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Sylvan Friedman

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A personal friend of Earl Long, Friedman frequently dined with the governor, eating cornbread, greens, sweet potatoes, and drinking buttermilk in the old Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge. During Long's tenure, Friedman had a room reserved at the mansion and was a late night "political talking companion."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepineywoods.com/BlancoHall.htm|title=Governor [[Kathleen Blanco]] heads list for [2006] Hall of Fame induction|author=James Ronald Skains|publisher=The Piney Woods.com|accessdate=September 18, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Friedman lost his bid for a sixth term in the 1971-1972 election cycle, having been eliminated as the third-place candidate in the primary. Former Representative [[Paul Foshee ]] of Natchitoches then defeated state Senator Willard L. Rambo of Georgetown in Grant Parish in the runoff election, a member of the extended [[Earl Long|Long]] political faction. Foshee then prevailed against [[Bob Reese]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] opponent in the general election held on February 1, 1972. In 1975, Foshee was unseated by [[Don Kelly|Donald Gene Kelly]], a Natchitoches Democratic attorney and horse breeder, who held the seat until 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/EAHSenatorList1880ForwardJan2012.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-Present|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=November 12, 2019}}</ref>
Friedman was a member of the Southern Regional Education Board. He was a former "Man of the Year" of the Natchitoches Parish [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name=nsu/> In 1988, Northwestern State University renamed its student center in Friedman’s honor.<ref name=lapol/> As a senator, Friedman had been instrumental in obtaining the student center, as well as Prather Coliseum and several campus residential halls and classroom buildings.<ref name=nsu/>
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