Jamar Adcock
Politician
1917 – 1991
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Who was Jamar Adcock?
Jamar William Adcock was a high-profile banker and a Democratic state senator from Monroe, Louisiana, who served from 1960 to 1972. He was Senate president pro tempore in his third term from 1968 to 1972.
A native of Richland Parish, located east of Monroe, Adcock attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where he met two future political giants, John Julian McKeithen and Russell B. Long, both a year his junior.
He served in the United States Army as major in the infantry during World War II.
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- Born
- Aug 9, 1917
Richland Parish - Spouses
- Religion
- Baptists
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Louisiana State University
- Lived in
- Louisiana
- Monroe
- Died
- Dec 22, 1991
Monroe
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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