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'''Paul Lee Foshee, Sr.''' (born November 12, 1932), is a retired crop duster from [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] nonconsecutively in both houses of his state's legislature during the 1960s and 1970s.​

'''Paul Lee Foshee, Sr.''' (born November 12, 1932), is a retired crop duster from [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] nonconsecutively in both houses of his state's legislature during the 1960s and 1970s.​

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==Baqckground==

==Background==

Foshee is descended from an old-line Natchitoches family, which first came to the Cane River area in 1690 from [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref name=statement>Statement of Paul Foshee, Sr., [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]], September 24, 2009.</ref> His parents, who married in 1928, were George Washington Foshee (1893–1973), a veteran of [[World War I]] and a [[sawmill]] operator in Natchitoches, and the former Mamie Lee Smith (1906–1991). Foshee was reared in the [[Baptist]] Church. In 1950, he graduated from Natchitoches High School (renamed Natchitoches Central High School after [[Segregation|desegregation]]), and in 1961, he completed studies for a bachelor's degree in social science at [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches.<ref name=statement/>​

Foshee is descended from an old-line Natchitoches family, which first came to the Cane River area in 1690 from [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref name=statement>Statement of Paul Foshee, Sr., [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]], September 24, 2009.</ref> His parents, who married in 1928, were George Washington Foshee (1893–1973), a veteran of [[World War I]] and a [[sawmill]] operator in Natchitoches, and the former Mamie Lee Smith (1906–1991). Foshee was reared in the [[Baptist]] Church. In 1950, he graduated from Natchitoches High School (renamed Natchitoches Central High School after [[Segregation|desegregation]]), and in 1961, he completed studies for a bachelor's degree in social science at [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches.<ref name=statement/>​

Foshee holds [[Patent]] 5033695, July 23, 1991, on the Aileron counterbalance mount bracket used on the Brumann crop dusting plane. The device operates similarly to power steering in automobiles. The patent expired in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5033695/claims.html|title=US Patent 5033695 - Aileron counterbalance mount bracket|publisher=patentstorm.us/patents|accessdate=September 29, 2009}}</ref>​

Foshee holds [[Patent]] 5033695, July 23, 1991, on the Aileron counterbalance mount bracket used on the Brumann crop dusting plane. The device operates similarly to power steering in automobiles. The patent expired in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5033695/claims.html|title=US Patent 5033695 - Aileron counterbalance mount bracket|publisher=patentstorm.us/patents|accessdate=September 29, 2009}}</ref>​

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==Political life==​

==Political life==

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From 1960 to 1964, beginning at the age of twenty-seven, Foshee served a single four-year term as a state representative for Natchitoches Parish. With former  Representative Curtis Boozman, he was elected in a two-member district in which the [[incumbent]]s, Monnie T. Cheves and E. H. Hayes, were unseated in the 1959-1960 election cycle. Hayes was a former [[agriculture]] teacher at Natchitoches High School;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Natchitoches Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representative|date=May 21, 2019|accessdate=October 21, 2009}}</ref>​ Cheves, a professor at Northwestern State University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natchitocheshighschool1960.org/class_profile.cfm?member_id=2431454|title=In Memoriam: Monnie T. Cheves|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|page=D3|date=August 17, 1988|accessdate=September 9, 2014}}</ref>​

From 1960 to 1964, beginning at the age of twenty-seven, Foshee served a single four-year term as a state representative for Natchitoches Parish. With former  Representative Curtis Boozman, he was elected in a two-member district in which the [[incumbent]]s, Monnie T. Cheves and E. H. Hayes, were unseated in the 1959-1960 election cycle. Hayes was a former [[agriculture]] teacher at Natchitoches High School;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Natchitoches Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representative|date=May 21, 2019|accessdate=October 21, 2009}}</ref>​ Cheves, a professor at Northwestern State University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natchitocheshighschool1960.org/class_profile.cfm?member_id=2431454|title=In Memoriam: Monnie T. Cheves|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|page=D3|date=August 17, 1988|accessdate=September 9, 2014}}</ref>​

 

Eight years later, Foshee was elected to a single term in the state Senate when he unseated 20-year Democratic Senator Sylvan N. Friedman, a pro-[[Earl Long|Long]] [[farmer]], cattleman, and large landowner from Natchez in south Natchitoches Parish (not to be confused with Natchez, [[Mississippi]]). After securing the pivotal Democratic nomination, Foshee then handily defeated in the [[general election]] held on February 1, 1972, the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bob Reese]],<ref name=ssdi/> a businessman who later became chairman of the Natchitoches Parish Board of Election Supervisors and served on the Republican State Central Committee from 1968 to 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longdistancevoter.org/files/voter_forms/Louisiana_registrar_of_voters.pdf|title=Louisiana Parish Election Officials LIst|publisher=longdistancevoter.org|accessdate=September 26, 2009}}</ref> Reese had earlier run for the Louisiana House from Jackson Parish,  having been defeated by future Speaker [[E. L. "Bubba" Henry]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 6, 1968.</ref>​

Eight years later, Foshee was elected to a single term in the state Senate when he unseated 20-year Democratic Senator Sylvan N. Friedman, a pro-[[Earl Long|Long]] [[farmer]], cattleman, and large landowner from Natchez in south Natchitoches Parish (not to be confused with Natchez, [[Mississippi]]). After securing the pivotal Democratic nomination, Foshee then handily defeated in the [[general election]] held on February 1, 1972, the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bob Reese]],<ref name=ssdi/> a businessman who later became chairman of the Natchitoches Parish Board of Election Supervisors and served on the Republican State Central Committee from 1968 to 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longdistancevoter.org/files/voter_forms/Louisiana_registrar_of_voters.pdf|title=Louisiana Parish Election Officials LIst|publisher=longdistancevoter.org|accessdate=September 26, 2009}}</ref> Reese had earlier run for the Louisiana House from Jackson Parish,  having been defeated by future Speaker [[E. L. "Bubba" Henry]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 6, 1968.</ref>​

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