Craig Robert "Bob" Hensgens | |
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Louisiana State Representative from District 47 (Vermilion and Cameron parishes) | |
Assumed office May 2011 |
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Preceded by | Jonathan Perry |
Mayor of Gueydan, Louisiana | |
In office October 30, 2007 – May 2011 |
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Preceded by | Charlotte Venable-Hartwell |
Succeeded by | David Dupuis |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cameron Parish, Louisiana |
January 26, 1965
Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican |
Spouse(s) | Nancy LeJeune Hensgens (married ca. 2002) |
Children |
Allison Chapman Istre |
Residence | Gueydan, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana |
Alma mater |
Vermilion Catholic High School |
Occupation | Businessman |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Allison Chapman Istre
Beau Istre
Vermilion Catholic High School
Craig Robert Hensgens, known as Bob Hensgens (born January 26, 1955), is a Republican state representative from House District 47 in Vermilion and Cameron parishes in far southwestern Louisiana.
Originally from Cameron Parish, Hensgens graduated from Vermilion Catholic High School in Abbeville, the parish seat of Vermilion Parish. He attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge but dropped out after his father was killed in a farm accident. He thereafter received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is a former director of the Vermilion Parish hospital service district and since 2006 a managing partner in the health care company MH3F. Hensgens is also a former president of the Gueydan Chamber of Commerce.
Hensgens is Roman Catholic. He is married to the former Nancy LeJeune and has three children, Allison Chapman Istre, Beau Istre and Bobbie Jo LeJeune. Hensgens is the proud grandfather of four granddaughters.
Through his victory in a special election held on April 30, 2011, Hensgens became the 55th member of his party to serve in the 105-member Louisiana House. No Democrat filed for the seat though the district had cast two thirds of its votes in 2003 for the successful Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette.