Grove Stafford
| David Grove Stafford, Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for Rapides Parish |
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In office 1940–1948 |
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| Preceded by | George W. Lee |
| Succeeded by | C. H. "Sammy" Downs |
| Louisiana State Senate President Pro Tempore | |
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In office 1944–1948 |
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| Preceded by | Frank B. Ellis |
| Succeeded by | Dudley J. LeBlanc |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 26, 1897 |
| Died | June 21, 1975 (aged 77) Alexandria, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Emily Gaiennie Stafford |
| Relations |
Leroy Augustus Stafford (grandfather) |
| Children |
Grove Stafford, Jr. |
| Parents | Leroy Augustus and Bertha Moore Hyams Stafford |
| Residence | Alexandria, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Missing |
| Occupation | Attorney |
September 26, 1897
Alexandria
Rapides Parish
Leroy Augustus Stafford (grandfather)
Thomas Overton Moore (maternal great-grandfather)
Grove Stafford, Jr.
Emily Stafford Brame McNeely
Margaret S. Daniel
David Grove Stafford, Sr., known as Grove Stafford (September 26, 1897 – June 21, 1975), was an attorney in Alexandria, Louisiana, who represented Rapides Parish as a Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate for two terms from 1940 to 1948 during the administrations of Governors Sam Houston Jones and Jimmie Davis. Under Davis, Stafford was the State Senate President Pro Tempore.
Descended from two prominent families, Stafford was the fifth of eight children of Leroy Augustus Stafford, Jr. (1869-1923), an Alexandria native and a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. His grandfather, also named Leroy Augustus Stafford, was a general for the Confederate States of America in the Civil War who was mortally wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness. His uncle, David Theophilus Stafford, was a four-term Rapides Parish sheriff from 1888 to 1904. Stafford's mother, the former Bertha Moore Hyams (1870-1959), was a granddaughter of Louisiana Civil War Governor Thomas Overton Moore. The youngest of Stafford's siblings, Thomas Overton Moore Stafford (1905-1973), was an uncle by marriage of the late U.S. Representative Harold B. McSween of Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded.
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