Virginia Shehee
| Virginia Ruth Kilpatrick Shehee | |
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| Louisiana State Senator from District 38 (Caddo and DeSoto parishes) | |
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In office 1976–1980 |
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| Preceded by | Cecil K. Carter, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Richard G. Neeson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Virginia Ruth Kilpatrick July 12, 1923 Houston, Texas, USA |
| Died | July 6, 2015 (aged 91) Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport |
| Political party | Democratic Party / later Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) John Andrew Guy (divorced) |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
| Residence |
Shreveport Caddo Parish Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Alexander Elementary School (Shreveport) |
| Occupation | Insurance and funeral home businesswoman |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
(1) John Andrew Guy (divorced)
From first marriage:
Ann Shane Shehee
Andrew Michael Shehee
Nell Elizabeth Shehee Kramer
From second marriage:
Alexander Elementary School (Shreveport)
C.E. Byrd High School
Stephens College (one year)
Centenary College of Louisiana
Virginia Ruth Kilpatrick Shehee (July 12, 1923 – July 6, 2015) was a businesswoman, civic leader, and patron of the arts in Shreveport, Louisiana, who served from 1976 to 1980 as the state senator for District 38 in Caddo and DeSoto parishes. Shehee won her seat in the 1975 general election by twenty-three votes over incumbent fellow Democrat, the late Cecil K. Carter, Jr. She was defeated in 1979 by another Democrat, Richard G. Neeson, who retained the seat until 1992.
Sheehee was the first woman elected to the Louisiana Senate without succeeding a husband. In May 1936, Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes of Greensburg in St. Helena Parish in southeastern Louisiana, was appointed to the state Senate upon the death of her husband, Thomas Myers Holland. Thereafter, Doris Holland then won a special election for the seat.
In 2015, Shehee was listed prior to her death by the Louisiana secretary of state's office in Baton Rouge as a registered Republican voter.
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