizens Advisory Committee recommending reforms to the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]].
In 2003, Ewing launched an unsuccessful campaign for governor in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]]. He finished in fifth place with some 123,936 votes (9 percent). Ewing won the endorsement of Democrats [[Ray Nagin]], then the [[mayor]] of [[New Orleans]]; former state Representatives [[Kenneth Volentine]], then the sheriff of Claiborne Parish, and Virgil D. Orr of Lincoln Parish, along with the Republicans, state Senator Robert Jocelyn Barham of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish and former state Senator Tommy Casanova, an ophthalmologist from Crowley and a former LSU [[football]] great.great. Though he was considered a somewhat [[Conservative (politics)|conservative]] Democrat, the [[Christian Coalition of America|Christian Coalition]] rated Ewing at only 44 percent, compared to 90 percent for sitting Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]]. The winner of the gubernatorial race was Ewing's fellow Democrat, [[Kathleen Blanco|Kathleen Babineaux Blanco]] of Lafayette.
In 1996, Louisiana Governmental Services, Inc., called Ewing the "conscience of the Senate." In 1999, Ewing was inducted into the LSU Hall of Distinction.
In 2008, Ewing held a fund raiser at his home for Democratic U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]], who defeated her Republican opponent, state treasurer and later U.S. Senator [[John N. Kennedy]], to win a third term. Among those attending the gathering was the Republican U.S. Representative [[Rodney Alexander]] from Louisiana's 5th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailykingfish.com/tag/Roger%20Villere|title=
La-Sen: Hey Villere: You Gonna’ Censure Rodney?|publisher=dailykingfish.com|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref>
On January 30, 2010, along with Rodney Alexander and the late [[Charlton Lyons]], Ewing was inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/2007induction.html|title=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|publisher=lapoliticalmuseum.com|accessdate=January 14, 2010}}</ref>
<ref>Randy Ewing's parents, Lew and Louise Ewing, are interred at the Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery southeast of Quitman behind the graves of former Governor [[Jimmie Davis]] and Davis' first wife, Alvern Adams Davis.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
* http://www.enlou.com/officeholders/senatedistrict35.htm
* List of Louisiana State Senators since 1880 (Baton Rouge: Secretary of State)
* http://www.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=100403
* http://www.bus.lsu.edu/global/pdfs/hod_99.pdf
* http://senate.legis.state.la.us/SessionInfo/Archives/1999/Journals/03291999.pdf
* http://senate.legis.state.la.us/Documents/Archives/1999/Constitution/
* http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=000532B
* http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Randy+L.+Ewing&fr=slv8-bkt1&u=www.lasc.org/press_room/court_column/newsletters/v1n2.htm&w=randy+l+ewing&d=ccFkl_mdOgLS&icp=1&.intl=us
* http://poli.uno.edu/unopoll/studies/suprem98.htm
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ewing, Randy}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
[[Category:Inductees of the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]]
| name = Randy Lew Ewing
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br>District 35 (Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, and Union parishes)
| party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start = 1988
| term_end = 2000
| preceded=Charles Clem Barham
| succeeded=Bill Jones
| office2 =President of the Louisiana State Senate
| term_start2 = 1996
| term_end2 = 2000
| preceded2=Samuel Bernard Nunez, Jr.
| succeeded2 =John J. Hainkel, Jr.
| birth_date=February 10, 1944
| birth_place=Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA
| residence=Quitman, Jackson Parish
| alma_mater=Jonesboro-Hodge High School<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| occupation=Timber [[business]]man
| spouse = Rosemary Upshaw Ewing
| children = Ashley E. Manning<br>
Brandon Ewing}}
'''Randy Lew Ewing''' (born February 10, 1944) is a timber [[business]]man from Jackson Parish, who as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], represented District 35 (Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, and Union ] parishes in the [[Louisiana]] State Senate]] from 1988 to 2000. He was the State Senate President in his last term from 1996 to 2000, which corresponded with the first term of [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor]] [[Mike Foster|Murphy James "Mike" Foster, Jr.]]
==Background==
Ewing recalls that his father, Laster Cleo "Lew" Ewing (1912-2004), was given a job at the [[Louisiana State University]] student farm in [[Baton Rouge]] during the depths of the [[Great Depression]] through the intervention of [then Governor [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]] Though he had first attended [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], L. C. Ewing was therefore able to study at LSU,<ref name=lceobit>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/jackson/obits/e/ewing1031nob.txt|title=L. C. Ewing obituary|publisher=files.usgwarchives.net|accessdate=October 20, 2012}}</ref> from which he graduated in 1935.<ref name=lceobit/>
Randy Ewing explained accordingly: "My father's stories of LSU, Huey Long, and Baton Rouge because almost mystical in my family. This life-changing opportunity for a 19-year-old poverty-stricken boy from Chatham bore great influence on subsequent generations" of the Ewing family. Ewing's mother, the former Louise Williams (1917-2001), known as "Topper Ewing," devoted much of her time and to their [[United Methodist]] church as well as other community and civic endeavors.<ref name=lceobit/>
Ewing is married to the former Rosemary Upshaw. They have two children, Ashley E. Manning of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] and Brandon Ewing of Ruston. He graduated in 1962 from Jonesboro-Hodge High School. In 1966, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in [[business]] and [[finance]] from the E.J. Ourso College of Business at LSU. He studied [[history]] there under the famous [[professor]] Stephen Ambrose.
Ewing owns Ewing Timber Co., a business in Quitman, a small town north of the parish seat of Jonesboro. Ewing maintained his Senate office in the nearby larger city of Ruston in Lincoln Parish. In Ruston, he is a director of American Bank and the private Cedar Creek School. He has served on the board of the Louisiana Methodist Children's Home in Ruston. He and Mrs. Ewing have long supported [[Boy Scouts]] and [[Girl Scouts]]. Ewing is a member of the Lions Club.
He is a past president of the Louisiana Forestry Association, an organization in which his father was also active, and a former chairman of the Louisiana Forestry Commission. He is also a former member of the Louisiana Ad Valorem Tax Commission.
==Political career==
In the Senate, Ewing authored the Louisiana "Balanced Budget Amendment" and the establishment of the state mineral trust fund. He was active in promoting government ethics, the treatment of substance abuse, the prevention of child abuse, and reforms in education. In 1998, Ewing served on a citizens Advisory Committee recommending reforms to the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]].
In 2003, Ewing launched an unsuccessful campaign for governor in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]]. He finished in fifth place with some 123,936 votes (9 percent). Ewing won the endorsement of Democrats [[Ray Nagin]], then the [[mayor]] of [[New Orleans]]; former state Representatives [[Kenneth Volentine]], then the sheriff of Claiborne Parish, and Virgil D. Orr of Lincoln Parish, along with the Republicans, state Senator Robert Jocelyn Barham of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish and former state Senator Tommy Casanova, an ophthalmologist from Crowley and a former LSU [[football]] great.great. Though he was considered a somewhat [[Conservative (politics)|conservative]] Democrat, the [[Christian Coalition of America|Christian Coalition]] rated Ewing at only 44 percent, compared to 90 percent for sitting Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]]. The winner of the gubernatorial race was Ewing's fellow Democrat, [[Kathleen Blanco|Kathleen Babineaux Blanco]] of Lafayette.
In 1996, Louisiana Governmental Services, Inc., called Ewing the "conscience of the Senate." In 1999, Ewing was inducted into the LSU Hall of Distinction.
In 2008, Ewing held a fund raiser at his home for Democratic U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]], who defeated her Republican opponent, state treasurer and later U.S. Senator [[John N. Kennedy]], to win a third term. Among those attending the gathering was the Republican U.S. Representative [[Rodney Alexander]] from Louisiana's 5th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailykingfish.com/tag/Roger%20Villere|title=
La-Sen: Hey Villere: You Gonna’ Censure Rodney?|publisher=dailykingfish.com|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref>
On January 30, 2010, along with Rodney Alexander and the late [[Charlton Lyons]], Ewing was inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/2007induction.html|title=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|publisher=lapoliticalmuseum.com|accessdate=January 14, 2010}}</ref>
<ref>Randy Ewing's parents, Lew and Louise Ewing, are interred at the Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery southeast of Quitman behind the graves of former Governor [[Jimmie Davis]] and Davis' first wife, Alvern Adams Davis.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
* http://www.enlou.com/officeholders/senatedistrict35.htm
* List of Louisiana State Senators since 1880 (Baton Rouge: Secretary of State)
* http://www.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=100403
* http://www.bus.lsu.edu/global/pdfs/hod_99.pdf
* http://senate.legis.state.la.us/SessionInfo/Archives/1999/Journals/03291999.pdf
* http://senate.legis.state.la.us/Documents/Archives/1999/Constitution/
* http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=000532B
* http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Randy+L.+Ewing&fr=slv8-bkt1&u=www.lasc.org/press_room/court_column/newsletters/v1n2.htm&w=randy+l+ewing&d=ccFkl_mdOgLS&icp=1&.intl=us
* http://poli.uno.edu/unopoll/studies/suprem98.htm
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ewing, Randy}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
[[Category:Inductees of the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]]