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==Background==
==Background==
LeSage was born to Joseph LeSage, Sr. (1895–1964), and the former Avalyn Taylor (1907–1991). The senior LeSages are interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer in [Claiborne Parish. He played [[football]] at Homer High School and then attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was the [[quarterback]] of the LSU Tigers in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsusports.net/src/data/lsu/assets/docs/fb/pdf/05fbguide177-194.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=5200|title=Lettermen at LSU|publisher=lsusports.net|accessdate=May 4, 2010}}</ref> In 1949, LeSage graduated from LSU, where he was affiliated with Omicron Delta Kappa and Gamma Eta Gamma. In 1952, he obtained his law degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU and was admitted to the Louisiana bar.<ref name=bio/>Lesage served from 1952 to 1954 in the [[United States Army]] Ordnance Corps and the [[Judge Advocate General's Corps]] during the later portion of the [[Korean War]]. He was stationed stateside at Fort Sill, [[Oklahoma]], and the [[The Pentagon]] in [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref name=obit/>
LeSage was born to Joseph LeSage, Sr. (1895–1964), and the former Avalyn Taylor (1907–1991). The senior LeSages are interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer in [Claiborne Parish. He played [[football]] at Homer High School and then attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was the [[quarterback]] of the LSU Tigers in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsusports.net/src/data/lsu/assets/docs/fb/pdf/05fbguide177-194.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=5200|title=Lettermen at LSU|publisher=lsusports.net|accessdate=May 4, 2010; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> In 1949, LeSage graduated from LSU, where he was affiliated with Omicron Delta Kappa and Gamma Eta Gamma. In 1952, he obtained his law degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU and was admitted to the Louisiana bar.<ref name=bio/>Lesage served from 1952 to 1954 in the [[United States Army]] Ordnance Corps and the [[Judge Advocate General's Corps]] during the later portion of the [[Korean War]]. He was stationed stateside at Fort Sill, [[Oklahoma]], and the [[The Pentagon]] in [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref name=obit/>
==Political and legal career==
==Political and legal career==