Fred S. LeBlanc
| Fred S. LeBlanc, Sr. | |
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| Louisiana Attorney General | |
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In office 1944–1948 |
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| Preceded by | Eugene Stanley |
| Succeeded by | Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr. |
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In office May 1952 – May 1956 |
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| Preceded by | Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Jack P. F. Gremillion |
| Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
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In office 1941–1944 |
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| Preceded by | W. H. Bynum |
| Succeeded by | Powers Higginbotham |
| Judge of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District court | |
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In office April 11, 1958 – June 11, 1969 |
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| Succeeded by | John S. Covington |
| Personal details | |
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July 24, 1897 Near Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Died | June 11, 1969 (aged 71) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Genieveve Bruce LeBlanc |
| Children |
Fred S. LeBlanc, Jr. (born 1926) |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University Law Center |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Fred S. LeBlanc, Jr. (born 1926)
Francis P. H. LeBlanc (born 1929)
Judge Daniel W. LeBlanc
Lawrence LeBlanc (deceased)
Frederick Saugrain LeBlanc, Sr., known as Fred S. LeBlanc (July 24, 1897 – June 11, 1969), was a 20th-century politician in the U.S. state of Louisiana who served two terms as his state's attorney general and was firmly allied with the anti-Long faction of the predominant Democratic Party.
LeBlanc graduated in 1916 from Catholic High School in Baton Rouge. He thereafter graduated in 1920 from the Louisiana State University Law Center. For a time he was a Louisiana State University professor and the district attorney of West Baton Rouge Parish From 1941 to 1944, LeBlanc was the mayor of Baton Rouge. In 1944, LeBlanc was elected state attorney general in the first administration of Governor Jimmie Davis. He defeated by a relatively narrow margin the Long-backed candidate, State Senator Joe T. Cawthorn of Mansfield in DeSoto Parish. Eliminated in the 1944 primary was the one-term incumbent Eugene Stanley, won the office on the Sam H. Jones intra-party ticket in 1940, and Kemble Kenneth Kennedy, Sr. (1903-1952) of Tangipahoa Parish. .
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