Changes

| birth_place=New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish

| birth_place=New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish

| death_date=October 2, 2026 (aged 84)

| death_date=October 2, 2026 (aged 84)

| resting_place=Body donated to medical science

| resting_place=Body donated to medical science

| residence=[[Ventress, Louisiana|Ventress]]<br>

| residence=[[Ventress, Louisiana|Ventress]]<br>

Kimball obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=whoswho/> He won his third term in the House in 1983 with 77 percent of the vote over fellow Democrat Emmet Spooner<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983.</ref> and his fourth and final term in 1987, with 71 percent over another Democrat, Thomas L. "Tommy" Zito.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> In 1992, Kimball did not seek a fifth term in the House. The [[African-American]] Democrat Sharon Weston Broome, since the Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, won the District 29 seat in a revised districting..<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>   

Kimball obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=whoswho/> He won his third term in the House in 1983 with 77 percent of the vote over fellow Democrat Emmet Spooner<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983.</ref> and his fourth and final term in 1987, with 71 percent over another Democrat, Thomas L. "Tommy" Zito.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> In 1992, Kimball did not seek a fifth term in the House. The [[African-American]] Democrat Sharon Weston Broome, since the Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, won the District 29 seat in a revised districting..<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>   

After his sixteen years in the state House, Kimball joined the fourth administration of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]] as the assistant director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.<ref name=whoswho/> He was retained in the position by Edwards' s final successor as governor, [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Mike Foster]]. In 1999, Kimball ran unsuccessfully for the District 17 seat in the state Senate. He placed third in the nonpartisan blanket primary. Victory went to his fellow Democrat Rob Marionneaux.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>

After his sixteen years in the state House, Kimball joined the fourth administration of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]] as the assistant director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.<ref name=whoswho/> He was retained in the position by Edwards' s final successor as governor, [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Mike Foster]].<ref name=obit/> In 1999, as Foster won reelection as governor, Kimball ran unsuccessfully for the District 17 seat in the state Senate. He placed third in the nonpartisan blanket primary. Victory went to his fellow Democrat Rob Marionneaux.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>

Kimball's wife, Catherine D. Kimball, a native of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, is the retired chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. When he ceased to run for the House in 1992, Kimball instead worked in his wife's campaign for the Supreme Court; their persistence paid off, as she carried all twelve parishes her district ranging from St. Landry to East Baton Rouge parishes.<ref name=barassn>{{cite web|url=http://files.lsba.org/documents/publications/BarJournal/Journal-Feature8-Dec12Jan13.pdf|title="We Call Her "Kitty Ann"|author=John James Jewell|publisher=''Louisiana State Bar Journal''|date=December 2012|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> The couple resided in Ventress in Pointe Coupee Parish. Their children are Kevin Hudson Kimball wife (Trish), Catherine Kimball Leggio (husband Dr. Chris), and Lyria Kimball O'Brien (husband Shawn). They formerly lived in the parish seat of New Roads. The family is [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Clyde W. Kimball," ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 663.</ref>

Kimball's wife, Catherine D. Kimball, a native of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, is the retired chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. When he ceased to run for the House in 1992, Kimball instead worked in his wife's campaign for the Supreme Court; their persistence paid off, as she carried all twelve parishes her district ranging from St. Landry to East Baton Rouge parishes.<ref name=barassn>{{cite web|url=http://files.lsba.org/documents/publications/BarJournal/Journal-Feature8-Dec12Jan13.pdf|title="We Call Her "Kitty Ann"|author=John James Jewell|publisher=''Louisiana State Bar Journal''|date=December 2012|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> The couple resided in Ventress in Pointe Coupee Parish. Their children are Kevin Hudson Kimball wife (Trish), Catherine Kimball Leggio (husband Dr. Chris), and Lyria Kimball O'Brien (husband Shawn). They formerly lived in the parish seat of New Roads. The family is [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Clyde W. Kimball," ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 663.</ref>