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Name |
Waggonner, Joseph David, Jr. (Rep.) |
Birthplace |
Plain Dealing, LA |
Born |
07 Sep 1918 |
Children |
Carol Jean Waggonner Johnston; David Waggonner |
Deceased |
07 Oct 2007 |
Deceased where |
Shreveport, LA |
Father |
Joseph David Waggonner, Sr. |
Mother |
Elizibeth Johnston Waggonner |
Notes |
a Democratic U.S. Representative from Bossier Parish who represented the Fourth Congressional District of northwest Louisiana from December 1961 until January 1979. He was also a confidant of Republican U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, and in 1974 hosted Nixon's first public appearance after his resignation amid the Watergate scandal |
Occupation |
He ran a wholesale petroleum products distribution agency that serviced northern Bossier Parish. Waggonner was first elected to public office in 1954 to a seat on the Bossier Parish School Board, of which he was president from 1956 to 1957. |
Spouse |
Mary Ruth Carter Waggonner |
Titles & honors |
During World War II and the Korean War, Waggonner in the Navy attained the rank of lieutenant commander. After his active service, he remained thereafter in the U.S. Naval Reserve. |
