Larry S. Bankston
| Larry Stephen Bankston Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for District 15 (East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes) | |
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In office 1988–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas H. Hudson |
| Succeeded by | Wilson Fields |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 22, 1951 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Jane Vance Bankston, now Jane Smith (2) Lynn Naebers Krielow Bankston |
| Children | From first marriage: Larry Stephen Bankston Jr. Lauren Bankston Petty Benjamin V. Bankston Hunter W. Bankston Stepchildren: Kendall J. Krielow Ashlyn C. Krielow |
| Alma mater |
Broadmoor Senior High School |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Broadmoor Senior High School
Louisiana State University
Larry Stephen Bankston Sr. (born January 22, 1951) is an attorney from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who served from 1988 to 1996 as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from the southeastern District 15 (East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes).
Bankston is the son of the late long-term Louisiana Democratic Party chairman Jesse Bankston and the former Ruth Paine (1918–1997). Ruth Bankston was a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Democratic Executive Committee and was a delegate to two national party conventions. Larry Bankston has a sister, Shirley B. Newsham, and two brothers, Dale Leon Bankston and Jesse Bankston Jr., an assistant district attorney in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Bankston graduated from Broadmoor Senior High School and Louisiana State University, both in Baton Rouge, and Loyola University Law School in New Orleans. He is a member of the legal honor society Phi Delta Phi and contributed to the Loyola Law Review. Bankston was admitted to the bar in 1976.
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