Jimmy Strain (August 28, 1926 – December 30, 1973) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the

Louisiana House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives (; ) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 representatives, each of whom represents approximately 4 ...

Life and career

Strain attended

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and

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

. In 1968, Strain was elected to the

, serving until 1972. In the same year, he moved to

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and was an assistant

pediatrician Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many of their youth ...

. Strain died in December 1973 with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, at the age of 47.

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1926 births 1973 deaths 1973 suicides Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives American pediatricians Johns Hopkins University alumni Suicides by firearm in Louisiana 20th-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature {{Louisiana-politician-stub