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==Background==

==Background==

Voelker was born in Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish in far northeastern Louisiana, to the attorney [[Frank Voelker, Jr.]], and the former Virginia Lee "Gin" Wilson (1921-2011), a native of Weston, [[West Virginia]].<ref name=drvobit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=david-randsdell-voelker&pid=164946967#fbLoggedOut|title=David Ransdell Voelker|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 23, 2013|accessdate=June 8, 2013}}</ref> His middle name comes from the surname of his great-great-uncle, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Joseph E. Ransdell]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, and later Lake Providence, whose political career was ended in 1931 in electoral defeat by then [[Governor]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], who was seeking the Senate seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059|title=Joseph E. Ransdell|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=May 31, 2013}}</ref>

Voelker was born in Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish in far northeastern Louisiana, to the attorney [[Frank Voelker, Jr.]], and the former Virginia Lee "Gin" Wilson (1921-2011), a native of Weston, [[West Virginia]].<ref name=drvobit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=david-randsdell-voelker&pid=164946967#fbLoggedOut|title=David Ransdell Voelker|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 23, 2013|accessdate=June 8, 2013}}</ref> His middle name comes from the surname of his great-great-uncle, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Joseph Ransdell|Joseph Eugene Ransdell]], who was born in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, but relocated to Lake Providence. Ransdell's political career was ended in 1931 in electoral defeat by then [[Governor]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], who derailed Ransdell's bid for a fourth term in the Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059|title=Joseph E. Ransdell|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=May 31, 2013}}</ref>

David Voelker's great-grandfather, [[Francis Xavier Ransdell]], was Joseph Ransdell's younger brother; Francis Ransdell and [[Frank Voelker, Sr.]], David Voelker's paternal grandfather, served consecutively as judge of the 6th Judicial District. Frank Voelker, Sr., was married to Isabel, a daughter of Francis X. and Katie D. Ransdell. His father, Frank Voelker, Jr., was the former city attorney in Lake Providence and the chairman of the since defunct Louisiana Sovereignty Commission under Governor [[Jimmie Davis]]. Frank Voelker, Jr., ran for governor in the 1963 [[Democratic Party |Democratic]] [[primary]] election but withdrew and victory went to [[John J. McKeithen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eastcarrollparishlouisianagenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/s-t-u-v-surnames.html|title=East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, Genealogy, August 24, 2010|publisher=eastcarrollparishlouisianagenealogy.blogspot.com|accessdate=March 21, 2022}}</ref>

David Voelker's great-grandfather, [[Francis Xavier Ransdell]], was Joseph Ransdell's younger brother; Francis Ransdell and [[Frank Voelker, Sr.]], David Voelker's paternal grandfather, served consecutively as judge of the 6th Judicial District. Frank Voelker, Sr., was married to Isabel, a daughter of Francis X. and Katie D. Ransdell. His father, Frank Voelker, Jr., was the former city attorney in Lake Providence and the chairman of the since defunct Louisiana Sovereignty Commission under Governor [[Jimmie Davis]]. Frank Voelker, Jr., ran for governor in the 1963 [[Democratic Party |Democratic]] [[primary]] election but withdrew and victory went to [[John J. McKeithen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eastcarrollparishlouisianagenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/s-t-u-v-surnames.html|title=East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, Genealogy, August 24, 2010|publisher=eastcarrollparishlouisianagenealogy.blogspot.com|accessdate=March 21, 2022}}</ref>