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[[Louisiana]], USA<br>
[[Louisiana]], USA<br>
Resident of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
Resident of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| death_date=March 19, 2020 (aged 88)
| death_place=Baton Rouge, Louisianau
| alma_mater=St. Joseph's Academy (New Roads)
| alma_mater=St. Joseph's Academy (New Roads)
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
Dana Angelle Gaudin}}
Dana Angelle Gaudin}}
'''Edward Clark Gaudin''', known as '''E. Clark Gaudin''' (born December 26, 1931), is an [[attorney]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who served for twenty-one years as a state representative 1967-1968; 1972–1992). He is the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] member from East Baton Rouge Parish in the 20th century.
'''Edward Clark Gaudin''', known as '''E. Clark Gaudin''' (December 26, 1931 – March 19, 2020), was an [[attorney]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who served for twenty-one years as a state representative 1967-1968; 1972–1992). He was the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] to represent East Baton Rouge Parish in the 20th century.
==Background==
==Background==
Gaudin (pronounced GO DAN) was born in New Roads in Pointe Coupee Parish (pronounced COO PEE) to Mr. and Mrs. Alton F. Gaudin. His mother was reared in Ventress, also in Pointe Coupee Parish.
Gaudin (pronounced GO DAN) was born in New Roads in Pointe Coupee Parish (pronounced COO PEE), a heavily [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] part of the state, to Mr. and Mrs. Alton F. Gaudin. His mother was reared in Ventress, also in Pointe Coupee Parish.
Gaudin graduated in 1948 from the parochial St. Joseph's Academy in New Roads. He then received his bachelor's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge in 1952. Thereafter, he entered the [[United States Army]] as a second lieutenant on an [[ROTC]] commission. He left the service in 1954 as a first lieutenant but remained a major in the Army Reserve for another decade thereafter. Gaudin graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU with a [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1958.
Gaudin graduated in 1948 from the parochial St. Joseph's Academy in New Roads. He then received his bachelor's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge in 1952. Thereafter, he entered the [[United States Army]] as a second lieutenant on an [[ROTC]] commission. He left the service in 1954 as a first lieutenant but remained a major in the Army Reserve for another decade thereafter. Gaudin graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU with a [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1958.
==Six legislative election victories==
==Six legislative election victories==
Gaudin won a 1967 [[special election]] created by the resignation of Democratic lawmaker Luther F. Cole, who became a [[judge]]. He defeated Democrat Richard E. Cheek, 9,856 votes (50.3 percent) to 9,730 (49.7 percent) in a [[special election]] for the one-year unexpired term. In his first year in the legislature, Gaudin served with three other Republicans, Morley Alvin Hudson (1917-2001) and Taylor W. O'Hearn (1907-1997), both of [[Shreveport]] and [[Roderick Miller]] of [[Lafayette], all of whom are deceased. Gaudin was defeated for a four-year term in 1968, with Richard Cheek claiming victory after defeat the previous year. O'Hearn was also defeated; Hudson did not seek reelection, and Miller lost in a bid for the Louisiana State Senate. Gaudin rebounded in 1972 to win the first of five consecutive terms. From 1970 to 1972, there was only one Republican in the 105-member Louisiana House, the New Orleans attorney James Sutterfield, who won a special election to fill the vacancy created by the election of Nat G. Kiefer to the state Senate.
Gaudin won a 1967 [[special election]] created by the resignation of Democratic lawmaker Luther F. Cole, who became a [[judge]]. He defeated Democrat Richard E. Cheek, 9,856 votes (50.3 percent) to 9,730 (49.7 percent) in a [[special election]] for the one-year unexpired term. In his first year in the legislature, Gaudin served with three other Republicans, Morley Alvin Hudson (1917-2001) and Taylor W. O'Hearn (1907-1997), both of [[Shreveport]] and [[Roderick Miller]] of [[Lafayette]], all of whom are deceased. Gaudin was defeated for a four-year term in 1968, with Richard Cheek claiming victory after defeat the previous year. O'Hearn was also defeated; Hudson did not seek reelection, and Miller lost in a bid for the Louisiana State Senate. Gaudin rebounded in 1972 to win the first of five consecutive terms. From 1970 to 1972, there was only one Republican in the 105-member Louisiana House, the New Orleans attorney James Sutterfield, who won a special election to fill the vacancy created by the election of Nat G. Kiefer to the state Senate.
In 1972, Gaudin benefited from the presence of Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[David C. Treen]], a Baton Rouge native then residing in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]. Gaudin unseated the Democrat Lillian W. Walker (1923-2016), 6,949 (51 percent) to 6,645 (49 percent). Thereafter, Gaudin won comparatively easy victories to hold his seat. When Gaudin was reelected in 1975 in the first ever nonpartisan blanket primary in Louisiana. He had only four incoming Republican colleagues, and one of those, Abel John "A. J." McNamara (1936-2014) of Jefferson Parish, had been elected as a Democrat but switched affiliation in 1977.
In 1972, Gaudin benefited from the presence of Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[David C. Treen]], a Baton Rouge native then residing in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]. Gaudin unseated the Democrat Lillian W. Walker (1923-2016), 6,949 (51 percent) to 6,645 (49 percent). Thereafter, Gaudin won comparatively easy victories to hold his seat. When Gaudin was reelected in 1975 in the first ever nonpartisan blanket primary in Louisiana. He had only four incoming Republican colleagues, and one of those, Abel John "A. J." McNamara (1936-2014) of Jefferson Parish, had been elected as a Democrat but switched affiliation in 1977.