Jesse J. Guidry

Jesse J. Guidry
Louisiana State Representative
for St. Martin and Iberia parishes
In office
1973–1981
Governor David C. Treen
Preceded by J. Burton Angelle
Succeeded by Harry L. Benoit
Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
In office
1981–1984
Preceded by J. Burton Angelle
Succeeded by J. Burton Angelle
Personal details
Political party Democratic
Parents Thomas D., Sr., and Therese Angelle Guidry
Residence Cecilia, St. Martin Parish
Louisiana, USA
Not to be confused with Dick Guidry, another Louisiana state representative

Jesse J. Guidry (dates of birth and death missing; probably March 21, 1921 September 2, 1987)[1] was a Democratic politician from Cecilia in St. Martin Parish in South Louisiana, who served from 1973 to 1981 as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives during the first two administrations of Governor Edwin Washington Edwards.[2]

Early life

Guidry was the son of Thomas D. Guidry, Sr. (1895-1965), and the former Therese Angelle (1893-1963). He had a sister, Elizabeth L. Castille (1930-2013) of Breaux Bridge in St. Martin Parish,[3] and a brother, Thomas Guidry, Jr. (February 23, 1932 July 5, 2015), an accountant from Cecilia.[4]

Political career

Guidry won a special election in 1973 to succeed Representative J. Burton Angelle, who became the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in the first two Edwards administrations. Coincidentally, eight years later, Guidry himself succeeded Angelle as LDWF secretary in the single term of Republican Governor David C. Treen. Guidry's House tenure had also spilled over into the first year of the Treen administration.

While he was LDWF secretary, Guidry was sued by Voison's Oyster House, Inc., of Houma in Terrebonne Parish on grounds that Guidry had denied the company oyster leases. The trial court ordered summary judgment on grounds that Guidry was exempt from suit in federal court under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution (1791), which requires that suits filed against states be heard in state courts. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans affirmed the Eleventh Amendment in 1986 and ordered dismissal of Voison's suit, not on the merits, but on the lack of proper jurisdiction.[5]

When Edwards returned to the governorship in 1984 after having unseated Treen, Angelle succeeded Guidry for a third term as the LDWF secretary.[6] Like Guidry, Angelle had ties to Cecilia.

In 1988, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters in the capital city of Baton Rouge was named in Guidry's honor.[7]

References

  1. "Jesse J. Guidry". findagrave.com. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  2. "Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: St. Martin Parish" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  3. "Elizabeth Guidry Castille". pellerinfuneralhome.com. March 19, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  4. "Thomas D. "Boy" Guidry, Jr.". findagrave.com. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  5. "Voisin's Oyster House, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Jesse J. Guidry, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, Defendants-appellees, 799 F.2d 183 (5th Cir. 1986)". law.justia.com. September 8, 1986. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  6. "James Burton Angelle, Sr.". Baton Rouge Morning Advocate on findagrave.com. August 28, 1997. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  7. "2011 Louisiana Revised Statutes: Title 56 — Wildlife and Fisheries: RS 56:7.1 — Jesse J. Guidry Center for Wildlife and Fisheries Resources". law.justia.com. 1988. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
Preceded by
J. Burton Angelle
Louisiana State Representative for St. Martin and Iberia parishes

Jesse J. Guidry
(alongside Bo Ackal, Ted Haik, V.J. Bella, and J. Richard Breaux)
19731981

Succeeded by
Harry L. Benoit
Preceded by
J. Burton Angelle
Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Jesse J. Guidry
19811984

Succeeded by
J. Burton Angelle


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