Philip Granville Short, known as Phil Short (born January 31, 1947), is a retired military officer formerly from
Covington,
Louisiana
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, USA, who served in the
Louisiana State Senate
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Composition
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for District 12 (
St. Helena
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St. Tammany
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Tangipahoa
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Etymology
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Washington
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parishes) from 1996 to 1999.
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1947 births
Baptists from Virginia
Republican Party Louisiana state senators
People from Covington, Louisiana
Politicians from Shreveport, Louisiana
Louisiana Republicans
Virginia Republicans
People from Spotsylvania County, Virginia
United States Marine Corps officers
American businesspeople in real estate
American real estate brokers
C. E. Byrd High School alumni
Louisiana Tech University alumni
Webster University alumni
Living people
Baptists from Louisiana
20th-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature