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|residence=Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
|residence=Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
|death_date=April 14, 2020 (aged 94)
|death_date=April 14, 2020 (aged 94)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate for:<br>
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate for:
(1) Louisiana State Senate, 1972, against M. Joseph Tiemann<br>
(1) Louisiana State Senate, 1972, against M. Joseph Tiemann<br>
(2) Louisiana House of Representatives, 1989, against [[David Duke]]
(2) Louisiana House of Representatives, 1989, against [[David Duke]]
|spouse=(1) Missing<br>
|spouse=(1) Missing<br>
(2) Martha Ann Swayze Treen<br>
(2) Martha Anne Swayze Treen<br>
'''Children''':<br>
'''Children''':<br>
John S. Treen, Jr.<br>
John S. Treen, Jr.<br>
==Background==
==Background==
John Treen was born in [[Baton Rouge]] to Joseph Paul Treen, Sr. (1900–1986) and the former Elizabeth Speir (1899–1990). He had a second brother, Paul Treen, Jr., who predeceased him. He was married to the former Martha Ann Swayze (born 1928).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=gov-david-conner-treen&pid=135263008|title=Gov. David Conner Treen obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=September 24, 2019}}</ref> Treen had two sons, John S. Treen, Jr., (born 1954) of Metairie and Ben Marcus Treen (born 1956) of Greenville, [[South Carolina]].<ref>People Search & Background Check</ref> and two daughters, Betsy T. Anderson of Cypress, [[Texas]], and Georgia T. Cole of Spartanburg, South Carolina.<ref name=obit/>
John Treen was born in [[Baton Rouge]] to Joseph Paul Treen, Sr. (1900–1986) and the former Elizabeth Speir (1899–1990). He had a second brother, Paul Treen, Jr., who predeceased him. He was married to the former Martha Anne Swayze (born 1928).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=gov-david-conner-treen&pid=135263008|title=Gov. David Conner Treen obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=September 24, 2019}}</ref> Treen had two sons, John S. Treen, Jr., (born 1954) of Metairie and Ben Marcus Treen (born 1956) of Greenville, [[South Carolina]].<ref>People Search & Background Check</ref> and two daughters, Betsy T. Anderson of Cypress, [[Texas]], and Georgia T. Cole of Spartanburg, South Carolina.<ref name=obit/>
Treen served as a lieutenant in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. He was stationed on the destroyer escort, the ''USS Doyle C. Barnes,'' in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] theater of operations He graduated from [[Tulane University]] in 1949, at which he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. In his senior year, he was the president of the Pan Hellenic Council and the Kappa Sigma grand master.He was a member of Mensa International and a former member of the Rotary Club.<ref name=obit/>
Treen served as a lieutenant in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. He was stationed on the destroyer escort, the ''USS Doyle C. Barnes,'' in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] theater of operations He graduated from [[Tulane University]] in 1949, at which he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. In his senior year, he was the president of the Pan Hellenic Council and the Kappa Sigma grand master.He was a member of Mensa International and a former member of the Rotary Club.<ref name=obit/>