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Reggie was of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] descent.<ref>1930 United States Federal Census, Acadia Parish, Louisiana [database online] Provo, UT, provided through Ancestry.com, accessed February 25, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/documents/Sammie%20Reggie%20Book%20PDF.pdf From the Cedars of Lebanon to Acadiana] A book by Samuel J. Reggie</ref> In 1946, he received a bachelor's degree from the '''Southwestern Louisiana Institute''' in Lafayette, since the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 1949, he procured his law degree from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]].

Reggie was of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] descent.<ref>1930 United States Federal Census, Acadia Parish, Louisiana [database online] Provo, UT, provided through Ancestry.com, accessed February 25, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/documents/Sammie%20Reggie%20Book%20PDF.pdf From the Cedars of Lebanon to Acadiana] A book by Samuel J. Reggie</ref> In 1946, he received a bachelor's degree from the '''Southwestern Louisiana Institute''' in Lafayette, since the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 1949, he procured his law degree from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]].

<ref>''Who's Who in the South and Southwest,'' 13th Ed., 1973-1974, Marquis Who's Who, Inc., Chicago, 1973</ref>​

<ref>''Who's Who in the South and Southwest,'' 13th Ed., 1973-1974, Marquis Who's Who, Inc., Chicago, 1973</ref>​

 

Reggie was married to the former Doris Ann Boustany (born July 18, 1930), the daughter of businessman Frem F. Boustany, Sr. (1903–1993), and the former Beatrice Joseph (1912–1988). Doris was born in Lafayette and graduated with honors from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.​<ref name=whoswho/> Beatrice Boustany was a cousin of Amin Gemayel, a former president of Lebanon. Frem F. Boustany, Jr., a brother-in-law of Edmund Reggie, was a [[physician]] who died two months before the passing of  Beatrice.<ref>"[Beatrice] Boustany service set," ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' October 15, 1988, p. 20.</ref>​

Reggie was married to the former Doris Ann Boustany (born July 18, 1930), the daughter of businessman Frem F. Boustany, Sr. (1903–1993), and the former Beatrice Joseph (1912–1988). Doris was born in Lafayette and graduated with honors from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.​<ref name=whoswho/> Beatrice Boustany was a cousin of Amin Gemayel, a former president of Lebanon. Frem F. Boustany, Jr., a brother-in-law of Edmund Reggie, was a [[physician]] who died two months before the passing of  Beatrice.<ref>"[Beatrice] Boustany service set," ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' October 15, 1988, p. 20.</ref>​

 

Doris Reggie is a second cousin of former [[U.S. Representative]] Charles Boustany of Lafayette, a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Charles Boustany is a nephew-by-marriage of former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], a Reggie confidant who also began his long political career in Crowley though Edwards was a native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20131122/NEWS01/311220025/|title=Judge Edmund Reggie laid to rest: Democratic Party insider died Tuesday at 87|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|accessdate=November 23, 2013}}</ref>​

Doris Reggie is a second cousin of former [[U.S. Representative]] Charles Boustany of Lafayette, a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Charles Boustany is a nephew-by-marriage of former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], a Reggie confidant who also began his long political career in Crowley though Edwards was a native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20131122/NEWS01/311220025/|title=Judge Edmund Reggie laid to rest: Democratic Party insider died Tuesday at 87|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|accessdate=November 23, 2013}}</ref>​

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Doris Reggie is a long-term Democratic Party figure, having been a delegate to the national party conventions from 1976 to 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>

Doris Reggie is a long-term Democratic Party figure, having been a delegate to the national party conventions from 1976 to 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>

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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>​