List of Loyola University New Orleans People - Politics

Politics

• Charles Emile "Peppi" Bruneau, Jr., New Orleans attorney and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976-2007
• Patrick Connick, '83, state representative from Jefferson Parish
• Joseph Cao, Former Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
• James R. Domengeaux, former member of the United States House of Representatives from Lafayette.
• Hunt Downer, Former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives; assistant adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard
• Ray Garofalo, current District 103 member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Tony Ligi (Law), State representative from Jefferson Parish since 2008
• Sean O'Keefe, ’77, Former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator; former Louisiana State University Chancellor; former United States Secretary of the Navy.
• Elmer R. Tapper, '52, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from St. Bernard Parish
• Richard Alvin Tonry, '67, former member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st congressional district.
• Ben Bagert, '68, member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1970-1992.
• Cassandra Chandler, ’84, Assistant Director of Training, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Dan Claitor, '87 Law School graduate, member of the Louisiana State Senate from Baton Rouge
• Edwin Compass, ’00, ’02, Superintendent, New Orleans Police Department
• Jim Donelon, former state representative and current state insurance commissioner
• Hunt Downer, '72, former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• Crozet Joseph Duplantier, Sr., States-Item Sports Editor; the first person to argue publicly that New Orleans could support an NFL Team, worked tirelessly to bring an NFL team to New Orleans, the "forgotten man" of Saints football per Saints owner, John Mecom; Journalism Professor at Loyola; White House political appointee/senior executive, Member of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation; WWII Guadalcanal combat veteran, Pulitzer Honorable Mention for his 1963 non-fiction series, "My Son Chris is Retarded." (The award went for coverage of the JFK assassination.)
• Adrian G. Duplantier (L'49), former State Senator in the Louisiana State Legislature and Federal Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• Manuel A. Esquivel, ’62, former Prime Minister of Belize
• C.B. Forgotston, former New Orleans resident, attorney, political activist, and fellow of the Loyola Institute of Politics
• Garey Forster, former state representative and state labor secretary, fellow of Institute of Politics
• Charles Foti (L ), former Attorney General of Louisiana.
• Kim Gandy, L'78, President of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
• E. W. Gravolet, member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature from Plaquemines Parish
• William J. Guste, 20-year attorney general of Louisiana and instrumental figure of the Carter-Mondale election of 1976.
• Suzanne Haik Terrell, L'84, former Louisiana Commissioner of Elections, Republican councilwoman in the New Orleans City Council, and special adviser to President George W. Bush in the Economic Development Administration.
• Paul J. Hardy, attorney and former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
• Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, member of the New Orleans City Council
• Nita Rusich Hutter (Class of 1974), Louisiana state representative from St. Bernard Parish
• Ed Karst, controversial mayor of Alexandria (1969–1973)
• Raymond Laborde, '49, mayor of Marksville (1958–1970), state representative (1972–1992), commissioner of administration (1992–1996)
• Mitch Landrieu, L'85, Mayor of New Orleans; Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana(2006–2010); candidate for the 2006 New Orleans Mayoral Election.
• Moon Landrieu, ’52, L’54, former mayor of New Orleans; former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Former Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
• Jeff Landry, Law, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from e Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, elected 2010
• Oscar M. Laurel, '41, Mexican-American politician in south Texas
• Harry Lee, L'67, former Sheriff of Jefferson Parish.
• Joseph Lopinto, B.A. and Law, member of the Louisiana State House from Jefferson Parish
• Danny Martiny, Law, member of the Louisiana State Senate from Jefferson Parish
• A.J. McNamara, Law, member of the Louisiana House (1976–1980), U.S. District Judge (1982–2001)
• Edwin R. Murray, '82, L'85, member of the Louisiana State Senate
• Vance Plauche, '18, member of the United States House of Representatives from Lake Charles, 1941–1943
• Julie Quinn, Law, attorney and member of the Louisiana State Senate from Jefferson Parish since 2005
• Dan Richey, '75, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana State Senate and Republican political activist.
• Frances T. Scanlan, ’69, member of the Senior Foreign Service, diplomat in residence at Tulane University.
• John R. Smith, member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature since 1988, Leesville businessman
• Steve Theriot, Accounting, state representative, legislative auditor
• Mack A. "Bodi" White, Jr., state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish
• Robert Wilkie, L’88, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
• J. Skelly Wright ('32, L'34), former U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge, who is famous for ordering the desegregation of Louisiana schools and college during the Civil Rights Movement.