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|death_date=September 23, 2016 (aged 87)
|death_date=September 23, 2016 (aged 87)
|death_place=[[Lafayette]], Louisiana
|death_place=[[Lafayette]], Louisiana
|spouse=(1) Missing (divorced) <br>
|spouse=(1) Missing (divorced)<br>
(2) Helen Josephine Roppolo Goudeau (married c. 1965-2016, his death)
(2) Helen Josephine Roppolo Goudeau (married c. 1965-2016, his death)
|children=From first marriage:<br>
|children=From first marriage:<br>
Angelle Goudeau MacDougall<br>
Angelle Goudeau MacDougall<br>
Anne Goudeau Forand<br>
Anne Goudeau Forand<br>
'''Parents'':<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Morgan, Jr. and Alma Chachere Goudeau
Morgan, Jr. and Alma Chachere Goudeau
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
[[Georgetown University]] Law School}}
[[Georgetown University]] Law School}}
'''Morgan Jefferson Goudeau, III'' (June 13, 1929 – September 23, 2016), was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native Opelousas, [[Louisiana]]. From 1973 to 1997, he was the district attorney for St. Landry Parish.
'''Morgan Jefferson Goudeau, III''' (June 13, 1929 – September 23, 2016), was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native Opelousas, [[Louisiana]]. From 1973 to 1997, he was the district attorney for St. Landry Parish.
A son of Morgan Goudeau, Jr. (1905-1984), and the former Alma Chachere (1907-2004), he graduated in 1945 from the [[Roman Catholic]] Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Opelousas, at which he was the co-captain of the 1944 state champion six-man [[football]] team.ll team. He was an [[Eagle Scout]]. In 1948, at the age of eighteen, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He was affiliated with the Delta Kappa Epsilon social fraternity and Pi Gamma Mu honorary social science fraternity. He obtained his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from the Catholic [[Georgetown University]] Law School in [[Washington, D.C.]], at which he was on the staff of the ''Georgetown Law Review.'' He was a U.S. Capitol police officer while in law school and was admitted in 1952 to the practice of law in both the District of Columbia and Louisiana.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170499616/morgan-j-goudeau|title=Morgan J. Goudeau, III|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 16, 2020}}</ref>
A son of Morgan Goudeau, Jr. (1905-1984), and the former Alma Chachere (1907-2004), he graduated in 1945 from the [[Roman Catholic]] Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Opelousas, at which he was the co-captain of the 1944 state champion six-man [[football]] team.ll team. He was an [[Eagle Scout]]. In 1948, at the age of eighteen, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He was affiliated with the Delta Kappa Epsilon social fraternity and Pi Gamma Mu honorary social science fraternity. He obtained his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from the Catholic [[Georgetown University]] Law School in [[Washington, D.C.]], at which he was on the staff of the ''Georgetown Law Review.'' He was a U.S. Capitol police officer while in law school and was admitted in 1952 to the practice of law in both the District of Columbia and Louisiana.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170499616/morgan-j-goudeau|title=Morgan J. Goudeau, III|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 16, 2020}}</ref>