Jack P.F. Gremillion
| Jack P.F. Gremillion | |
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| Louisiana Attorney General | |
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In office May 1956 – May 1972 |
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| Preceded by | Fred S. LeBlanc |
| Succeeded by | William J. Guste |
| Secretary of State of Louisiana | |
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In office 1940–1944 |
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| Preceded by | E. A. Conway |
| Succeeded by | Wade O. Martin, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion June 15, 1914 Donaldsonville Ascension Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | March 2, 2001 (aged 86) Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Doris McDonald Gremillion (married 1942-1989, her death) |
| Children |
Jack P. F. Gremillion, Jr. |
| Parents |
William Kossuth Gremillion |
| Alma mater |
Ascension Catholic High School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army in World War II |
Jack P. F. Gremillion, Jr.
William McDonald Gremillion
Wayne Francis Gremillion
Doris H. Gremillion
William Kossuth Gremillion
Ascension Catholic High School
Louisiana State University
Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion, Sr. (June 15, 1914 – March 2, 2001), was the Democratic attorney general of Louisiana from 1956 to 1972. He was a member of the Earl Kemp Long political faction. As the Attorney General of Louisiana, he was called on to defend state law in the matter of school desegregation. He was a party loyalist of the Democratic Party and was a US Presidential Elector for the John F. Kennedy--Lyndon B. Johnson presidential ticket in 1960. Kennedy and Johnson easily won Louisiana's ten electoral votes that year. In addition to school desegregation, Gremillion played an instrumental role in other landmark cases of the day, including the Louisiana tidelands and the Sabine River Parish boundary cases.
The French-speaking Gremillion (pronounced GRE ME YOHN) was born to William Kossuth Gremillion and the former Genoa Henderson in Donaldsonville in Ascension Parish near Baton Rouge. He graduated from Ascension Catholic High School in Donaldsonville and then attended Louisiana State University and its law school in Baton Rouge from 1931 to 1937. Gremillion's father was a deceased telegraph operator for the Texas and Pacific Railroad; his mother was a school teacher. From meager family means, with four siblings, he worked his way through college mainly at Solvay Chemical in Baton Rouge. He studied law under the tutelage of Fred S. LeBlanc, then a practicing attorney in Baton Rouge, who also served as attorney general. Gremillion later succeeded LeBlanc in that position. Gremillion was admitted to the practice of law and was a member of the American Bar Association.
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