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Engineer Politicians in Louisiana

Edward F. Blewitt (b. 1859) — of Lackawanna County, Pa. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., January 2, 1859. Democrat. Civil engineer; Scranton city engineer, 1883-93; member of Pennsylvania state senate 22nd District, 1907-10. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Patrick Blewitt; married to Mary E. Stanton and Mary Ann "Anna" Blackwell. Richard M. Fontanesi (b. 1963) — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., March 9, 1963. Libertarian. Software engineer; candidate for U.S. Representative from California 50th District, 2002; candidate for U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 2004, 2008; candidate for U.S. Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 2006; candidate for Louisiana state senate 16th District, 2007. Still living as of 2008.   See also OurCampaigns candidate detail   Image source: League of Women Voters of California   Ernest Lee Jahncke (1877-1960) — also known as "Commodore" — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., October 13, 1877. Republican. Engineer; president, Jahncke Dry Docks, New Orleans; U.S. assistant secretary of the Navy, 1929-33; named a Commodore in 1931, and a Rear Admiral in the naval reserve in 1955; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1932, 1936 (alternate). Episcopalian. German ancestry. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Expelled from the International Olympic Committee in July 1936 after taking a strong stand against the Nazi-organized Berlin Games. Died in Pass Christian, Harrison County, Miss., November 16, 1960 (age 83 years, 34 days). Entombed at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.   Relatives: Son of Frederick 'Fritz' Jahncke and Margaret (Lee) Jahncke; brother of Walter Frederick Jahncke; married, June 1, 1907, to Cora Van Voorhis 'Mimi' Stanton (granddaughter of Edwin McMasters Stanton).   Political family: Jahncke-Stanton family of New Orleans, Louisiana.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry Newton Pharr (1872-1966) — Born in New Iberia, Iberia Parish, La., July 19, 1872. Republican. Sugar cane planter; engineer; manufacturer; bank director; candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1908. Methodist. Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Died October 28, 1966 (age 94 years, 101 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, New Iberia, La.   Relatives: Son of John Newton Pharr.   The city of Pharr, Texas, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Stephen Joseph Scalise (b. 1965) — also known as Steve Scalise — Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., October 6, 1965. Republican. Software engineer; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1995-2007; member of Louisiana state senate, 2008; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 2008-; on June 14, 2017, while practicing for a congressional baseball game, he and three others were shot by James Hodgkinson, a left-wing activist; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020. Still living as of 2020.   See also congressional biography — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Encyclopedia of American Loons   William Van Slooten (c.1857-1901) — also known as "The Mysterious Van Slooten" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., about 1857. Democrat. Mining engineer; candidate for New York state senate 5th District, 1893. Died, from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 14, 1901 (age about 44 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of John Van Slooten. Charles Erwin Wilson (1890-1961) — also known as Charles E. Wilson; "Engine Charlie" — of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Minerva, Stark County, Ohio, July 18, 1890. Electrical engineer; president, General Motors, 1941-53; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1953-57. Episcopalian. Famed for saying, during his confirmation hearings, that "for years I thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and vice versa.". Died in Norwood, East Feliciana Parish, La., September 26, 1961 (age 71 years, 70 days). Interment at Acacia Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Erwin Wilson and Rosalind (Unkefer) Wilson; married, September 11, 1912, to Jessie Ann Curtis.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)

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