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| name=Jack Louis Breaux, Sr.
| name=Jack Louis Breaux, Sr.
| nationality=[[Americans|American]]
| nationality=[[Americans|American]]
| office= [[Mayor]] of Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
| office= [[Mayor]] of Zachary<br>East Baton Rouge Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
| party=First [[Republican Party|Republican]] since [[Reconstruction]] to have been elected to the office of mayor in the state of Louisiana.
| party=First [[Republican Party|Republican]] since [[Reconstruction]] to have been elected to the office of mayor in the state of Louisiana.
| term_start=1966
| term_start=1966
| religion=[[Presbyterian]]}}
| religion=[[Presbyterian]]}}
'''Jack Louis Breaux, Sr.''' (November 6, 1926 – January 26, 1980)<ref name=obit/> was the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[mayor]] of Zachary in [[Baton Rouge|East Baton Rouge Parish]] for nearly fourteen years — from his first election in 1966 until his death of a brain tumor. He was the first member of his party since [[Reconstruction]] to head the municipal government of a Louisiana city.
'''Jack Louis Breaux, Sr.''' (November 6, 1926 – January 26, 1980),<ref name=obit/> was the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[mayor]] of Zachary in [[Baton Rouge|East Baton Rouge Parish]] for nearly fourteen years — from his first election in 1966 until his death of a brain tumor. He was the first member of his party since [[Reconstruction]] to head the municipal government of a Louisiana city.
Breaux (no relation to [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[John Breaux]]) was elected as a part-time mayor in the spring of 1966. In 1978, the Zachary municipal [[charter]] was altered to provide for a full-time mayor, and Breaux (pronounced BRO) was again chosen to lead his community.
Breaux (no relation to [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[John Breaux]]) was elected as a part-time mayor in the spring of 1966. In 1978, the Zachary municipal [[charter]] was altered to provide for a full-time mayor, and Breaux (pronounced BRO) was again chosen to lead his community.