Joe Waggonner
Joseph David Waggonner, Jr. (September 7, 1918 – October 7, 2007), better known as Joe D. Waggonner, was 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.
Read more about Joe Waggonner: Waggonner's Background, Defeating Charlton Lyons, Rhodesia, Republican/Southern Democrat Coalition, Relations With Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan, His Chosen Successor, "Buddy" Leach, Waggonner The Methodist, Death, Waggonner's Legacy
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