Charlton Lyons
| Charlton Lyons | |
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Lyons at the age of 27 (1921)
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| State Chairman, Louisiana Republican Party | |
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In office 1964–1968 |
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| Preceded by | LeRoy Smallenberger |
| Succeeded by | Charles deGravelles |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr. September 3, 1894 Abbeville, Vermilion Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | August 8, 1973 (aged 78) Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana |
| Resting place | Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport |
| Spouse(s) | Marjorie Hall Lyons (married 1917-1971, her death) |
| Relations |
Susybelle Lyons (daughter-in-law) |
| Children |
Charlton Lyons, Jr. (born 1921) |
| Alma mater |
Louisiana State University |
| Occupation |
Oilman Businessman Attorney; Rancher |
| Religion | Episcopal |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Susybelle Lyons (daughter-in-law)
David Theophilus Stafford (cousin)
Charlton Lyons, Jr. (born 1921)
Louisiana State University
Tulane University
Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr., also known as Big Papa Lyons (September 3, 1894 – August 8, 1973), was a Shreveport oilman who in March 1964 waged, as a strong segregationist, the first determined Republican bid for the Louisiana governorship since Reconstruction. Lyons also made a strong but losing bid for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives in a special election held in December 1961. At the time of his death, Lyons was considered "Louisiana's Mr. Republican".
Lyons was born in Abbeville in Vermilion Parish in southwestern Louisiana, to a middle-class couple, Ernest John Lyons and the former Joyce Bentley Havard. He was reared in Melville in St. Landry Parish on the banks of the Atchafalaya River. The community was accessible not by railroad but by steamboat. As a teenager, Lyons worked in a Melville soda fountain and during two summers as a water boy for a railroad gang. Lyons' maternal grandfather and namesake, Charlton Wright Havard, was president of the Bank of Melville and the owner of two or three steamboats and several plantations.
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