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Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Politician members in Louisiana

  Wayne G. Borah (1891-1966) — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Baldwin, St. Mary Parish, La., April 28, 1891. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1925-28; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1928-49; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1949-56; took senior status 1956. Episcopalian. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died February 6, 1966 (age 74 years, 284 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Frank Borah and Fannie (Thomas) Borah; married, April 25, 1936, to Elizabeth Pipes.
  Clarence Bussey Hewes (b. 1890) — also known as Clarence B. Hewes — of Jeanerette, Iberia Parish, La.; Washington, D.C. Born in Jeanerette, Iberia Parish, La., February 1, 1890. Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1948, 1952. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  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.
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