| − | '''Charles Leroy Vining, Jr.''' (September 28, 1935 – November 30, 2003),<ref name=tributes>{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Charles-Vining-52241234|title=Charles L. Vining, Jr.|publisher=tributes.com|accessdate=September 14, 2010}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972, who served a single term from District 32 (East and West Carroll parishes in the far northeastern corner of the state.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher= | + | '''Charles Leroy Vining, Jr.''' (September 28, 1935 – November 30, 2003),<ref name=tributes>{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Charles-Vining-52241234|title=Charles L. Vining, Jr.|publisher=tributes.com|accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972, who served a single term from District 32 (East and West Carroll parishes in the far northeastern corner of the state.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher= |
| | Vining was elected to succeed House [[Speaker]] [[Vail M. Delony]] of Lake Providence, the seat of government for East Carroll Parish, who died in office in November 1967. In the [[general election]] held on February 6, 1968, Vining defeated his [[Republican Party|Republican]] challenger, Orlando Nicholas "Nick" Hamilton, Sr.<ref>Orlando Hamilton, Jr. (1928-2013), a veteran of the [[Korean War]], practiced law in Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish from 1954 until his death. A [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]], the junior Hamilton was a past president of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Louisiana State Disciplinary Board.</ref> (1897–1968), of Lake Providence, 52.3 to 47.7 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns, February 6, 1968.</ref> Hamilton died ten months after losing the legislative race to Vining. After one term, Vining was succeeded by a fellow Democrat, George F. Fox, Jr., an [[attorney] from Lake Providence, who also served one term in the House, 1972 to 1976.<ref name=legis/> | | Vining was elected to succeed House [[Speaker]] [[Vail M. Delony]] of Lake Providence, the seat of government for East Carroll Parish, who died in office in November 1967. In the [[general election]] held on February 6, 1968, Vining defeated his [[Republican Party|Republican]] challenger, Orlando Nicholas "Nick" Hamilton, Sr.<ref>Orlando Hamilton, Jr. (1928-2013), a veteran of the [[Korean War]], practiced law in Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish from 1954 until his death. A [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]], the junior Hamilton was a past president of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Louisiana State Disciplinary Board.</ref> (1897–1968), of Lake Providence, 52.3 to 47.7 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns, February 6, 1968.</ref> Hamilton died ten months after losing the legislative race to Vining. After one term, Vining was succeeded by a fellow Democrat, George F. Fox, Jr., an [[attorney] from Lake Providence, who also served one term in the House, 1972 to 1976.<ref name=legis/> |
| | At the time of his death, Vining, a [[farmer]], was residing in [[rural]] Sondheimer in East Carroll Parish.<ref name=tributes/> | | At the time of his death, Vining, a [[farmer]], was residing in [[rural]] Sondheimer in East Carroll Parish.<ref name=tributes/> |