Andrew L. Sevier

Who was Andrew L. Sevier?

Andrew Leonard Sevier, Sr., was an attorney from Tallulah, Louisiana, who served for thirty years from 1932 until his death as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate. He represented the 32nd District, which then included Madison, East Carroll, Tensas, and Concordia parishes. He was the scion of a prominent Madison Parish family which traces its descent from John Sevier, a fighter in the American Revolution, former governor of Tennessee, and the namesake of Sevierville and Sevier County near Knoxville in eastern Tennessee.