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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Richard Grady Neeson, Sr.
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br> District 38 (Caddo and DeSoto parishes)
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=March 1980
| term_end=1992
| preceded=[[Virginia Shehee|Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee]]
| succeeded=[[Ron Bean]]
| birth_date=November 11, 1946
| birth_place=
| residence=(1) [[Shreveport|Shreveport]],Caddo Parish<br>
(2) [[Fort Worth]], Tarrant County, [[Texas]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| religion=
| alma_mater=[[Clifton Ellis Byrd|C. E. Byrd High School]]<br>
[[Louisiana Tech University]]
| occupation=
| spouse=Sandra Scott Neeson
| children=Holly Elaine Neeson Cohen<br>
Amy Neeson<br>
Sarah Sazama<br>
Richard Neeson, Jr.<br>
'''Parents''':
Henry Grady, Jr., and Helon Anderson Neeson
}}
'''Richard Grady Neeson, Sr.''' (born November 11, 1946), is a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] former member of the [[Louisiana]] State Senate, whose service extended for three terms from 1980 to 1992. His District 38 encompassed Caddo and De Soto parishes in the northwestern part of the state]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/s1880-2008.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2008|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=September 6, 2009}}</ref> A former resident of [[Shreveport]], Neeson now resides in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]].<ref name=fathersobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=grady-neeson&pid=176828931&fhid=10785|title=Grady Neeson obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=December 10, 2015|accessdate=December 13, 2023}}</ref>
==Background==
Neeson is one of three children of Henry Grady Neeson, Jr. (1927-2015), a Shreveport [[insurance]] agent and [[real estate]] businessman who was born in Benton, the seat of Bossier Parish, and the former Helon Anderson (born March 1926). His siblings are Brenda N. Lyons and husband, William, and Damon W. Neeson and wife, Kim, all of Shreveport. He is married to the former Sandra "Sandy" Scott (born 1948). Their children are Holly Elaine Neeson Cohen and husband, Alan, of [[Austin]], Texas; Amy S. Neeson Weatherly and husband, Brad, of Arlington, Texas; Richard G. "Richie" Neeson, Jr., and wife Ashley of Fort Worth, and Sarah C. Neeson Sazama and husband, T. J., of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]].<ref>People Search & Background Check</ref><ref name=fathersobit/>
==Political life==
In 1979, Neeson unseated one-term Democratic Senator [[Virginia Shehee|Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee]], a prominent civic leader and an officer of the Kilpatrick Funeral Home and Life Insurance companies, who died in 2015. Neeson was reelected in 1983, when he halted a challenge from Democrat former Senator [[C. K. Carter, Jr.]], whom Shehee had succeeded in 1975, with a margin of twenty-three votes. In 1987, Neeson only narrowly defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, [[Ron Bean]] of Shreveport, 10,451 (50.2 percent) to 10,373 (49.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns, November 21, 1987.</ref> Four years later in 1991, Bean, a [[Moderate Republican]], won the seat when Neeson declined to seek a fourth term, having narrowly defeated fellow Republican [[Tommy Armstrong]], who had served fifteen years on the Caddo Parish Commission and a year in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Bean served in the Senate from 1992 to 2004.
During his Senate tenure, Neeson chaired the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cG-Q6RkZKMIJ:www.ag.state.la.us/Shared/ViewDoc.aspx%3FType%3D4%26Doc%3D11826+Richard+G.+Neeson&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Opinion No. 89-679|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=May 1, 2010}}</ref>
In 1986, Neeson introduced legislation to raise the drinking age from eighteen to twenty-one<ref>"Neeson introduces bill to raise drinking age, punish offenders", ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' April 7, 1986, p. 1.</ref> so as not to impair the receipt to the state of up to $30 million in annual federal highway assistance. Neeson's measure lost by a two-vote margin in the state House of Representatives,<ref>"Louisiana lost $15 million in federal highway funds to keep drinking age at 18," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' July 1, 1986, p. 1.</ref> but the drinking age was later raised in a special session.
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
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[[Category:Democrats]]
| name=Richard Grady Neeson, Sr.
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br> District 38 (Caddo and DeSoto parishes)
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=March 1980
| term_end=1992
| preceded=[[Virginia Shehee|Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee]]
| succeeded=[[Ron Bean]]
| birth_date=November 11, 1946
| birth_place=
| residence=(1) [[Shreveport|Shreveport]],Caddo Parish<br>
(2) [[Fort Worth]], Tarrant County, [[Texas]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| religion=
| alma_mater=[[Clifton Ellis Byrd|C. E. Byrd High School]]<br>
[[Louisiana Tech University]]
| occupation=
| spouse=Sandra Scott Neeson
| children=Holly Elaine Neeson Cohen<br>
Amy Neeson<br>
Sarah Sazama<br>
Richard Neeson, Jr.<br>
'''Parents''':
Henry Grady, Jr., and Helon Anderson Neeson
}}
'''Richard Grady Neeson, Sr.''' (born November 11, 1946), is a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] former member of the [[Louisiana]] State Senate, whose service extended for three terms from 1980 to 1992. His District 38 encompassed Caddo and De Soto parishes in the northwestern part of the state]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/s1880-2008.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2008|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=September 6, 2009}}</ref> A former resident of [[Shreveport]], Neeson now resides in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]].<ref name=fathersobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=grady-neeson&pid=176828931&fhid=10785|title=Grady Neeson obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=December 10, 2015|accessdate=December 13, 2023}}</ref>
==Background==
Neeson is one of three children of Henry Grady Neeson, Jr. (1927-2015), a Shreveport [[insurance]] agent and [[real estate]] businessman who was born in Benton, the seat of Bossier Parish, and the former Helon Anderson (born March 1926). His siblings are Brenda N. Lyons and husband, William, and Damon W. Neeson and wife, Kim, all of Shreveport. He is married to the former Sandra "Sandy" Scott (born 1948). Their children are Holly Elaine Neeson Cohen and husband, Alan, of [[Austin]], Texas; Amy S. Neeson Weatherly and husband, Brad, of Arlington, Texas; Richard G. "Richie" Neeson, Jr., and wife Ashley of Fort Worth, and Sarah C. Neeson Sazama and husband, T. J., of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]].<ref>People Search & Background Check</ref><ref name=fathersobit/>
==Political life==
In 1979, Neeson unseated one-term Democratic Senator [[Virginia Shehee|Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee]], a prominent civic leader and an officer of the Kilpatrick Funeral Home and Life Insurance companies, who died in 2015. Neeson was reelected in 1983, when he halted a challenge from Democrat former Senator [[C. K. Carter, Jr.]], whom Shehee had succeeded in 1975, with a margin of twenty-three votes. In 1987, Neeson only narrowly defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, [[Ron Bean]] of Shreveport, 10,451 (50.2 percent) to 10,373 (49.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns, November 21, 1987.</ref> Four years later in 1991, Bean, a [[Moderate Republican]], won the seat when Neeson declined to seek a fourth term, having narrowly defeated fellow Republican [[Tommy Armstrong]], who had served fifteen years on the Caddo Parish Commission and a year in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Bean served in the Senate from 1992 to 2004.
During his Senate tenure, Neeson chaired the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cG-Q6RkZKMIJ:www.ag.state.la.us/Shared/ViewDoc.aspx%3FType%3D4%26Doc%3D11826+Richard+G.+Neeson&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Opinion No. 89-679|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=May 1, 2010}}</ref>
In 1986, Neeson introduced legislation to raise the drinking age from eighteen to twenty-one<ref>"Neeson introduces bill to raise drinking age, punish offenders", ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' April 7, 1986, p. 1.</ref> so as not to impair the receipt to the state of up to $30 million in annual federal highway assistance. Neeson's measure lost by a two-vote margin in the state House of Representatives,<ref>"Louisiana lost $15 million in federal highway funds to keep drinking age at 18," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' July 1, 1986, p. 1.</ref> but the drinking age was later raised in a special session.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Neeson, Richard}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Democrats]]