Jack P.F. Gremillion

Politician

1914 – 2001

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Who was Jack P.F. Gremillion?

Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion, Sr., was the Democratic attorney general of Louisiana from 1956 to 1972. He was a member of the Earl Kemp Long political faction. Though he opposed school desegregation, he was a party loyalist and was an elector for the John F. Kennedy--Lyndon B. Johnson presidential ticket in 1960. Kennedy and Johnson easily won Louisiana's ten electoral votes that year.

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Born
Jun 15, 1914
Donaldsonville
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Louisiana State University
  • Paul M. Hebert Law Center
  • Ascension Catholic High School
Lived in
  • Louisiana
Died
Mar 2, 2001
Baton Rouge

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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