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Fournet was elected to the state House in 1928 from Jefferson Davis Parish and though a freshman member was tapped by Huey Long as Speaker of the House. In that role, he tried to prevent the House from [[impeachment|impeaching]] Long in 1929 by recognizing a questionable call for adjournment.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WRB81_IByjsC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=John+B.+Fournet&source=bl&ots=0hCDSygLrj&sig=LFf5gLQS7D9lYaYCRHLIYt8LmcQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MA7TUZT3G8mp8AGC3oHoAg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwATge#v=onepage&q=John%20B.%20Fournet&f=false|author=[[Harnett Kane]]|title=Huey Long's Louisiana Hayride: The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship, 1928-1940, pp. 70-71 |publisher=Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company (1941 and 1998)|accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref> In the dispute, Fournet particularly clashed with [[conservative]] state Representative Cecil Morgan, Sr. (1898-1999)  of [[Shreveport]], one of the leaders in the impeachment of Long. Morgan and Fournet were thereafter estranged for fifty years butreconciled not long before Fournet's death.

Fournet was elected to the state House in 1928 from Jefferson Davis Parish and though a freshman member was tapped by Huey Long as Speaker of the House. In that role, he tried to prevent the House from [[impeachment|impeaching]] Long in 1929 by recognizing a questionable call for adjournment.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WRB81_IByjsC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=John+B.+Fournet&source=bl&ots=0hCDSygLrj&sig=LFf5gLQS7D9lYaYCRHLIYt8LmcQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MA7TUZT3G8mp8AGC3oHoAg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwATge#v=onepage&q=John%20B.%20Fournet&f=false|author=[[Harnett Kane]]|title=Huey Long's Louisiana Hayride: The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship, 1928-1940, pp. 70-71 |publisher=Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company (1941 and 1998)|accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref> In the dispute, Fournet particularly clashed with [[conservative]] state Representative Cecil Morgan, Sr. (1898-1999)  of [[Shreveport]], one of the leaders in the impeachment of Long. Morgan and Fournet were thereafter estranged for fifty years butreconciled not long before Fournet's death.

Nevertheless, eight articles of impeachment were subsequently approved by the House but blocked by the "Round Robin" petition signed by the critical fifteen of the thirty-nine Louisiana state senators. In 1930, Long went on the floor of the Louisiana House to lobby successfully against an anti-Long effort to unseat Fournet as Speaker.

Nevertheless, eight articles of impeachment were subsequently approved by the House but blocked by the "Round Robin" petition signed by the critical fifteen of the thirty-nine Louisiana state senators. In 1930, Long went on the floor of the Louisiana House to lobby successfully against an [[anti-Long]] effort to unseat Fournet as Speaker.

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