Jesse C. Deen
| Jesse Claude Deen | |
|---|---|
| Louisiana State Representative from District 9 (Bossier and Webster parishes) | |
| In office May 1972 – March 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Ford E. Stinson |
| Succeeded by | Billy Montgomery |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 24, 1922 Reared in Grant Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Democrat-later-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Evelyn Young Deen |
| Children | Former Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen Duane Claude Deen |
| Residence | Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Montgomery (Louisiana) High School |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Jesse Claude Deen (born April 24, 1922)[1] is a retired educator and politician from Benton, Louisiana, who is a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from primarily Bossier Parish. At times, he also represented a small portion of neighboring Webster Parish. He served in the state House from 1972 to 1988.[2]
Background
Deen was reared in the Hargis community of Grant Parish north of Alexandria, Louisiana, a son of Marion Claude Deen and the former Minnie Durham. In 1940, he graduated from Montgomery High School in Montgomery in northwestern Grant Parish. After service in the United States Navy during World War II, Deen earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning. He procured a Master of Science from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.[3]
Political life
In 1948, Deen came to Bossier Parish to work as a coach and principal at the Rocky Mount School in the Rocky Mount community. He was elected to the Bossier Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body akin to the county commission in other states.[3]
Deen was first elected to the state House to succeed the retiring Ford E. Stinson, also of Benton, in the general election held on February 1, 1972. He and Walter O. Bigby, a lawyer from Bossier City, defeated the single Republican candidate, Glenn Earl Clark, Sr. (1924-2011), a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and a retired United States Air Force master sergeant and businessman from Bossier City.[4] Voters chose two candidates from the three-man field. Clark finished a weak third with about one-third of the ballots cast even as the Republican gubernatorial candidate, David C. Treen, won a majority of the vote in Bossier Parish.[5]Deen won his last legislative term in 1983 without opposition.
Long after he left the legislature, Deen switched his party allegiance to Republican.[1] His former seat is now held by a Republican, Henry Burns.
Family life
Deen is married to the former Evelyn Young (born 1930). Her parents were the late Casper Callaway Young, a Bossier Parish native, and the former Cardille Jones, originally from Simsboro in Lincoln Parish. The couple has four children: Larry Callaway Deen, Duane Claude Deen (born 1950) of Kilgore, Texas, Debra Deen, and Pamela Evelyn Deen.[3] Larry Deen, a Democrat-turned-Republican,[6] is a former sheriff of Bossier Parish, having served from 1988 to 2012, when upon his retirement he was succeeded by the Republican Julian C. Whittington.[7] Sheriff Dean ran without opposition in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007.
Deen is a former trustee of Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Click Jesse Deen, April 1922". voterportal.sos.la.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016 (Bossier and Webster parishes)". house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Jesse Claude Deen, July 2, 2003". archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Glenn E. Clark". Shreveport Times. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, February 1, 1972
- ↑ "Click Larry Deen, September 1948". voterportal.sos.la.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Results for Election Date: 10/22/2011 (Bossier Parish Sheriff)". staticresults.sos.la.gov. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Jesse C. Deen". people.equilar.com. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
| Preceded by Ford E. Stinson |
Louisiana State Representative from Bossier and Webster parishes
Jesse Claude Deen |
Succeeded by Billy Montgomery |