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Estopinal was also a member of the St. Bernard Parish Police Jury, the parish governing board similar to county commissions in other states. He was the long-term chairman of the Lake Borgne Levee Board.<ref name=islenos/> Like his father, he was active in the [[Democratic Party]] and the [[Roman Catholic]] Church.  He participated in political clubs in New Orleans.<ref name=lahist/><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses material for its article on Estopinal, Jr., from Glen Jeansonne, ''Leander Perez, Boss of the Delta'' (1978); Alcée Fortier, ''Louisiana, Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,'' 3 vols. (1914).</ref>​

Estopinal was also a member of the St. Bernard Parish Police Jury, the parish governing board similar to county commissions in other states. He was the long-term chairman of the Lake Borgne Levee Board.<ref name=islenos/> Like his father, he was active in the [[Democratic Party]] and the [[Roman Catholic]] Church.  He participated in political clubs in New Orleans.<ref name=lahist/><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses material for its article on Estopinal, Jr., from Glen Jeansonne, ''Leander Perez, Boss of the Delta'' (1978); Alcée Fortier, ''Louisiana, Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,'' 3 vols. (1914).</ref>​

Estopinal was heavily involved in [[hurricane]] relief efforts during his public career. One of the worst hurricanes struck St. Bernard Parish on September 29, 1915, when thirty persons perished, mostly fishermen, trappers, and hunters. Water rose five feet at Shell Island and ruined the crops of the pecan and orange growers there. Sheriff Estopinal and his father, Congressman Estopinal, helped to organize relief parties to rescue the victims. Twenty-three Isleños served on the relief committee with the Estopinals. Another devastating disaster struck St. Bernard Parish on April 27, 1922, when a bank of the [[Mississippi River]] collapsed at Estopinal's birthplace of Poydras and drowned animals and forced nearly two thousand from their homes.<ref>Gilbert Din, ''The Canary Islanders of Louisiana,'' p. 145.</ref>​

Estopinal was heavily involved in [[hurricane]] relief efforts during his public career. One of the worst hurricanes struck St. Bernard Parish on September 29, 1915, when thirty persons perished, mostly fishermen, trappers, and hunters. Water rose five feet at Shell Island and ruined the crops of the pecan and orange growers there. Sheriff Estopinal and his father, Congressman Estopinal, helped to organize relief parties to rescue the victims. Twenty-three Isleños served on the relief committee with the Estopinals. Another devastating disaster struck St. Bernard Parish on April 27, 1922, when a bank of the [[Mississippi River]] collapsed at Estopinal's birthplace of Poydras and drowned animals and forced nearly two thousand from their homes.<ref>Gilbert Din, ''The Canary Islanders of Louisiana,'' p. 145.</ref>

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