Lloyd George Teekell | |
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Louisiana State Representative from Rapides Parish | |
In office 1953–1960 |
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Preceded by | James R. Eubank |
Succeeded by |
At-large members: |
Judge of the 9th Judicial District Court in Alexandria, Louisiana | |
In office February 1979 – December 1990 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Rapides Parish Louisiana, USA |
March 12, 1922
Died | October 9, 1996 Alexandria, Louisiana |
(aged 74)
Resting place | Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville, Louisiana |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Norma Ruth Warren Teekell (1934-1999) |
Children |
Jesse Warren Teekell |
Residence | Alexandria, Louisiana |
Alma mater | Louisiana State University Law Center |
Occupation | Lawyer and Judge |
At-large members:
Charles K. McHenry
Robert J. Munson
Jesse Warren Teekell
Lisa Teekell-Truett
Lloyd George Teekell (March 12, 1922 - October 9, 1996) was a Democratic politician from Alexandria, Louisiana, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1953 to 1960. Thereafter from 1979 to 1990, he was a judge of the Louisiana 9th Judicial District Court.
Teekell was born in rural Elmer in Rapides Parish. Reared in Glenmora in south Rapides Parish, Teekell graduated in 1948 from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. At LSU, he was listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities and was the vice-president of the student body and president of the student senate. In 1951, Teekell obtained his law degree from the Louisiana State University Law Center. Teekell's law school classmates included other later Alexandria political figures U.S. Representative Gillis William Long, Judge Guy E. Humphries, Jr., District Attorney Edwin O. Ware, III, and assistant DA and Ware's law partner, Gus Voltz, Jr. (c. 1922-2008). Also in the class were later state Representatives George B. Holstead of Ruston and Risley C. Triche of Napoleonville.