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New to the legislature, Hainkel joined a group of reformers who came to be known as the "Young Turks", including his predecessor as Speaker, [[E. L. "Bubba" Henry]], a Democrat from Jonesboro in Jackson Parish. When [[David C. Treen]] became the state's first GOP governor since [[Reconstruction]] in the 1979 [[general election]], Hainkel, then a conservative Democrat, was Treen's choice to serve as Speaker of the House. He served in that post from 1980 to 1984, but he was replaced by Representative [[John Alario]], then a Democrat from  Westwego in Jefferson Parish. when Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] won a third term in the 1983 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] by unseating Treen.

New to the legislature, Hainkel joined a group of reformers who came to be known as the "Young Turks", including his predecessor as Speaker, [[E. L. "Bubba" Henry]], a Democrat from Jonesboro in Jackson Parish. When [[David C. Treen]] became the state's first GOP governor since [[Reconstruction]] in the 1979 [[general election]], Hainkel, then a conservative Democrat, was Treen's choice to serve as Speaker of the House. He served in that post from 1980 to 1984, but he was replaced by Representative [[John Alario]], then a Democrat from  Westwego in Jefferson Parish. when Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] won a third term in the 1983 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] by unseating Treen.

Alario switched parties for the 2011 elections in Louisiana. On October 25, 2011, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] indicated Alario as the governor's preference for the Louisiana Senate presidency. On election by his senatorial colleagues, Alario joined Hainkel as the only persons in Louisiana and the fourth in the United States to have been presiding officers of both houses of their state legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/10/gov_b0obby_jindal_endorses_wes.html|author=Ed Anderson|title=Gov. Bobby Jindal endorses Sen. John Alario as his choice for Senate president|date=October 25, 2011|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=October 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>Libby Mitchell had accomplished the same feat in Maine in between Hainkel and Alario. [http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2011/10/legislators-who-have-served-as-speaker-and-top-senate-leader.html]</ref>

Alario switched parties for the 2011 elections in Louisiana. On October 25, 2011, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] indicated Alario as the governor's preference for the Louisiana Senate presidency. On election by his senatorial colleagues, Alario joined Hainkel as the only persons in Louisiana and the fourth in the United States to have been presiding officers of both houses of their state legislature.<ref>Ed Anderson, "Gov. Bobby Jindal endorses Sen. John Alario as his choice for Senate president," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' October 25, 2011.</ref><ref>Libby Mitchell had accomplished the same feat in Maine in between Hainkel and Alario. [http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2011/10/legislators-who-have-served-as-speaker-and-top-senate-leader.html]</ref>

In the seventy-four legislative sessions that he attended, Hainkel was a champion of a more independent legislature. After joining the "Young Turks" movement of the 1970s, he became known as strong foe of Governor Edwin Edwards on [[gambling]] issues.

In the seventy-four legislative sessions that he attended, Hainkel was a champion of a more independent legislature. After joining the "Young Turks" movement of the 1970s, he became known as strong foe of Governor Edwin Edwards on [[gambling]] issues.