Joseph Carnahan LeSage Jr. (December 12, 1928 - September 22, 2015) was a lawyer and politician in Louisiana. He worked in
Shreveport
Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, Lo ...
and served in the
Louisiana Senate
The Louisiana State Senate (; ) is the upper house of Louisiana’s legislature. Senators serve four-year terms and participate in various committees.
Composition
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representing
Caddo Parish
Caddo Parish () () is a parish located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 237,848. The parish seat and largest city is Shreveport, which developed al ...
from 1968 until 1972. He was a supervisor of
Louisiana State University
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.
He graduated from
Homer High School in 1945. He was a multi-sport athlete. He served during the
Korean War
The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...
.
A Democrat, he was elected to the state senate in 1968. He served one term. Louisiana SCR45 commemorated his passing.
A video of an interview with him for an oral history project of the Shreveport Bar Association is on YouTube.
References
External links
A video of an interview with him for an oral history project is on YouTube.{{DEFAULTSORT:LeSage, Joe
1928 births
2015 deaths
20th-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature