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'''John Richard Rarick''' (January 29, 1924 – September 14, 2009) was an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]] who served as a [[Louisiana]] state district court judge from 1961 to 1966 in St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish, andfrom 1967 to 1975 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 6th congressional district.
'''John Richard Rarick''' (January 29, 1924 – September 14, 2009) was an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]] who served as a [[Louisiana]] state district court judge from 1961 to 1966 in St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish, and from 1967 to 1975 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 6th congressional district.
A staunch [[conservative]], he frequently quarreled with his party's increasingly [[liberal]] philosophy and leadership. In 1980, he did not support [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] in the race against [[Jimmy Carter]] but himself sought the presidency as the nominee of the former American Independent Party, founded in 1968 by former [[Governor]] [[George Wallace|George C. Wallace]] of [[Alabama]].
A staunch [[conservative]], he frequently quarreled with his party's increasingly [[liberal]] philosophy and leadership. In 1980, he did not support [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] in the race against [[Jimmy Carter]] but himself sought the presidency as the nominee of the former American Independent Party, founded in 1968 by former [[Governor]] [[George Wallace|George C. Wallace]] of [[Alabama]].