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==Background==

==Background==

Brinkhaus graduated from Sunset High School, the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Spring Hill College in [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]], and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], from which in 1958 he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1960, he received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from he Catholic Loyola University in [[New Orleans]]. He was an active  member of the American and St. Landry Parish bar associations, the American Judicature Society, and the American Trial Lawyers Association. He served as well on the boards of St. Landry Homestead Federal Savings Bank, the Opelousas-St. Landry [[Chamber of Commerce]], Doctor's Hospital of Opelousas, and the South St. Landry Community Library. Brinkhaus was also affiliated with the Southwest Rehabilitation Center, the American [[Red Cross]], the [[Boy Scouts]], Lions International, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Woodmen of the World, the [[National Rifle Association]], the Louisiana Cattleman's Association, and the Roman Catholic men's organization, [[Knights of Columbus]].<ref name=acadiamuseum>{{cite web|url=http://www.acadianmuseum.com/legends.php?viewID=188|title=Living Legends: Armand Brinkhaus|publisher=acadiamuseum.com|accessdate=May 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>"Louisiana: Brinkhaus, Armand," ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), pp. 652.</ref>

Brinkhaus graduated from Sunset High School, the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Spring Hill College in [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]], and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], from which in 1958 he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1960, he received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from he Catholic Loyola University in [[New Orleans]]. He was an active  member of the American and St. Landry Parish bar associations, the American Judicature Society, and the American Trial Lawyers Association. He served as well on the boards of St. Landry Homestead Federal Savings Bank, the Opelousas-St. Landry [[Chamber of Commerce]], Doctor's Hospital of Opelousas, and the South St. Landry Community Library. Brinkhaus was also affiliated with the Southwest Rehabilitation Center, the American [[Red Cross]], the [[Boy Scouts]], Lions International, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Woodmen of the World, the [[National Rifle Association]], the Louisiana Cattleman's Association, and the Roman Catholic men's organization, [[Knights of Columbus]].<ref name=acadiamuseum>{{cite web|url=http://www.acadianmuseum.com/legends.php?viewID=188|title=Living Legends: Armand Brinkhaus|publisher=acadiamuseum.com|accessdate=May 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>"Louisiana: Brinkhaus, Armand," ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), pp. 652.</ref>

Brinkhaus and his wife, the former Margaret Bellemin, have seven children. Margaret Brinkhaus is a native of Grand Coteau, another small town in St. Landry Parish. Like her husband, she graduated from nearby Sunset High School and subsequently received a degree from Maryville College in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. In recent years, she has operated a bed and breakfast in a restored railroad complex and has been involved in the canning of jellies, jams, and relishes as well as numerous arts and crafts. The Brinkhauses attended St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Grand Coteau.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianacrafts.org/artistdirectory/margaret-brinkhaus|title=Margaret Brinkhaus biography|publisher=louisianacrafts.org|accessdate=May 23, 2014}}</ref> Brinkhaus was a brother in-law of the late Republican state Representative [[Roderick Miller]], who was married to Brinkaus' sister, Anna Jane Gaiennie Miller.<ref name=obit/>

Brinkhaus and his wife, the former Margaret Bellemin, have seven children. Margaret Brinkhaus is a native of Grand Coteau, another small town in St. Landry Parish. Like her husband, she graduated from nearby Sunset High School and subsequently received a degree from Maryville College in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. In recent years, she has operated a bed and breakfast in a restored railroad complex and has been involved in the canning of jellies, jams, and relishes as well as numerous arts and crafts. The Brinkhauses attended St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Grand Coteau.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianacrafts.org/artistdirectory/margaret-brinkhaus|title=Margaret Brinkhaus biography|publisher=louisianacrafts.org|accessdate=May 23, 2014}}</ref> Brinkhaus was a brother in-law of the late Republican state Representative [[Roderick Miller]], who was married to Brinkaus' sister, Anna Jane Gaiennie Miller.<ref name=obit/>

Brinkhaus also managed to till two family farms and to play the [[piano]], [[saxophone]], and [[clarinet]].

Brinkhaus also managed to till two family farms and to play the [[piano]], [[saxophone]], and [[clarinet]].<ref name=lanewsbureau>{{cite web|url=https://www.lanewsbureau.com/inst/2000RS/HR/00/HR10_EN.PDF|title=House Resolution No. 10|adate=2000|accessdate=December 23, 2020}}</ref>

==Political career==

==Political career==