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Line 30: − − Gleason ran unsuccessfully in 1944 for the Webster Parish Police Jury, having been defeated by a 20-vote margin by the incumbent John Lewis "J. L." Munn (1891-1964), a minister who served from 1936 to 1952.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 15, 1944, p. 1.</ref> After the police jury candidacy, the Gleasons lost one of their three sons, Thomas D. Gleason (1924-1944), to hostile action in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during [[World War II]].<ref name=mcr/>
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Gleason graduated in 1918 from Cotton Valley High School north of Minden. The school closed in 2011. He worked in Caddo Parish from 1919 to 1935, when he began to manage his own farm at Evergreen. He was subsequently named vice president of the Webster Parish [[Farm Bureau]].<ref>"Gleason Is Juror Candidate," ''Minden Herald,'' December 10, 1943, p. 1.</ref>
Gleason graduated in 1918 from Cotton Valley High School north of Minden. The school closed in 2011. He worked in Caddo Parish from 1919 to 1935, when he began to manage his own farm at Evergreen. He was subsequently named vice president of the Webster Parish [[Farm Bureau]].<ref>"Gleason Is Juror Candidate," ''Minden Herald,'' December 10, 1943, p. 1.</ref>
==Political career==
==Political career==