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'''Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr.''' (October 7, 1907 &ndash; November 25, 2010)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jesse-bankston&pid=146841086|title=Jesse Bankston, Sr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge  Advocate''|date=November 28, 2010|accessdate=April 26, 2020}}</ref> was a [[politician]]  within the [[Democratic Party]] of [[Louisiana]], a [[business]]man, and, at his death at the age of 103, a member of the board of Louisiana [[PBS|Public Broadcasting]].​

'''Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr.''' (October 7, 1907 &ndash; November 25, 2010),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jesse-bankston&pid=146841086|title=Jesse Bankston, Sr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge  Advocate''|date=November 28, 2010|accessdate=April 26, 2020}}</ref> was a [[politician]]  within the [[Democratic Party]] of [[Louisiana]], a [[business]]man, and, at his death at the age of 103, a member of the board of Louisiana [[PBS|Public Broadcasting]].​

Bankston became involved in a dispute in 1959 with [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] which led to Bankston's dismissal as the director of the State Department of Hospitals. Long's estranged wife, [[Blanche Long|Blanche Revere Long]], had committed her husband to the mental institution Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish. Long ordered Bankston, an otherwise loyal supporter, to discharge him, but Bankston refused because he believed that Long needed treatment; his recent behavior had been erratic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,825730,00.html |title=Invictus?|publisher=''[[Time magazine|Time]]''|date=undated}}</ref> With the affirmation of Lieutenant Governor [[Lether Frazar]], and state Attorney General [[Jack P. F. Gremillion]], Long fired Bankston and replaced him with a pliable supporter, who immediately took steps to release the governor from the hospital. During this confrontation, Bankston was also at the time at odds with his political ally, state Senator [[B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn]], a political powerhouse from Bogalusa in Washington Parish, who remained steadfast to Long.<ref>''Inside Northside Magazine,'' October/November 2003; material no longer on-line</ref>​

Bankston became involved in a dispute in 1959 with [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] which led to Bankston's dismissal as the director of the State Department of Hospitals. Long's estranged wife, [[Blanche Long|Blanche Revere Long]], had committed her husband to the mental institution Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish. Long ordered Bankston, an otherwise loyal supporter, to discharge him, but Bankston refused because he believed that Long needed treatment; his recent behavior had been erratic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,825730,00.html |title=Invictus?|publisher=''[[Time magazine|Time]]''|date=undated}}</ref> With the affirmation of Lieutenant Governor [[Lether Frazar]], and state Attorney General [[Jack P. F. Gremillion]], Long fired Bankston and replaced him with a pliable supporter, who immediately took steps to release the governor from the hospital. During this confrontation, Bankston was also at the time at odds with his political ally, state Senator [[B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn]], a political powerhouse from Bogalusa in Washington Parish, who remained steadfast to Long.<ref>''Inside Northside Magazine,'' October/November 2003; material no longer on-line</ref>​

After going to Washington, Bankston said party officials contacted him and asked what they could do. Bankston said that he told them, "Nothing, you're too dad-blamed late."<ref name=sj/> Bankston said that Fitzmorris, Hardy, Henry, and Mouton "completely misjudged the wrath brought on by the party." Bankston predicted that future Louisiana Democrats eliminated in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] would not dare to endorse a Republican in a general election showdown.<ref name=sj/>​

After going to Washington, Bankston said party officials contacted him and asked what they could do. Bankston said that he told them, "Nothing, you're too dad-blamed late."<ref name=sj/> Bankston said that Fitzmorris, Hardy, Henry, and Mouton "completely misjudged the wrath brought on by the party." Bankston predicted that future Louisiana Democrats eliminated in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] would not dare to endorse a Republican in a general election showdown.<ref name=sj/>​

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==Personal life==

==Personal life==

​In addition to BESE and LPB, Bankston served on the boards of the [[Boy Scouts]],  [[Salvation Army]], [[YMCA]], and the [[United Way]]. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, the Sons of the American Revolution, and the American Hospital Association and its state equivalent. He was a member of the trustees of the Broadmoor [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Baton Rouge.​<ref name=obit/>

​In addition to BESE and LPB, Bankston served on the boards of the [[Boy Scouts]],  [[Salvation Army]], [[YMCA]], and the [[United Way]]. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, the Sons of the American Revolution, and the American Hospital Association and its state equivalent. He was a member of the trustees of the Broadmoor [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Baton Rouge.​<ref name=obit/>