Terry Clyde Landry Sr. is an American politician from the

Democratic Party of Louisiana The Louisiana Democratic Party (, ) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Louisiana. Dominated by the conservative planter elite through much of the 19th century, the party was historically prominent in politics since before t ...

. He was a member of the

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from 2012 to 2020. He was the first African-American superintendent of the

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. After the

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, Rep. Landry called for gun control measures. In 2025, his son

Terry Landry Jr. Terry C. Landry Jr. is an American politician from the Democratic Party of Louisiana. He was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in Louisiana's 67th House of Representatives district, District 67 in a 2025 Louisiana House of Repre ...

was elected to the state house in a

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1951 births Living people Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature 21st-century African-American politicians African-American state legislators in Louisiana {{Louisiana-politician-stub African-American police officers American gun control activists