Carl W. Bauer
| Carl Wiegmann Bauer | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for St. Mary Parish | |
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In office 1966–1972 |
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| Preceded by | Spencer G. Todd |
| Succeeded by | V.J. Bella |
| Louisiana State Senator from District 21 (Assumption, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Terrebonne parishes) | |
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In office 1972–1976 |
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| Preceded by | Harvey Peltier, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Guarisco, Jr. |
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Carl Packard Wiegmann October 4, 1933 Centerville, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, US |
| Died | June 11, 2013 (aged 79) Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Relations | Ralph Norman Bauer and Norma Wooster Bauer (adopted parents) |
| Children | 4 |
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Carl Wiegmann Bauer (October 4, 1933 – June 11, 2013) was a lawyer and businessman who served as a Democrat in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1966 to 1976 and capped his career as the chief lobbyist, specifically the "Coordinator of Governmental Relations," for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Born Carl Packard Wiegmann in rural Centerville in St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana, Bauer, also known by the nickname "Wimpy", was the third son of Fred and Mary Packard Wiegmann. After his parents divorced, Carl was placed in foster care at the age of five in Alpine in Brewster County in southwestern Texas. A foster mother, Elma Wooster Boudreaux, cared for Carl until he was twelve. He was then adopted by a distant cousin and Elma's niece, Margaret Wooster Bauer, and her husband, Ralph Norman Bauer, both lawyers in their middle forties and childless. As a teenager, Carl was reared in Franklin, the parish seat of St. Mary Parish. His father, a leading figure in anti-Long politics in Louisiana, served as a member of the Louisiana House from 1928 to 1936 and again from 1940 to 1948. He was the Speaker for his last two terms during the administrations of Governors Sam Houston Jones and Jimmie Davis. In 1929, as a freshman lawmaker, Ralph Bauer led the "Dynamite Squad" which sought to impeach and remove Governor Huey Pierce Long, Jr., from office, but Long was spared conviction in the state Senate.
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