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==In retirement==
==In retirement==
Bussie's second wife was the former Frances "Fran" Martinez Nolan (born May 6, 1935),<ref>[http://find.intelius.com/search-summary-out.php?ReportType=1& Intelius People Search - Public Records, Background Checks & More<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> herself a political activist, who in the 1980s was a member of the [[Democratic National Committee]].<ref>November primary gets nod", ''Minden Press-Herald'', June 2, 1983, p. 1.</ref> Fran Bussie's parents were John O. Martinez (1906–1990) and Althea Williams Martinez (1914–2003) of New Orleans.<ref>[http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi; http://web.archive.org/web/20071031083718/http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/obits/1/m-07.txt]</ref> Her brothers are Tony and Johnny Martinez.<ref name=obit/> Bussie's first wife, from whom he was [[divorce]]d, was the former Gertrude Foley (October 15, 1918 – September 16, 2005), who died in Round Rock in [[suburban]] Williamson County, Texas.<ref>[http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi; http://altlaw.org/v1/cases/855272]</ref>
Bussie's second wife was the former Frances "Fran" Martinez Nolan (born May 6, 1935),<ref>[http://find.intelius.com/search-summary-out.php?ReportType=1& Intelius People Search - Public Records, Background Checks & More<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> herself a political activist, who in the 1980s was a member of the [[Democratic National Committee]].<ref>November primary gets nod," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' June 2, 1983, p. 1.</ref> Fran Bussie's parents were John O. Martinez (1906–1990) and Althea Williams Martinez (1914–2003) of New Orleans.<ref>[http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi; http://web.archive.org/web/20071031083718/http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/obits/1/m-07.txt]</ref> Her brothers are Tony and Johnny Martinez.<ref name=obit/> Bussie's first wife, from whom he was [[divorce]]d, was the former Gertrude Foley (October 15, 1918 – September 16, 2005), who died in Round Rock in [[suburban]] Williamson County, Texas.<ref>[http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi; http://altlaw.org/v1/cases/855272]</ref>
Bussie was affiliated with the [[liberal]] wing of the Democratic Party. In 1964, he campaigned even in north Louisiana, a stronghold of the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] that year, on behalf of President Lyndon Johnson, who lost that region by a large margin in the last election prior to passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], which thereafter enfranchised tens of thousands of black voters, most of whom became automatic Democrats. Bussie was even closer to Johnson's [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]], who had attended [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge during the 1930s but failed to win the state's [[electoral vote]]s in 1968.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838210,00.html?iid=chix-sphere; http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/weberman/jcooper.htm]</ref>
Bussie was affiliated with the [[liberal]] wing of the Democratic Party. In 1964, he campaigned even in north Louisiana, a stronghold of the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] that year, on behalf of President Lyndon Johnson, who lost that region by a large margin in the last election prior to passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], which thereafter enfranchised tens of thousands of black voters, most of whom became automatic Democrats. Bussie was even closer to Johnson's [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]], who had attended [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge during the 1930s but failed to win the state's [[electoral vote]]s in 1968.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838210,00.html?iid=chix-sphere; http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/weberman/jcooper.htm]</ref>
After leaving the union presidency, Bussie joined a group of Louisiana business and political leaders, including the former Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]], in unsuccessfully effort to obtain from President [[George W. Bush]] a pardon of the imprisoned Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Not until 2011, was Edwards released from the federal corrections facility in Oakdale in Allen Parish because of his conviction of [[bribery]]. Bussie supported Edwards in all four of the Democrat's successful gubernatorial campaigns. Edwards once said that Bussie was the single-most influential person in his administration.<ref>[http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/newsstory/ewe05.html; https://books.google.com/books?id=FiRbQYoZtv0C&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=Victor+Bussie+&source=web&ots=4hgUssswTT&sig=fBYDo8JZMtozkEh7ShAN-ppYjT8&hl=en]</ref> Bussie also endorsed at least one Republican candidate in Louisiana, John S. Treen, the older brother of David Treen. John Treen lost to [[David Duke]] in the 1989 [[special election]] for the Louisiana state House from Jefferson Parish.
After leaving the union presidency, Bussie joined a group of Louisiana business and political leaders, including the former Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]], in unsuccessfully effort to obtain from President [[George W. Bush]] a pardon of the imprisoned Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Not until 2011, was Edwards released from the federal corrections facility in Oakdale in Allen Parish because of his conviction of [[bribery]]. Bussie supported Edwards in all four of the Democrat's successful gubernatorial campaigns as well as the aborted on in 1987. Edwards once said that Bussie was the single-most influential person in his administration.<ref>[http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/newsstory/ewe05.html; https://books.google.com/books?id=FiRbQYoZtv0C&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=Victor+Bussie+&source=web&ots=4hgUssswTT&sig=fBYDo8JZMtozkEh7ShAN-ppYjT8&hl=en]</ref> Bussie also endorsed at least one Republican candidate in Louisiana, John S. Treen, the older brother of David Treen. John Treen narrowly lost to [[David Duke]] in the 1989 [[special election]] for the Louisiana state House from Jefferson Parish.
In 1994, along with the late U.S. Senator [[Allen J. Ellender]], Bussie was among the second round of public figures inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.<ref>[http://cityofwinnfield.com/museum.html Winnfield, La - Old L&A Depot, LA Political Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was a recipient of the "Racial Justice Award" given annually by the Baton Rouge [Young Women's Christian Association.<ref>[http://www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=ejIPK6OYG&b=241227 Racial Justice Award - Greater Baton Rouge<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 1998, Bussie and former Governor [[John McKeithen]] were among recipients named "Living Legends" by the Louisiana [[Public Broadcasting Service]].<ref>[http://www.lpb.org/friends/lalegends/pastlegends.cfm Louisiana Legends<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
In 1994, along with the late U.S. Senator [[Allen J. Ellender]], Bussie was among the second round of public figures inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.<ref>[http://cityofwinnfield.com/museum.html Winnfield, La - Old L&A Depot, LA Political Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was a recipient of the "Racial Justice Award" given annually by the Baton Rouge [Young Women's Christian Association.<ref>[http://www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=ejIPK6OYG&b=241227 Racial Justice Award - Greater Baton Rouge<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 1998, Bussie and former Governor [[John McKeithen]] were among recipients named "Living Legends" by the Louisiana [[Public Broadcasting Service]].<ref>[http://www.lpb.org/friends/lalegends/pastlegends.cfm Louisiana Legends<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>