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Theriot organized the Acadian Boucherie Breakfast, which began in January 1960, as a means to preserve [[Cajun]] culture.​<ref name=lahist/> On June 7, 1947, he married the former Helen Roberts (1924–1990). The couple had three children,  Barbara Ellen Theriot (born 1949), Roy R. Theriot, Jr. (born 1952), and Samuel Houston  "Sam" Theriot (born 1954)<ref name=lahist/>, a state representative from 1979 to 1996 and the Vermilion Parish Clerk of Court for a single term from 1996 to 2000.​<ref name=scholarship/>

Theriot organized the Acadian Boucherie Breakfast, which began in January 1960, as a means to preserve [[Cajun]] culture.​<ref name=lahist/> On June 7, 1947, he married the former Helen Roberts (1924–1990). The couple had three children,  Barbara Ellen Theriot (born 1949), Roy R. Theriot, Jr. (born 1952), and Samuel Houston  "Sam" Theriot (born 1954)<ref name=lahist/>, a state representative from 1979 to 1996 and the Vermilion Parish Clerk of Court for a single term from 1996 to 2000.​<ref name=scholarship/>

==Political career==​

==Political career==

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From 1952 to 1956, Theriot was the sergeant-at-arms for the Louisiana House of Representatives.  On January 11, 1960, Mayor Theriot won the pivotal Democratic nomination for Louisiana comptroller over Mrs. Marion C. Henderson (1920–2010) of Colfax in Grant Parish, the choice of gubernatorial candidate [[Chep Morrison|deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr.]]<ref>''Minden Press,'' January 11, 1960, p. 1.</ref> In the primary held in December 1959, several other candidates were eliminated from the runoff, including the future [[U.S. Representative]] [[Joe Waggonner]] of Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana<ref>''Minden Press,'' November 23, 1959, p. 13.</ref> and Toby O'Rillion, a son-in-law of the former state Senator Gilbert Franklin Hennigan of Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana. On April 19, 1960, Theriot defeated the first and only Republican candidate ever to seek the administrative position of comptroller, Robert Lee Clark, Jr., an [[accountant]] from Many in Sabine Parish, who had been a presidential elector for Eisenhower in 1952. Theriot polled 86.7 percent of the vote against Clark.​<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 19, 1960.</ref>

From 1952 to 1956, Theriot was the sergeant-at-arms for the Louisiana House of Representatives.  On January 11, 1960, Mayor Theriot won the pivotal Democratic nomination for Louisiana comptroller over Mrs. Marion C. Henderson (1920–2010) of Colfax in Grant Parish, the choice of gubernatorial candidate [[Chep Morrison|deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr.]]<ref>''Minden Press,'' January 11, 1960, p. 1.</ref> In the primary held in December 1959, several other candidates were eliminated from the runoff, including the future [[U.S. Representative]] [[Joe Waggonner]] of Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana<ref>''Minden Press,'' November 23, 1959, p. 13.</ref> and Toby O'Rillion, a son-in-law of the former state Senator Gilbert Franklin Hennigan of Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana. On April 19, 1960, Theriot defeated the first and only Republican candidate ever to seek the administrative position of comptroller, Robert Lee Clark, Jr., an [[accountant]] from Many in Sabine Parish, who had been a presidential elector for Eisenhower in 1952. Theriot polled 86.7 percent of the vote against Clark.​<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 19, 1960.</ref>