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