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==Career==
==Career==
From 1939-1941, Mouton was the administrative assistant in the Lafayette [[municipal]] finance office. He served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] from 1941-1945. After the war, Mouton started a career in life [[insurance]].<ref name=lahist/> Mouton in 1948 succeeded Mayor Claude C. Colomb (1889-1973). Mouton was recognized widely for his mayoral success, was honored on March 10, 1955, by the Louisiana Municipal Association and its trade publication, the ''The Louisiana Municipal Review,'' as one of the outstanding mayors in Louisiana at the time. Over the next several decades, Lafayette became and remains the fourth largest city in the state. At the time of Mouton's service, Lafayette, as did many other Louisiana communities, had a commission form of city government. He was succeeded as mayor by Jerome E. Domengeaux (1919-1999), the younger brother of then [[U.S. Representative]] James R. Domengeaux (1907-1988) of Lafayette.
From 1939-1941, Mouton was the administrative assistant in the Lafayette municipal finance office. He served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] from 1941-1945. After the war, Mouton started a career in life [[insurance]].<ref name=lahist/> Mouton in 1948 succeeded Mayor Claude C. Colomb (1889-1973). Mouton was recognized widely for his mayoral success, was honored on March 10, 1955, by the Louisiana Municipal Association and its trade publication, the ''The Louisiana Municipal Review,'' as one of the outstanding mayors in Louisiana at the time. Over the next several decades, Lafayette became and remains the fourth largest city in the state. At the time of Mouton's service, Lafayette, as did many other Louisiana communities, had a commission form of city government. He was succeeded as mayor by Jerome E. Domengeaux (1919-1999), the younger brother of then [[U.S. Representative]] James R. Domengeaux (1907-1988) of Lafayette.
After his mayoral years, Mouton became an independent [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] lease broker. He held various state-level appointments too, including the Mineral Board (1950–1952) , the Board of Tax Appeals (1956–1958), collector of revenues, (1964–1970), director of hospitals (1970–1971), and administrative assistant to the director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement in 1972. The three former appointments were in the administration of Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], and the three later positions were under his mentor John McKeithen. <ref name=lajhist/>Mouton was affiliated with the powerful [[Earl Long|Long]] political faction of Louisiana politics.
After his mayoral years, Mouton became an independent [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] lease broker. He held various state-level appointments too, including the Mineral Board (1950–1952) , the Board of Tax Appeals (1956–1958), collector of revenues, (1964–1970), director of hospitals (1970–1971), and administrative assistant to the director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement in 1972. The three former appointments were in the administration of Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], and the three later positions were under his mentor John McKeithen. <ref name=lajhist/>Mouton was affiliated with the powerful [[Earl Long|Long]] political faction of Louisiana politics.