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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Clyde Walker Kimball
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 29 (then Pointe Coupee<br> and West Baton Rouge parishes)]]
| term_start=1976
| term_end=1992
| preceded=Roy Robillard<br>
[[Robert Freeman]]
| succeeded=Buster Guzzardo, Sr.<br>
Michael W. Russo<br>
Sharon Weston Broome
{{birth date=July 11, 1942
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_cause =
| resting_place=
| residence=[[Ventress, Louisiana|Ventress]]<br>
[[Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana|Pointe Coupee Parish]]<br>
[[Louisiana]], USA
| occupation =
| spouse=[[Catherine D. Kimball]]
| children=Kevin Kimball<br>
Catherine Kimball<br>
Lyria K. O'Brien<br>
Six grandchildren
| relations=Judge Dan Kimball (uncle)
| alma_mater =[[Louisiana State University]]
| religion =[[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] / later No Party voter
}}
'''Clyde Walker Kimball''' (born July 11, 1942) is a former [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 29, which included his own Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes, [[Louisiana]]. He served in the House from 1976 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=December 30, 2020}}</ref> As of May 2015, Kimball was registered as a "No Party" voter by the office of then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2064815|title=Type in Clyde Kimball, July 1942|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 25, 2015}}</ref>
Kimball holds a Bachelor of Science degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=whoswho/> He won his third term in the House in 1983 with 77 percent of the vote over fellow Democrat Emmet Spooner<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983.</ref> and his fourth and final term in 1987, with 71 percent over another Democrat, Thomas L. "Tommy" Zito.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> In 1992, Kimball did not seek a fifth term in the House. The [[African-American]] Democrat Sharon Weston Broome, since the Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, won the District 29 seat in a revised districting..<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>
After his sixteen years in the state House, Kimball joined the fourth administration of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]] as the assistant director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.<ref name=whoswho/> In 1999, Kimball ran unsuccessfully for the District 17 seat in the state Senate. He placed third in the nonpartisan blanket primary. Victory went to his fellow Democrat Rob Marionneaux.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>
Kimball's wife, [[Catherine D. Kimball]], a native of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, is the retired chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. When he ceased to run for the House in 1992, Kimball instead worked in his wife's campaign for the Supreme Court; their persistence paid off, as she carried all twelve parishes her district ranging from St. Landry to East Baton Rouge parishes.<ref name=barassn>{{cite web|url=http://files.lsba.org/documents/publications/BarJournal/Journal-Feature8-Dec12Jan13.pdf|title="We Call Her "Kitty Ann"|author=John James Jewell|publisher=''Louisiana State Bar Journal''|date=December 2012|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> The couple resides in Ventress in Pointe Coupee Parish and has three grown children. They formerly lived in the parish seat of New Roads. They are [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Clyde W. Kimball," ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 663.</ref>
Kimball was a nephew of Dan Kimball, a long-time judge of the Louisiana 18th Judicial District court for Iberville, West Baton Rouge, and Pointe Coupee parishes. When Dan Kimball died in 1982, Catherine Kimball was elected to succeed him and held that seat for a decade before she joined the state Supreme Court.<ref name=barassn/>
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
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[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former Democrats]]
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[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
| name=Clyde Walker Kimball
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 29 (then Pointe Coupee<br> and West Baton Rouge parishes)]]
| term_start=1976
| term_end=1992
| preceded=Roy Robillard<br>
[[Robert Freeman]]
| succeeded=Buster Guzzardo, Sr.<br>
Michael W. Russo<br>
Sharon Weston Broome
{{birth date=July 11, 1942
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_cause =
| resting_place=
| residence=[[Ventress, Louisiana|Ventress]]<br>
[[Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana|Pointe Coupee Parish]]<br>
[[Louisiana]], USA
| occupation =
| spouse=[[Catherine D. Kimball]]
| children=Kevin Kimball<br>
Catherine Kimball<br>
Lyria K. O'Brien<br>
Six grandchildren
| relations=Judge Dan Kimball (uncle)
| alma_mater =[[Louisiana State University]]
| religion =[[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] / later No Party voter
}}
'''Clyde Walker Kimball''' (born July 11, 1942) is a former [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 29, which included his own Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes, [[Louisiana]]. He served in the House from 1976 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=December 30, 2020}}</ref> As of May 2015, Kimball was registered as a "No Party" voter by the office of then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2064815|title=Type in Clyde Kimball, July 1942|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 25, 2015}}</ref>
Kimball holds a Bachelor of Science degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=whoswho/> He won his third term in the House in 1983 with 77 percent of the vote over fellow Democrat Emmet Spooner<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983.</ref> and his fourth and final term in 1987, with 71 percent over another Democrat, Thomas L. "Tommy" Zito.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> In 1992, Kimball did not seek a fifth term in the House. The [[African-American]] Democrat Sharon Weston Broome, since the Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, won the District 29 seat in a revised districting..<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>
After his sixteen years in the state House, Kimball joined the fourth administration of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]] as the assistant director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.<ref name=whoswho/> In 1999, Kimball ran unsuccessfully for the District 17 seat in the state Senate. He placed third in the nonpartisan blanket primary. Victory went to his fellow Democrat Rob Marionneaux.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>
Kimball's wife, [[Catherine D. Kimball]], a native of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, is the retired chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. When he ceased to run for the House in 1992, Kimball instead worked in his wife's campaign for the Supreme Court; their persistence paid off, as she carried all twelve parishes her district ranging from St. Landry to East Baton Rouge parishes.<ref name=barassn>{{cite web|url=http://files.lsba.org/documents/publications/BarJournal/Journal-Feature8-Dec12Jan13.pdf|title="We Call Her "Kitty Ann"|author=John James Jewell|publisher=''Louisiana State Bar Journal''|date=December 2012|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> The couple resides in Ventress in Pointe Coupee Parish and has three grown children. They formerly lived in the parish seat of New Roads. They are [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Clyde W. Kimball," ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 663.</ref>
Kimball was a nephew of Dan Kimball, a long-time judge of the Louisiana 18th Judicial District court for Iberville, West Baton Rouge, and Pointe Coupee parishes. When Dan Kimball died in 1982, Catherine Kimball was elected to succeed him and held that seat for a decade before she joined the state Supreme Court.<ref name=barassn/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimball, Clyde}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former Democrats]]
[[Category:Independents]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]