Fritz Windhorst
| Fritz Windhorst | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for Jefferson and Orleans parishes |
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In office 1972–1992 |
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| Preceded by | William J. Guste |
| Succeeded by | Francis C. Heitmeier |
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| Born |
Fritz Heinrich Windhorst January 31, 1935 |
| Political party | Republican |
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Not first wife: |
| Children | Stephen J. Windhorst |
| Parents | Richard E. and Jenny Mary Windhorst |
| Residence | Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | Redemptorist High School of New Orleans |
| Occupation | Attorney |
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(1) Windhorst voted as a conservative in both social and economic policies while he served from 1972 to 1992 as a Louisiana state senator from suburban New Orleans. (2) After Windhorst's retirement, a Democrat won Windhorst’s state Senate seat, and the district became increasingly African American. (3) As Windhorst left the Senate, his son, Stephen J. Windhorst, began a nine-year legislative career in the Louisiana House of Representatives in a different district, and was later elected judge in October 2000. |
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Not first wife:
(1) Windhorst voted as a conservative in both social and economic policies while he served from 1972 to 1992 as a Louisiana state senator from suburban New Orleans.
(2) After Windhorst's retirement, a Democrat won Windhorst’s state Senate seat, and the district became increasingly African American.
Fritz Heinrich Windhorst (born January 31, 1935) is an attorney from Gretna, Louisiana, who served from 1972 to 1992 as a member of the Louisiana State Senate for Jefferson and Orleans parishes, originally District 8, and later District 7. Windhorst was a conservative Democrat from 1972 to 1985, when he switched to Republican affiliation. His son, Stephen J. Windhorst, served as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 2000, when he resigned to accept a state court judgeship.
Windhorst was born to a Roman catholic couple of German and Italian extraction, Richard E. Windhorst, Sr. (1913–1985), and the former Jenny Mary Motto (1916–2001), a native of Donaldsonville, the seat of Ascension Parish near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was the daughter of Carmello Motto and the former Angelina Latino. His brother is Richard Windhorst, Jr., and his sister was Angela Windhorst Tripkovich (1938–1999) of Metairie in Jefferson Parish.
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