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Politicians in Insurance in Louisiana

Rodney McKinnie Alexander (b. 1946) — also known as Rodney Alexander — of Quitman, Jackson Parish, La. Born in Bienville, Bienville Parish, La., December 5, 1946. Insurance agent; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1987-2002; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 2003-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 2004. Still living as of 2014.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Paul Capdevielle (1844-1922) — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., 1844. Democrat. Insurance executive; mayor of New Orleans, La., 1900-04. Died in Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Miss., 1922 (age about 78 years). Entombed at St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.   Walter Louis Cohen (1860-1930) — also known as Walter L. Cohen — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., January 22, 1860. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920 (member, Credentials Committee), 1924, 1928; life insurance business. Catholic. African and Jewish ancestry. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., December 29, 1930 (age 70 years, 341 days). Interment at St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, La.   Relatives: Son of Bernard Cohen and Amelia (Bingaman) Cohen; married, February 28, 1882, to Williamina Seldon.   Cohen College Prep High School, in New Orleans, Louisiana, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Alfred LeBlanc — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Steamship agent; insurance business; president, New Orleans Maritime and Merchants' Exchange; Consul for Argentina in New Orleans, La., 1903; Vice-Consul for Argentina in New Orleans, La., 1906-25. Burial location unknown.   Josiah Merrow (1853-1938) — also known as J. Merrow — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; Galveston, Galveston County, Tex. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., April 16, 1853. Steamship agent; marine insurance business; Honorary Consul for Guatemala in Galveston, Tex., 1903-21. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, while also suffering from arteriosclerosis, nephritis, and uremia, in Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pa., May 14, 1938 (age 85 years, 28 days). Interment at Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Lorenza (Whitmore) Merrow and Lewis Thorp Merrow; married, October 8, 1874, to Annie Bartlett Keen.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Cecil R. Middleton (1910-1988) — of DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, La. Born in Louisiana, August 1, 1910. Democrat. Insurance agent; mayor of DeRidder, La., 1940-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1944, 1960 (alternate). Died October 5, 1988 (age 78 years, 65 days). Interment at Beauregard Cemetery, DeRidder, La.   Presumably named for: Cecil Rhodes   Relatives: Son of William Rufus Middleton and Jodie Middleton; married to Dorothy T. Middleton.   Political family: Middleton family of DeRidder, Louisiana.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Rufus Middleton (1876-1934) — also known as W. R. Middleton — of DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, La. Born in Alabama, May 10, 1876. Insurance agent; mayor of DeRidder, La., 1926-34; died in office 1934. Died in Beauregard Parish, La., January 17, 1934 (age 57 years, 252 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, DeRidder, La.   Relatives: Son of William Samuel Middleton and Elizabeth Louisa (Robinson) Middleton; married to Jodie Middleton; father of Cecil R. Middleton.   Political family: Middleton family of DeRidder, Louisiana.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Fernando J. Moreno (1822-1905) — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla., 1822. Democrat. Insurance agent; mayor of Key West, Fla., 1852-53. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., 1905 (age about 83 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Brother of Angela Moreno (who married Stephen Russell Mallory).   Political family: Mallory-White family of California and Florida. Bradstreet Stinson Rairden (1858-1944) — also known as Bradstreet S. Rairden — Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., November 7, 1858. Ship captain; insurance agent; U.S. Consul in Batavia, 1892-97, 1900-17; Riviere du Loup, 1917-20; Curaçao, 1920-24; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Batavia, 1898-1900. Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 9, 1944 (age 86 years, 2 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.   Relatives: Son of Bradstreet Rairden and Mary Brown (Tarbox) Rairden; married, January 12, 1887, to Elizabeth Frances Collins; father of Francis Bradstreet Rairden, Percy Wallace Rairden and David Laurence Rairden.   Political family: Rairden family of Santa Monica, California.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: U.S. passport application (1920)   Ron Roberts — of DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, La. Insurance and real estate business; mayor of DeRidder, La., 2006-. Methodist. Member, American Arbitration Association. Still living as of 2014.   Victor Hugo Schiro (b. 1904) — also known as Victor H. Schiro — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 28, 1904. Democrat. Insurance business; mayor of New Orleans, La., 1961, 1961-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1968. Italian ancestry. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Tau Kappa Epsilon; Optimist Club. Burial location unknown.   Presumably named for: Victor Hugo   Relatives: Son of Andrew E. Schiro and Mary (Pizatti) Schiro; married to Margaret-Mary Gibbes.   Walter Ray Scott, Sr. (1923-2008) — also known as W. Ray Scott — of Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La. Born in Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, La., March 19, 1923. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance business; mayor of Natchitoches, La., 1960-76. Member, Kiwanis. Died, in a hospital at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., February 23, 2008 (age 84 years, 341 days). Interment at Memory Lawn Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.   Relatives: Married 1947 to Betty Jean McCarthy.   See also Wikipedia article

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