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|term_start2=1972
|term_start2=1972
|term_end2=1992
|term_end2=1992
|preceded2=E. Holman Jones
|preceded2=[[E. Holman Jones]]
|succeeded2=Herman Ray Hill
|succeeded2=Herman Ray Hill
|birth_date=October 13, 1938
|birth_date=October 13, 1938
Cain is affiliated with the [[Southern Baptist]] Church, the [[American Farm Bureau Federation]], the [[Chamber of Commerce]], the American Brahmin Breeders Association, the Beauregard Parish Cattleman's Association, and the McNeese State University Alumni Association.<ref name=whoswho/>
Cain is affiliated with the [[Southern Baptist]] Church, the [[American Farm Bureau Federation]], the [[Chamber of Commerce]], the American Brahmin Breeders Association, the Beauregard Parish Cattleman's Association, and the McNeese State University Alumni Association.<ref name=whoswho/>
==State House service==
==State House service==
Cain served for twenty years as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives,, having first been nominated and elected from District 32 in the 1971-1972 election cycle to succeed E. Holman Jones of Oakdale in Allen Parish. In his first [[general election]] for the Louisiana House on February 1, 1972, Cain defeated Republican Edward King Alexander, 3,952 (66.4 percent) to 2,000 (33.6 percent),<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Returns of General Election, February 1, 1972, for Members of House of Representatives," p. 12.</ref> In his last House election in the 1987 primary, Cain defeated fellow Democrat Horace Lynn Jones, II, 11,486 (72 percent) to 4,485 (28 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
Cain served for twenty years as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives,, having first been nominated and elected from District 32 in the 1971-1972 election cycle to succeed [[E. Holman Jones]] of Oakdale in Allen Parish. In his first [[general election]] for the Louisiana House on February 1, 1972, Cain defeated Republican Edward King Alexander, 3,952 (66.4 percent) to 2,000 (33.6 percent),<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Returns of General Election, February 1, 1972, for Members of House of Representatives," p. 12.</ref> In his last House election in the 1987 primary, Cain defeated fellow Democrat Horace Lynn Jones, II, 11,486 (72 percent) to 4,485 (28 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
As a state House member, Cain built his career by being on friendly terms with Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. [[Ron Gomez]], a House colleague from [[Lafayette]], describes Cain, accordingly:
As a state House member, Cain built his career by being on friendly terms with Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. [[Ron Gomez]], a House colleague from [[Lafayette]], describes Cain, accordingly: