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==Conservative senator==
==Conservative senator==
Windhorst obtained his law degree by taking night classes at Loyola Law School. He taught himself to become a great orator, modeled after his hero [[Winston Churchill]]. From 1955 to 1961, Windhorst worked as court clerk and court crier for his mentor, the Honorable Herbert William Christenberry (1897-1975) of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. As Chairman of the National Association of United States Commissioners Legislative Committee, Windhorst led the drafting and passage of the Federal Magistrates Act of 1968. In 1972, Windhorst was elected to the Louisiana State Senate by defeating an incumbent Democrat and served for twenty years. He represented the Westbank area of Greater New Orleans and was the first Louisiana legislator with a district including both Orleans and Jefferson parishes. After just his first legislative session in 1972, the Alliance for Good Government named Windhorst its first "Legislator of the Year." In 1985, Windhorst joined the Republican Party. During a 1986 meeting with President [[Ronald Reagan]], Windhorst got Reagan to help him propose to his second wife, the former Barbara Turner. Reagan recalled the Windhorsts in a personal letter. Windhorst was named a Catholic knight in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchure of [[Jerusalem]] in 2011 and was awarded the Order of St. Louis IX Medallion in 2015.<ref name=obit/>
Senator Windhorst worked to restrict access to [[abortion]] in his state. On June 27, 1990, near the end of his Senate tenure, the Louisiana State Legislature penned the strongest pro-life law in the nation, sponsored by Democratic Senator [[Mike Cross (Louisiana politician)|Mike Cross]] of Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish. Because it provided no exceptions for impregnations stemming from [[rape]] and [[incest]], the measure was vetoed by [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]], a Democrat, who switched parties the following year. The state House overrode Roemer’s veto, but the state Senate fell three votes short of the required two-thirds majority to enact the measure over Roemer’s objection.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-08/news/mn-327_1_abortions-override-bill|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|title=Abortion Bill Veto Override in Louisiana Fails|author=Garry Boulard|date=July 8, 1990|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
Senator Windhorst worked to restrict access to [[abortion]] in his state. On June 27, 1990, near the end of his Senate tenure, the Louisiana State Legislature penned the strongest pro-life law in the nation, sponsored by Democratic Senator [[Mike Cross (Louisiana politician)|Mike Cross]] of Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish. Because it provided no exceptions for impregnations stemming from [[rape]] and [[incest]], the measure was vetoed by [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]], a Democrat, who switched parties the following year. The state House overrode Roemer’s veto, but the state Senate fell three votes short of the required two-thirds majority to enact the measure over Roemer’s objection.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-08/news/mn-327_1_abortions-override-bill|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|title=Abortion Bill Veto Override in Louisiana Fails|author=Garry Boulard|date=July 8, 1990|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref>