| | '''Maurice Edwin Landrieu''', known as '''Moon Landrieu''' (born July 23, 1930), was the [[mayor]] of [[New Orleans]] from 1970 to 1978. He served from 1979 to 1981 in the [[Jimmy Carter]] administration as the United States [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]. He is a former [[judge]] and served on the New Orleans City Council and in the Louisiana House of Representatives prior to his two terms as mayor from 1970 to 1978. Landrieu won his first race for mayor in the 1969 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] against later Lieutenant Governor [[Jimmy Fitzmorris]] and then defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Ben C. Toledano]] in the 1970 general election. | | '''Maurice Edwin Landrieu''', known as '''Moon Landrieu''' (born July 23, 1930), was the [[mayor]] of [[New Orleans]] from 1970 to 1978. He served from 1979 to 1981 in the [[Jimmy Carter]] administration as the United States [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]. He is a former [[judge]] and served on the New Orleans City Council and in the Louisiana House of Representatives prior to his two terms as mayor from 1970 to 1978. Landrieu won his first race for mayor in the 1969 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] against later Lieutenant Governor [[Jimmy Fitzmorris]] and then defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Ben C. Toledano]] in the 1970 general election. |
| − | He is the progenitor of the Louisiana Landrieu clan which includes his daughter, former state treasurer and U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]] and a son, [[Mitch Landrieu]], the former New Orleans mayor and former lieutenant governor.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9558118/site/newsweek/</ref> known for his [[liberal]] political philosophy. | + | Landrieu's political involvement began in the late 1950s in the administration of Mayor [[Chep Morrison]]. He served in the state legislature prior to becoming mayor. He is the progenitor of the Louisiana Landrieu clan which includes his daughter, former state treasurer and U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]] and a son, [[Mitch Landrieu]], the former New Orleans mayor and former lieutenant governor.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9558118/site/newsweek/</ref> known for his [[liberal]] political philosophy. |
| | Landrieu's sister-in-law, Phyllis Ann Coldewy Landrieu (1934-2020), was the first woman to head the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee, and she sat too on the [[Democratic National Committee]], a personal friend of [[U.S. President]]s [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[Barack Hussein Obama]]. A native of [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], Phyllis Landrieu was active in public relations and the New Orleans [[Mardi Gras]]. In 1976, she founded Advantage Public Relations and Landrieu Public Relations, which she operated for forty-four years. In this capacity she worked to establish seven hospital systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=phyllis-ann-coldewy-landrieu&pid=196932288&fhid=5630|title=Phyllis Ann Coldewy Landrieu|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=October 11, 2020|accessdate=October 14, 2020}}</ref> | | Landrieu's sister-in-law, Phyllis Ann Coldewy Landrieu (1934-2020), was the first woman to head the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee, and she sat too on the [[Democratic National Committee]], a personal friend of [[U.S. President]]s [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[Barack Hussein Obama]]. A native of [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], Phyllis Landrieu was active in public relations and the New Orleans [[Mardi Gras]]. In 1976, she founded Advantage Public Relations and Landrieu Public Relations, which she operated for forty-four years. In this capacity she worked to establish seven hospital systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=phyllis-ann-coldewy-landrieu&pid=196932288&fhid=5630|title=Phyllis Ann Coldewy Landrieu|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=October 11, 2020|accessdate=October 14, 2020}}</ref> |