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'''Donald Wayne Williamson''', known as '''Don Williamson''' (October 5, 1927 – November 10, 2019),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=194426244|title=Donald Wayne Williamson|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 11, 2019|accessdate=November 13, 2019}}</ref> was a retired [[United States|American]] [[business]]man in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who served in both houses of the state legislature between 1968 and 1980. A former [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he served in the state House from 1968 to 1972 and then in the state Senate from 1972 to 1980.
'''Donald Wayne Williamson''', known as '''Don Williamson''' (October 5, 1927 – November 10, 2019),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=194426244|title=Donald Wayne Williamson|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 11, 2019|accessdate=November 13, 2019}}</ref> was a retired [[United States|American]] [[business]]man in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who served in both houses of the state legislature between 1968 and 1980. A former [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he served in the state House from 1968 to 1972 and then in the state Senate from 1972 to 1980.
Earlier, from 1958 to 1968, he was a member and later the president of the Caddo Parish School Board. Williamson ran a strong but unsuccessful race for state insurance commissioner in 1979 and failed twice in bids for [[mayor]] of Shreveport against John Brennan Hussey in 1982 and 1986. After his political retirement, he shifted his registration in the early 1990s to the [[Republican Party]] to voice his opposition to the administration of then [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]] [1]
Earlier, from 1958 to 1968, he was a member and later the president of the Caddo Parish School Board. Williamson ran a strong but unsuccessful race for state insurance commissioner in 1979 and failed twice in bids for [[mayor]] of Shreveport against [[John Brennan Hussey]] in 1982 and again in 1986. After his political retirement, he shifted his registration in the early 1990s to the [[Republican Party]] to voice his opposition to the administration of then [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]] [1]
==Background==
==Background==