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Chuck McMains

Francis Charles "Chuck" McMains, Jr.
Louisiana House of Representatives (District 69)
In office
1992–2001
Preceded by Edward Clark Gaudin
Succeeded by Gary James Beard
Louisiana Republican Party State Chairman
In office
2000–2000
Preceded by Mike Francis
Succeeded by Pat Brister
Personal details
Born (1948-10-14) October 14, 1948 (age 68)
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Mary Lynn Coit McMains (married 1970)
Children

Francis Charles McMains, III
Daniel Coit McMains

Cooper Greer McMains
Alma mater

Louisiana State University Laboratory School
Louisiana State University

University of Virginia Law School
Occupation Attorney, businessman, lobbyist
Religion United Methodist

Francis Charles McMains, III
Daniel Coit McMains

Louisiana State University Laboratory School
Louisiana State University

Francis Charles McMains, Jr., known as Chuck McMains (born October 14, 1948), is a Baton Rouge attorney and businessman who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 2001 from District 69 in East Baton Rouge Parish. In 1996, McMains made an unsuccessful race for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Democrat J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.

McMains was born in Norfolk, Virginia, to Dr. and Mrs. Francis McMains, Sr. He graduated in 1966 from the Louisiana State University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge. He procured a Bachelor of Arts degree from LSU in 1970 and a Juris Doctor in 1973 from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He also holds Certified Life Underwriter designation in the life insurance field.

McMains is a Methodist. His wife is the former Mary Lynn Coit (born April 1948), a granddaughter of the plantation manager J. H. Netterville of Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana. McMains' father-in-law, Wilson Lindsey Coit (1911-1999), was for many years the Chevrolet and John Deere dealer in Newellton. His mother-in-law, Elizabeth Netterville Coit (1913-2004), was born on the Balmoral Plantation in Newellton and taught in the Newellton schools for forty-two years. The Coits are interred at Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton.Chuck and Mary Lynn McMains have three sons, Francis Charles McMains III, Daniel Coit McMains, and Cooper Greer McMains.


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