Difference between revisions of "Baton Rouge"
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*[[Charles E. Thompson]], former educator | *[[Charles E. Thompson]], former educator | ||
*[[Sandra Thompson]], former director of the Atchafalaya Basin project | *[[Sandra Thompson]], former director of the Atchafalaya Basin project | ||
| + | *[[Aubrey Young]], state alcohol counselor and political activist | ||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
Revision as of 20:38, September 3, 2019
Baton Rouge is the capital city of Louisiana and home of Louisiana State University.
Notable people
- Buddy Amoroso, former member of the Metro Council
- Robert E. Anderson, Southern Baptist clergyman from Shreveport and Baton Rouge
- Harrison Bagwell, Baton Rouge attorney and Republican Party pioneer
- James H. "Jim" Brown, former state senator, Louisiana secretary of state. and insurance commissioner
- Bryan Bush, East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney, 1985-1990
- Woodrow Wilson Dumas, Mayor-President, 1965 to 1980
- John Bel Edwards, governor of Louisiana
- Mike Futrell, former state representative
- Bobby Jindal, former governor
- Elmer Litchfield, sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish, 1983 to 2006
- Edward Grady Partin, business agent of Teamsters union; his immunized testimony sent Jimmy Hoffa to prison
- Bernie Pinsonat, political pollster
- Dan Richey, political consultant, former member of both house of the legislature
- Eddie Rispone, 2019 Republican candidate for governor
- Buddy Roemer, former governor
- Alfred Shapiro, former Baton Rouge lawyer and legal counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union
- Charles E. Thompson, former educator
- Sandra Thompson, former director of the Atchafalaya Basin project
- Aubrey Young, state alcohol counselor and political activist
Further reading
- Martin, Mark E. and Andrew D. Lytle. Andrew D. Lytle's Baton Rouge: Photographs, 1863-1910 (The Hill Collection: Holdings of the LSU Libraries) (2008) excerpt and text search