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'''Lantz Womack''' (January 11, 1914 – May 23, 1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119514975/lantz-womack|title=Lantz Womack (1914-1998|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 12, 2020}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for mainly Franklin Parish from 1958, when he won a [[special election]] caused by the death of a freshman member, until Womack's retirement in 1976.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=January 12, 2020}}</ref>
'''Lantz Womack''' (January 11, 1914 – May 23, 1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119514975/lantz-womack|title=Lantz Womack (1914-1998|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 12, 2020}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for mainly Franklin Parish from 1958, when he won a [[special election]] caused by the death of a freshman member, until Womack's retirement in 1976.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=January 12, 2020}}</ref>
A banker and farmer from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish, located south of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], he was also a delegate to the 1973 convention which wrote the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. <ref name=obit>Lantz Womack obituary, ''Monroe News-Star,'' May 28, 1998.</ref>From 1968 to 1972, Womack and S. S. DeWitt of Tensas Parish were paired in a combined District 47 (Franklin, Tensas, and Madison parishes). For his last term, Womack was placed in single-member District 20, having defeated several intra-party rivals, including DeWitt and James H. "Jimbo" Colvin of Winnsboro.
A banker and farmer from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish, located south of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], he was also a delegate to the 1973 convention which wrote the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.<ref name=obit>Lantz Womack obituary, ''Monroe News-Star,'' May 28, 1998.</ref>From 1968 to 1972, Womack and S. S. DeWitt of Tensas Parish were paired in a combined District 47 (Franklin, Tensas, and Madison parishes). For his last term, Womack was placed in single-member District 20, having defeated several intra-party rivals, including DeWitt and James H. "Jimbo" Colvin of Winnsboro.
==Background==
==Background==
Womack's closest election was in 1964, when fellow Democrat [[L. D. Knox]], a Winnsboro farmer and timber owner, came within 18 votes of unseating Womack, 3,544 to 3,526. Knox later legally changed his name to "None of the Above" Knox so that as a perennial candidate he could argue for the "None of the Above" option on ballots for those who reject all the declared candidates.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/29knox.html|title=L. D. Knox, Who Tried to Give Voters a Choice, Dies at 80|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=May 28, 2009|accessdate=June 6, 2009}}</ref>
Womack's closest election was in 1964, when fellow Democrat [[L. D. Knox]], a Winnsboro farmer and timber owner, came within 18 votes of unseating Womack, 3,544 to 3,526. Knox later legally changed his name to "None of the Above" Knox so that as a perennial candidate he could argue for the "None of the Above" option on ballots for those who reject all the declared candidates.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/29knox.html|title=L. D. Knox, Who Tried to Give Voters a Choice, Dies at 80|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=May 28, 2009|accessdate=June 6, 2009}}</ref>
In the [[general election]] held on February 1, 1972, Womack faced his first ever [[Republican Party|Republican]] opponent, Terry Clingan (1918–2007), a barber in Mangham in Richland Parish, later from Baskin in Franklin Parish. Womack won the race by a 67-33 percent margin, even though Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[David C. Treen]] ran particularly well in northeast Louisiana that year. Clingan was the stepfather of [[Robert Max Ross]], a businessman from Mangham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20090917&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=90900159&Selected=3|title=Obituary of Robert Max Ross|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=September 17, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> who had been Treen's only opponent in Louisiana's first and only Republican [[primary]] for governor, held in December 1971.
In the [[general election]] held on February 1, 1972, Womack faced his first ever [[Republican Party|Republican]] opponent, Terry Clingan (1918–2007), a barber in Mangham in Richland Parish, later from Baskin in Franklin Parish. Womack won the race by a 67-33 percent margin, even though Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[David C. Treen]] ran particularly well in northeast Louisiana that year. Clingan was the stepfather of [[Robert Max Ross]], a businessman from Mangham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20090917&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=90900159&Selected=3|title=Obituary of Robert Max Ross|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|accessdate=September 17, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> who had been Treen's only opponent in Louisiana's first and only Republican [[primary]] for governor, held in December 1971.
In the summer of 1972, Womack was elected on a nonpartisan ballot to the state constitutional convention that met in 1973. The convention wrote the new Louisiana Constitution, which voters adopted in the spring of 1974, at the urging of then Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Womack defeated [[John Henry Baker]], III, a Republican leader in Franklin Parish, for the delegate position. Ironically, in his early years, Womack had worked for Baker's father, John Henry Baker, II. These turned out to have been the last elections in which Womack emerged as a winner.
In the summer of 1972, Womack was elected on a nonpartisan ballot to the state constitutional convention that met in 1973. The convention wrote the new Louisiana Constitution, which voters adopted in the spring of 1974, at the urging of then Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Womack defeated [[John Henry Baker]], III, a Republican leader in Franklin Parish, for the delegate position. Ironically, in his early years, Womack had worked for Baker's father, John Henry Baker, II. These turned out to have been the last elections in which Womack emerged as a winner.