Lawrence A. Sheridan
| Lawrence A. "Buster" Sheridan | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from Washington Parish, later from District 75 (Tangipahoa and Washington parishes) | |
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In office 1960–1988 |
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| Preceded by | J. Douglas Shows |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Jerry A. Thomas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 15, 1919 |
| Died | April 9, 2001 (aged 81) Bogalusa Washington Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Melba Spencer Sheridan |
| Children |
Peggy S. Arcement |
| Residence | Angie, Washington Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Religion | Baptist |
Peggy S. Arcement
Dennis Sheridan
Lawrence A. Sheridan, known as Buster Sheridan (December 15, 1919 – April 9, 2001), was from 1960-1988 a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the village of Angie in Washington Parish, the most easterly of the Florida Parishes of southeastern Louisiana. During his latter part of House service he succeeded Shady Wall of Ouachita Parish as the chairman of the House Retirement Committee.
Sheridan’s obituary in the Bogalusa Daily News does not give the names of his parents, his place of birth, his formal education, or his occupation outside the legislature. He had one brother, the late Morby "Bob" Sheridan. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He was affiliated with the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Masonic lodge, and the Order of the Eastern Star. He was a member and deacon of the Angie Baptist Church. He was a president of the Washington Parish Fair Board.
Sheridan’s legislative tenure coincided with that of legendary State Senator B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn, Sr., of Bogalusa. Until 1968, he and two other members served in an at-large district including Washington Parish. Sheridan then served in District 75, while colleague Ed Scogin of Slidell, won the District 76 seat. Sheridan was defeated for an eighth term in the legislature in the nonpartisan blanket primary in 1987 by the Democrat, later Republican, Jerry Thomas, a physician from Franklinton, who was then serving as the coroner of Washington Parish. Thomas polled 9,266 votes (60.2 percent) to Sheridan's 6,121 (39.8 percent). In 1991, Sheridan sought a comeback but again lost to Thomas by an identical percent: 6,312 (39.8) to 9,532 (60.2 percent). Senator Rayburn, meanwhile, was finally defeated in the 1995 general election by the Republican retired military officer Phil Short, who served only three years of a single term. Short in 1999 was succeeded for five years by Sheridan’s House successor, Dr. Jerry Thomas.
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