S. S. DeWitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

S. S. DeWitt

American politician

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1914

Place of Birth: Sicily Island, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 19-Feb-1998

Profession: politician, farmer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About S. S. DeWitt

  • Sturgis Sprague DeWitt, known primarily as S.
  • S.
  • DeWitt (September 15, 1914 – February 19, 1998), was a farmer and businessman from Newellton and St.
  • Joseph in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana, who served as a conservative Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1964 to 1972. In 1963, DeWitt unseated 20-year Representative J.
  • C.
  • Seaman of Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish.
  • He had run unsuccessfully against Seaman in the 1959 primary.
  • In his first term from 1964 to 1968, DeWitt represented only Tensas Parish, but in his second term, he was paired with Lantz Womack of Winnsboro, the seat of government of Franklin Parish, in a combined district including Franklin, Tensas, and Madison parishes.
  • DeWitt was hence the last person to have represented a district which included only Tensas Parish, the least populous of Louisiana's sixty-four parishes.
  • Prior to 1968, all Louisiana parishes had a minimum of one member in the 105-member state House regardless of population. DeWitt lost his bid for a third term in the 1971 primary in which he called himself an Independent.
  • Womack was elected in a revised single-member district with a victory over intra-party rival Justin H.
  • "Jimbo" Colvin Jr.
  • (born September 1938), later a member of the board of directors of Winnsboro State Bank and Trust Company.
  • Colvin said that despite his own inexperience, his "disgust with state politics" had compelled him to make the race.
  • In 2016, Colvin was listed as a registered Independent voter in Franklin Parish.
  • After his legislative service, DeWitt and his wife switched their affiliations to the Republican Party.

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