Patrick T. Caffery
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Patrick Thomson Caffery (born July 6, 1932, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana) is a retired Louisiana politician and former United States Representative from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district.
Caffery, the grandson of U.S. Senator Donelson Caffery, grew up in Franklin, Louisiana. An Eagle Scout, he was selected in 1950 in a nationwide competition by the Boy Scouts of America to present a State of the Nation report in the White House to President Harry S. Truman. He graduated from Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1955, having been awarded a music scholarship and having been chosen as coronet soloist with the SLI Stage Band. He received a law degree from Louisiana State University in 1956, where he served as managing editor of the Louisiana Law Review. He practiced law in New Iberia, Louisiana, and was an assistant district attorney there. From 1964-68, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Caffery defeated fellow Democrat Edwin E. Willis, a 20 yr. incumbent, and committee chairman, in the primary election in 1968, was elected without further opposition in the general election, and was reelected in 1970. He did not run for a third term in 1972, and returned to law practice in New Iberia.
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| Preceded by Edwin E. Willis |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district 1969–1973 |
Succeeded by David C. Treen |
