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'''Fritz Heinrich Windhorst''' (January 31, 1935 &mdash; August 27, 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/us/obituaries/theadvocate/name/fritz-windhorst-obituary?id=52979561|title=Fritz Windhorst obituary|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=August 29, 2023|accessdate=August 30, 2023}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] in Gretna in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Paris outside [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/fritz-windhorst-710773|title=Fritz Windhorst|publisher=lawyers.justia.com|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref> who served from 1972 to 1992 as a state senator for Jefferson and Orleans parishes, originally District 8, and later District 7. Windhorst was a [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1972 to 1985, when he switched to [[Republican Party|Republican]] affiliation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref> His son, [[Stephen J. Windhorst]], served as a Republican state representative from 1992 to 2000, when he resigned to accept a state court judgeship.

'''Fritz Heinrich Windhorst''' (January 31, 1935 &mdash; August 27, 2023)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/us/obituaries/theadvocate/name/fritz-windhorst-obituary?id=52979561|title=Fritz Windhorst obituary|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=August 29, 2023|accessdate=August 30, 2023}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] in Gretna in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Paris outside [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/fritz-windhorst-710773|title=Fritz Windhorst|publisher=lawyers.justia.com|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref> who served from 1972 to 1992 as a state senator for Jefferson and Orleans parishes, originally District 8, and later District 7. Windhorst was a [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1972 to 1985, when he switched to [[Republican Party|Republican]] affiliation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref> His son, [[Stephen J. Windhorst]], served as a Republican state representative from 1992 to 2000, when he resigned to accept a state court judgeship.

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