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|preceded=Algie D. Brown<br>

|preceded=[[Algie D. Brown]]<br>

Wellborn Jack<br>

Wellborn Jack<br>

Jasper K. Smith  

Jasper K. Smith  

In 1936, Fulco was elected for a single four-year term to the Caddo Parish Police Jury, renamed in 1984 as the Caddo Parish Commission, the governing board of the parish. Fulco, at twenty-seven, was the youngest member of the body. One of his colleagues, [[Earl Williamson]], of Vivian in north Caddo Parish would serve on the board for some forty years. Like Fulco, Williamson was alled with the Long faction.

In 1936, Fulco was elected for a single four-year term to the Caddo Parish Police Jury, renamed in 1984 as the Caddo Parish Commission, the governing board of the parish. Fulco, at twenty-seven, was the youngest member of the body. One of his colleagues, [[Earl Williamson]], of Vivian in north Caddo Parish would serve on the board for some forty years. Like Fulco, Williamson was alled with the Long faction.

Fulco's legislative tenure coincided with the administrations of [[Governor]]s [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Jimmie Davis]], and [[John J. McKeithen]]. Elected in 1956 and 1960, Fulco won his third term as part of a Caddo Parish five-member at-large delegation in the [[general election]] held on March 3, 1964. Fulco finished fourth among the five winners. Two [[Republican Party|Republicans]], Morley Alvin Hudson and Taylor W. O'Hearn, led the tabulations, followed by Democrats Algie D. Brown, Fulco, and future state senator and [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]] Eliminated was the sixth-place candidate, veteran Representative Wellborn Jack, a Shreveport attorney. Fulco jokingly declared that "the elephant trampled us" but predicted that he could work well with both Hudson and O'Hearn despite their different parties. The Hudson and O'Hearn victories were attributed that year in part to the coattails of GOP [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee [[Charlton Lyons]] of Shreveport.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 3, 1964.</ref><ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref>

Fulco's legislative tenure coincided with the administrations of [[Governor]]s [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Jimmie Davis]], and [[John J. McKeithen]]. Elected in 1956 and 1960, Fulco won his third term as part of a Caddo Parish five-member at-large delegation in the [[general election]] held on March 3, 1964. Fulco finished fourth among the five winners. Two [[Republican Party|Republicans]], Morley Alvin Hudson (1917-2001) and Taylor Walters O'Hearn (1907-1997), led the tabulations, followed by Democrats Algie D. Brown, Fulco, and future state senator and later four-term [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]] Eliminated was the sixth-place candidate, veteran Representative Wellborn Jack, a Shreveport attorney. Fulco jokingly declared that "the elephant trampled us" but predicted that he could work well with both Hudson and O'Hearn despite their different parties. The Hudson and O'Hearn victories were attributed that year in part to the coattails of GOP [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee [[Charlton Lyons]] of Shreveport.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 3, 1964.</ref><ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref>

Fulco regarded himself as a special legislative ally of fire fighters, [[educator]]s, and police officers. During his tenure, he authored or co-authored bills which were instrumental in establishing  Louisiana State University in Shreveport, the historically black Southern University at Shreveport, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. He pushed for the creation of LSU for many years before it was finally authorized by the legislature in 1966 and opened in 1967. Then LSUS Chancellor Vincent Marasla termed Fulco "an outstanding community servant who loved Shreveport and the people of Shreveport."<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Fulco regarded himself as a special legislative ally of fire fighters, [[educator]]s, and police officers. During his tenure, he authored or co-authored bills which were instrumental in establishing  Louisiana State University in Shreveport, the historically black Southern University at Shreveport, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. He pushed for the creation of LSU for many years before it was finally authorized by the legislature in 1966 and opened in 1967. Then LSUS Chancellor Vincent Marasla termed Fulco "an outstanding community servant who loved Shreveport and the people of Shreveport."<ref name="ReferenceA"/>