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| name=Paul Jude Hardy​

| name=Paul Jude Hardy​

| nationality=[[France-French]]-[[United States|American]]

| nationality=[[France-French]]-[[United States|American]]

'''Paul Jude Hardy''' (born October 18, 1942) is an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]] from the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]],  [[Louisiana]], who was the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] to have been elected as his state's lieutenant governor  since [[Reconstruction]]. He served in the second-ranking post under [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]] from 1988 to 1992. Both Roemer and Hardy are former [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] who switched parties later in their careers.​

'''Paul Jude Hardy''' (born October 18, 1942) is an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]] from the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]],  [[Louisiana]], who was the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] to have been elected as his state's lieutenant governor  since [[Reconstruction]]. He served in the second-ranking post under [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]] from 1988 to 1992. Both Roemer and Hardy are former [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] who switched parties later in their careers.​

==Background==​

==Background==

Hardy was born in [[Lafayette]] to  Florent Hardy, Sr. (1913–2003), and the former Agnes Angelle (1904–2008), a [[Roman Catholic]] couple from the census-designated place of Cecilia in St. Martin Parish. His mother was a homemaker, teacher, and school principal who was visited on the job by former state education superintendents [[T. H. Harris]] and [[Shelby M. Jackson]]. Agnes's brother, [[Robert Angelle]], the maternal uncle of Paul Hardy,<ref name=agneshardy>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405115040/http://www.avoyellestoday.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Agnes+Angelle+Hardy%20&id=8635494|title=Agnes Hardy obituary|publisher=Avoyellestoday.com|date=April 2008|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1934 to 1964 and the House [[Speaker]] from 1957 to 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-24 (ST. Martin Parish) |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref>​

Hardy was born in [[Lafayette]] to  Florent Hardy, Sr. (1913–2003), and the former Agnes Angelle (1904–2008), a [[Roman Catholic]] couple from the census-designated place of Cecilia in St. Martin Parish. His mother was a homemaker, teacher, and school principal who was visited on the job by former state education superintendents [[T. H. Harris]] and [[Shelby M. Jackson]]. Agnes's brother, [[Robert Angelle]], the maternal uncle of Paul Hardy,<ref name=agneshardy>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405115040/http://www.avoyellestoday.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Agnes+Angelle+Hardy%20&id=8635494|title=Agnes Hardy obituary|publisher=Avoyellestoday.com|date=April 2008|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1934 to 1964 and the House [[Speaker]] from 1957 to 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-24 (ST. Martin Parish) |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref>​