John B. Fournet
| John Baptiste Fournet | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from St. Martin Parish | |
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In office 1928–1932 |
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| Preceded by | J.H. Heinen |
| Succeeded by | John T. Hood |
| Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives | |
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In office 1928–1932 |
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| Preceded by | William Clark Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Allen J. Ellender |
| 35th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana | |
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In office 1932–1935 |
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| Governor | Oscar K. Allen |
| Preceded by | Alvin O. King |
| Succeeded by | Thomas C. Wingate |
| Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court | |
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In office 1935–1949 |
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| Chief Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court | |
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In office 1949–1970 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 27, 1895 St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | June 3, 1984 (aged 88) Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi |
| Resting place | Fournet Cemetery in St. Martinville, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sylvia Ann Fournet |
| Parents | Louis Michel and Marcelite Gauthier Fournet |
| Occupation | Attorney, Educator |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
John Baptiste Fournet (July 27, 1895 – June 3, 1984) was a Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, lieutenant governor (1932–1935) of his state, and associate justice (1935–1949) and Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1949–1970). He was an original backer of Governor and United States Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr.
Fournet was the oldest of ten children born to Louis Michel Fournet, a wealthy sugar planter, and the former Marcelite Gauthier in St. Martinville, the seat of St. Martin Parish in south Louisiana. He attended public schools in St. Martin Parish, and in 1913, he became a teacher in a one-room rural schoolhouse in southwestern Louisiana. In 1915, he graduated with honors from Northwestern State University (then Louisiana State Normal College) in and returned to his teaching career. He taught in Vernon, Jefferson Davis, and Pointe Coupee parishes. At the age of twenty, he was already the principal of Morganza High School in Morganza, a village near the Mississippi River in Pointe Coupee Parish.
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