J. Emile Verret (September 13, 1885 – February 9, 1965) was a

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, Verret received an undergraduate degree from

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(then the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute) in 1905, and attended

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. In 1947, during his service as lieutenant governor, when Governor Jimmie Davis was out of state and a hurricane forced the evacuation of the capital, Verret signed a proclamation declaring his house in New Iberia to be the acting state capitol for the day."New Iberia Serving As State Capital For the Day!", ''Daily Iberian'' (September 19, 1947), p. 1. The ''Daily Iberian'' republished this article fifty years later. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus. Veret died on February 9, 1965, and is interred at St. Peter's cemetery, New Iberia, Louisiana.

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* "J. Emile Verret", ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'', Vol. 2 (1988), p. 810 * William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'', Baton Rouge: Claitor's, 1991 * ''

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