George W. Reese Jr.
| George Wilson Reese Jr. | |
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| Born |
August 10, 1923 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | January 22, 1998 (aged 74) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Residence | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ann Z. Reese (May not be first wife) |
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George Wilson Reese Jr. (August 10, 1923 – January 22, 1998), was a lawyer from New Orleans, who was a leading figure in the development of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Louisiana during the 1950s and the 1960s. He ran for the United States House of Representatives against Democrat Felix Edward Hébert from Louisiana's 1st congressional district in 1952 and 1954 and the United States Senate in 1960 against incumbent Allen J. Ellender. He was prior to 1960 the state's Republican national committeeman.
Reese was the only son of George Reese, Sr. (1886-1952), a California native who worked for the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper, and the former Marcelle Josephine Jacquet (1891-1973), who died in Donaldsonville in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. He had two sisters, Marcelle Reese LeBlanc Couhig (1916-1985) and Rosemary Reese (1922-2000), who also died in Donaldsonville. Marcelle Reese was first married to Sam LeBlanc Jr., who was killed in World War II; the couple had a daughter and a son, Sam A. LeBlanc, III, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1980 and practices law in St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish. From her second marriage to Robert E. Couhig, Sr., Marcelle was engaged in the hospitality business and wrote The Asphodel Plantation Cookbook, with regional recipes. Robert and Marcelle Couhig had, among several children, two other sons who entered politics as Republicans, Rob Couhig, a New Orleans businessman and former candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district and for mayor of New Orleans, and Kevin H. Couhig, the first president of West Feliciana Parish. LeBlanc and the Couhigs are hence maternal nephews of George Reese Jr.
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