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'''Lether Edward Frazar''' (December 1, 1904 – May 15, 1960) was the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] lieutenant governor of his native [[Louisiana]] under [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], with service from 1956 to 1960. Earlier, as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Beauregard Parish, he authored the state [[teacher]] retirement law.
'''Lether Edward Frazar''' (December 1, 1904 – May 15, 1960)<ref name=headstones>{{cite web|url=http://www.beau.org/~cemetery/ALFA-F.HTM|title=Listing of all headstones located in Beauregard Parish|publisher=beau.org|accessdate=October 8, 2019}}</ref> was the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] lieutenant governor of his native [[Louisiana]] under [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], with service from 1956 to 1960. Earlier, as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Beauregard Parish, he authored the state [[teacher]] retirement law.
Frazar was also the fourth president of McNeese State University, then known as McNeese State College, in [[Lake Charles]]. He served at McNeese from 1944 to 1955, when he resigned to prepare to become lieutenant governor. He was also from 1938 to 1941 the second president of his ''alma mater,'' the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as Southwestern Louisiana Institute.
Frazar was also the fourth president of McNeese State University, then known as McNeese State College, in [[Lake Charles]]. He served at McNeese from 1944 to 1955, when he resigned to prepare to become lieutenant governor. He was also from 1938 to 1941 the second president of his ''alma mater,'' the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as Southwestern Louisiana Institute.
On one occasion as acting governor when Long was out of the state, Frazar signed death warrants for two [[African-American]]s from New Orleans, Edgar Labat and Clifton Poret, who were on Death Row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola in West Feliciana Parish for the aggravated [[rape]] of a white woman on November 12, 1950. They were scheduled to have been executed on September 20, 1957. The executions were never implemented because the night before the new court-appointed attorneys for the men obtained a stay of execution from a federal judge. The men declared their innocence, and their cases remained in the federal courts until Louisiana stopped executions between 1961 and 1983.
On one occasion as acting governor when Long was out of the state, Frazar signed death warrants for two [[African-American]]s from New Orleans, Edgar Labat and Clifton Poret, who were on Death Row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola in West Feliciana Parish for the aggravated [[rape]] of a white woman on November 12, 1950. They were scheduled to have been executed on September 20, 1957. The executions were never implemented because the night before the new court-appointed attorneys for the men obtained a stay of execution from a federal judge. The men declared their innocence, and their cases remained in the federal courts until Louisiana stopped executions between 1961 and 1983.
Frazar died five days after he vacated the office of lieutenant governo. That same month, Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock (1915-1987) of Franklin in St. Mary Parish, a [[conservative]] Democrat, succeeded Frazar in the office. Some four months later, Earl Long himself was dead after having won the Democratic nomination in the now defunct 8th congressional district.
Frazar died five days after he vacated the office of lieutenant governor.<ref name=headstones/> That same month, Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock (1915-1987) of Franklin in St. Mary Parish, a [[conservative]] Democrat, succeeded Frazar in the office. Some four months later, Earl Long himself was dead after having won the Democratic nomination in the now defunct 8th congressional district.
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