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[[Tulane University]]<br>
[[Tulane University]]<br>
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'''John Joseph Hainkel, Jr.''' (March 24, 1938 – April 15, 2005), was a legislator from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who died in office after thirty-seven years of service. He was the first person in his state and the second in [[United States]] history to have been elected as both [[Speaker]] of the Louisiana House of Representatives and President of the state Senate.<ref>Clarence C. Aycock (1915-1987) of Franklin in St. Mary Parish, was both Speaker and, as lieutenant governor, was ''ex officio'' President of the state Senate, under the Louisiana Constitution of 1921. In 1974, Louisiana adopted a new state Constitution, which mandated that the President of the state Senate be elected by the senators, thus eliminating the lieutenant governor's ''ex officio'' role as Senate president. The lieutenant governor has since become primarily the director of state tourism, recreation, and culture.</ref><ref>Mallory Horne of [[Florida]] was the first to have done so. [http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2011/10/legislators-who-have-served-as-speaker-and-top-senate-leader.html]</ref>
'''John Joseph Hainkel, Jr.''' (March 24, 1938 – April 15, 2005), was a legislator from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who died in office after thirty-seven years of service. He was the first person in his state and the second in [[United States]] history to have been elected as both [[Speaker]] of the Louisiana House of Representatives and President of the state Senate.<ref>Clarence C. Aycock (1915-1987) of Franklin in St. Mary Parish, was both Speaker and, as lieutenant governor, was ''ex officio'' President of the state Senate, under the Louisiana Constitution of 1921. In 1974, Louisiana adopted a new state Constitution, which mandated that the President of the state Senate be elected by the senators, thus eliminating the lieutenant governor's ''ex officio'' role as Senate president. The lieutenant governor has since become primarily the director of state tourism, recreation, and culture.</ref><ref>Mallory Horne of [[Florida]] was the first to have done so. [http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2011/10/legislators-who-have-served-as-speaker-and-top-senate-leader.html]</ref>