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* In the last of his three House terms, Branton tried unsuccessfully to block a legislative pay raise.}}
* In the last of his three House terms, Branton tried unsuccessfully to block a legislative pay raise.}}
'''Parey Pershing Branton, Sr.''' (November 17, 1918 – September 15, 2011), was a [[business]]man from [[rural]] Shongaloo, [[Louisiana]], who was from 1960 to 1972 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative from what is now District 10 in Webster Parish. The district, which includes the parish seat of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in northwestern Louisiana, is now represented by the Democrat -turned-[[Moderate Republican]] [[Wayne McMahen of Springhill.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=parey-p-branton&pid=153648526|title=Parey P. Branton|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 16, 2011|accessdate=September 2, 2020}}</ref>
'''Parey Pershing Branton, Sr.''' (November 17, 1918 – September 15, 2011), was a [[business]]man from [[rural]] Shongaloo, [[Louisiana]], who was from 1960 to 1972 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative from what is now District 10 in Webster Parish. The district, which includes the parish seat of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in northwestern Louisiana, is now represented by the Democrat-turned-[[Moderate Republican]] [[Royce Wayne McMahen]], a [[veterinarian]] from Springhill.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=parey-p-branton&pid=153648526|title=Parey P. Branton|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 16, 2011|accessdate=September 2, 2020}}</ref>
In the mid-1960s, Branton called himself a "Wallace–Goldwater–free enterprise–right-to-profit Democrat" and printed that slogan for a time on his private vehicle. He refused to support the national Democratic presidential nominees during his tenure in the legislature. Instead, he endorsed [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] in 1964 and [[Alabama]]'s former Governor [[George Wallace|George Corley Wallace, Jr.]], in 1968. Wallace ran on the American Independent Party banner in a vain attempt to block the election of either [[Richard M. Nixon]] or [[Hubert Humphrey]].
In the mid-1960s, Branton called himself a "Wallace–Goldwater–free enterprise–right-to-profit Democrat" and printed that slogan for a time on his private vehicle. He refused to support the national Democratic presidential nominees during his tenure in the legislature. Instead, he endorsed [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] in 1964 and [[Alabama]]'s former Governor [[George Wallace|George Corley Wallace, Jr.]], in 1968. Wallace ran on the American Independent Party banner in a vain attempt to block the election of either [[Richard M. Nixon]] or [[Hubert Humphrey]].