Phil Short
| Philip Granville Short | |
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Phil Short as a student at Louisiana Tech University (1969)
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| Louisiana State Senator from District 12 (St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes) | |
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In office 1996–1999 |
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| Preceded by | B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Aroe Thomas |
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| Born | January 31, 1947 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Suzanne Richards Short |
| Residence | Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, USA |
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C.E. Byrd High School |
| Occupation | Lieutenant colonel in United States Marine Corps |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Short unseated the legendary Sixty Rayburn in the Louisiana State Legislature but served only three years of his term. He resigned to take a position with the United States Marine Corps in Washington, D.C. | |
C.E. Byrd High School
Louisiana Tech University
Philip Granville Short, known as Phil Short (born January 31, 1947), is a retired military officer formerly from Covington, Louisiana, USA, who served in the Louisiana State Senate for District 12 (St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes) from 1996 to 1999.
Short graduated in 1965 from C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana. In 1969, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. Subsequently, he procured a Master of Arts degree from the private Webster University in Webster Groves near St. Louis, Missouri. While living in Covington, Short was a real estate agent and a member of the trade association, the National Association of Realtors.
From 1970 to 1994, Short is a former lieutenant colonel and a naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps. He is a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served on the military service academy recruitment team for former U.S. Representative Bob Livingston, a Republican from the New Orleans suburbs.
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