Francis Grevemberg
Soldier, Politician
1914 – 2008
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Who was Francis Grevemberg?
Francis Carroll Grevemberg, was the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police from 1952 to 1955, best remembered for his fight against organized crime.
Grevemberg was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, to Francis Bartholomew "Frank" Grevemberg and the former Onita Coulon Jumonville deVilliers, members of two prominent families in South Louisiana. He twice ran for governor of Louisiana, as a Democrat in the 1955 party primary and as the Republican nominee in the general election held on April 19, 1960.
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- Born
- Jun 4, 1914
Biloxi - Also known as
- Colonel Francis Carroll Grevemberg
- Parents
- Spouses
- Dorothy Maguire Grevemberg
(1917 - 2010)
- Dorothy Maguire Grevemberg
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Employment
- Superintendent, Louisiana State Police
(1952 - 1955) - Major, United States Army
- Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army
- Colonel, United States Army
(1951 - ) - Captain, United States Army
- Superintendent, Louisiana State Police
- Lived in
- Louisiana
- Lafayette
- Died
- Nov 24, 2008
New Orleans
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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