Sylvan Friedman
| Sylvan N. Friedman | |
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| Louisiana State Senator from Natchitoches and Red River parishes | |
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In office 1952–1972 |
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| Preceded by | Lloyd F. Wheat |
| Succeeded by | Paul L. Foshee |
| Louisiana State Representative from Natchitoches Parish | |
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In office 1944–1952 |
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| Preceded by |
John O. Williams |
| Succeeded by | Monnie T. Cheves |
| Natchitoches Parish Police Jury | |
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In office 1932–1944 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 19, 1908 NatchezLouisiana, USA |
| Died | March 18, 1979 (aged 70) , Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth H. Friedman |
| Relations |
J. Isaac Friedman (uncle) |
| Children | Sam Friedman |
| Occupation | Farmer; Rancher |
| Religion | Jewish |
John O. Williams
J. Isaac Friedman (uncle)
Sylvan N. Friedman (May 19, 1908 – March 18, 1979) was a Louisiana politician, a rare Jewish member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature. He served from in the House of Representatives from 1944 to 1952 and then in the State Senate from 1952 until his defeat in 1972.
Friedman was born in Natchez in Natchitoches Parish, not to be confused with the larger and better known Natchez in Mississippi. He was a large landowner, a farmer, and a cattleman, even the president of the Louisiana Cattleman’s Association. Prior to his legislative service, Friedman was a member of the Natchitoches Parish Police Jury, the equivalent to the county commission in other states, including eight years as the jury president. During his tenure, Natchitoches Parish in 1939 erected its existing courthouse in downtown .
In the state House, Friedman and Numa T. Delouche, a Roman Catholic from Cloutierville, filled the Natchitoches Parish seats vacated in 1944 by John O. Williams and Arthur C. Watson, an attorney and bank director who later was chairman of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee. In Friedman’s second House term, which began in 1948, Delouche was replaced by Roy Sanders, the principal of Readhimer High School in the Chestnut community north of Black Lake and a leader in the push for adult education in the legislature. When Friedman won election to the Senate, the Friedman and Sanders House seats were taken by two other Democrats, Curtis Boozman and Monnie T. Cheves, a member of the Northwestern State University faculty.
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