John C. Ensminger
| John Clifford Ensminger, Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from Ouachita Parish (now District 14) | |
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In office 1972–1991 |
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| Preceded by |
James L. Dennis |
| Succeeded by | Charles McDonald |
| Louisiana State Senator from District 34 (Ouachita Parish) | |
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In office 1991–1992 |
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| Preceded by | Lawson Swearingen |
| Succeeded by | Charles D. Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1934 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Gladys G. Ensminger |
| Children | John C. Ensminger, Jr., Susan E. Jenkins, Paula E. Gandy |
| Residence | Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | Neville High School in Monroe |
| Occupation | Insurance agent |
| Religion | Presbyterian Church in the United States |
| In his last election, Ensminger defeated E. Frank Snellings, the husband of U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, for a one-year unexpired term in the Louisiana State Senate from Ouachita Parish. | |
James L. Dennis
James Peyton Smith
John Clifford Ensminger, Sr. (born August 1934), is a State Farm Insurance agent in Monroe, Louisiana, who served for two decades in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature. Ensminger was elected in 1972 as a conservative Democrat to the Louisiana House of Representatives from Ouachita Parish, now District 14. He succeeded James L. Dennis, who was elected as a judge on the Fourth Judicial District Court based in Monroe.
During the 1980-1984 term, Ensminger and the sergeant-at-arms, Richard L. Barrios, were compelled to grab a colleague, Shady R. Wall of West Monroe, when Wall pulled out a pistol from a boot holster during a fit of rage at Carl N. Gunter, Jr., of Rapides Parish, who had accidentally shut off Wall's conference ongoing telephone call with Wall's bank in Monroe.
In 1985, Ensminger switched to Republican affiliation, as did his colleague, the late Jock Scott of Alexandria. In 1987, in his first election as a Republican, he was forced into a general election with the Democrat Billy Daniel, whom he then defeated, 6,195 (57.4 percent) to 4,607 (42.6 percent). For a time, he was the chairman of the House Commerce Committee, with his friend Ron Gomez of Lafayette, serving as vice-chairman.
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