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A long-term Democratic Party figure, Doris Reggie was a delegate to the national party conventions held between 1976 and 1996. She sat on the platform committees in 1980, 1984, and 1988. She was a member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee from 1975 to 1992 and sat on the finance committee from 1977 to 1996. She was amember of the national party finance committee from 1980 to 1992. She was the [[Democratic National Committee|Democratic national committeewoman]] for Louisiana from 1984 to 1988. In 1979, she was a member of the Governor's Committee for the International Year of the Child.<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Reggie, Doris Boustany", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004'', 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence,  [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 792.</ref>

A long-term Democratic Party figure, Doris Reggie was a delegate to the national party conventions held between 1976 and 1996. She sat on the platform committees in 1980, 1984, and 1988. She was a member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee from 1975 to 1992 and sat on the finance committee from 1977 to 1996. She was amember of the national party finance committee from 1980 to 1992. She was the [[Democratic National Committee|Democratic national committeewoman]] for Louisiana from 1984 to 1988. In 1979, she was a member of the Governor's Committee for the International Year of the Child.<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Reggie, Doris Boustany", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004'', 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence,  [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 792.</ref>

==Political life==​

==Political life==

 

Reggie served as acting judge for the ailing Crowley City Judge Denis T. Canan, who was also Reggie's law partner. When Canan died in 1950, Reggie was appointed by Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] to Canan's seat, a fulfillment of Canan's dying wish. Appointed at the age of twenty-four, Reggie was reputed to be America's youngest judge at that time.<ref>''www.lapoliticalmuseum.com'' [http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php?viewID=41 Edmund M. Reggie] Online version.</ref> Reggie held the post for twenty-five years until 1976.<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/1728-The-Rise-of-Louisiana-Boy-to-Governor-s-Counsel.html|title=The Rise of Louisiana Boy to Governor's Counsel|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''[|date= September 16, 1979.</ref>​

Reggie served as acting judge for the ailing Crowley City Judge Denis T. Canan, who was also Reggie's law partner. When Canan died in 1950, Reggie was appointed by Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] to Canan's seat, a fulfillment of Canan's dying wish. Appointed at the age of twenty-four, Reggie was reputed to be America's youngest judge at that time.<ref>''www.lapoliticalmuseum.com'' [http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php?viewID=41 Edmund M. Reggie] Online version.</ref> Reggie held the post for twenty-five years until 1976.<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/1728-The-Rise-of-Louisiana-Boy-to-Governor-s-Counsel.html|title=The Rise of Louisiana Boy to Governor's Counsel|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''[|date= September 16, 1979.</ref>​

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Reggie was nominated as a [[Electoral college|presidential elector]] in Louisiana for the Democratic ticket of John F. Kennedy-[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and cast his vote when Kennedy handily prevailed in the statewide popular vote. Other national Democratic electors that year were Louisiana Attorney General] Jack Paul Fastin Gremillion, former interim [[U.S. Senator]] William C. Feazel, former state Senator Frank Burton Ellis of Covington, and [[Leon Gary]] of Houma, later director of the Louisiana Department of Public Works.<ref>''Minden Press,'' November 7, 1960,</ref>​

Reggie was nominated as a [[Electoral college|presidential elector]] in Louisiana for the Democratic ticket of John F. Kennedy-[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and cast his vote when Kennedy handily prevailed in the statewide popular vote. Other national Democratic electors that year were Louisiana Attorney General] Jack Paul Fastin Gremillion, former interim [[U.S. Senator]] William C. Feazel, former state Senator Frank Burton Ellis of Covington, and [[Leon Gary]] of Houma, later director of the Louisiana Department of Public Works.<ref>''Minden Press,'' November 7, 1960,</ref>​

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Following his inauguration, President Kennedy sent Reggie on a 1961 [[State Department]] cultural exchange to the [[Middle East]],<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/279-6/20/1961.html Reggie Called JFK Emissary]</ref> where in Lebanon he was given a hero's welcome in his parents' hometown of Ihden.<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/1196-In-Lebanon-Carrying-Daddy.html Photo of Reggie on shoulders of Lebanese crowd]</ref> Reggie continued to serve the president as liaison with then Louisiana Governor [[Jimmie Davis]] from 1961 until the [[Kennedy assassination]] in 1963.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Schleifstein|title=Reggie a player in politics|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 25, 1989|page=A-1}}</ref>​

Following his inauguration, President Kennedy sent Reggie on a 1961 [[State Department]] cultural exchange to the [[Middle East]],<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/279-6/20/1961.html Reggie Called JFK Emissary]</ref> where in Lebanon he was given a hero's welcome in his parents' hometown of Ihden.<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/1196-In-Lebanon-Carrying-Daddy.html Photo of Reggie on shoulders of Lebanese crowd]</ref> Reggie continued to serve the president as liaison with then Louisiana Governor [[Jimmie Davis]] from 1961 until the [[Kennedy Assassination]] in 1963.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Schleifstein|title=Reggie a player in politics|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 25, 1989|page=A-1}}</ref>​

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In 1963, Reggie introduced the young political consultant [[Gus Weill]] of Lafayette to Louisiana Public Service Commissioner [[John J. McKeithen]], who retained Weill to manage McKeithen's gubernatorial campaign. Weill previously managed the Davis campaign and later wrote a biography of his mentor entitled ''Your Are My Sunshine,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/227Default.aspx|title=Oral Histories: Gus Weill|publisher=www.sos.la.gov|accessdate=August 21, 2012}}</ref>​ also the title of Davis' most memorable song.

In 1963, Reggie introduced the young political consultant [[Gus Weill]] of Lafayette to Louisiana Public Service Commissioner [[John J. McKeithen]], who retained Weill to manage McKeithen's gubernatorial campaign. Weill previously managed the Davis campaign and later wrote a biography of his mentor entitled ''Your Are My Sunshine,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/227Default.aspx|title=Oral Histories: Gus Weill|publisher=www.sos.la.gov|accessdate=August 21, 2012}}</ref>​ also the title of Davis' most memorable song.