Tom Greene (Louisiana politician)
| Thomas Alan "Tom" Greene | |
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| Louisiana State Senator from District 17 (Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes) | |
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In office 1992–2000 |
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| Preceded by | J. E. Jumonville, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Robert Mark Marionneaux, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 7, 1948 Place of birth missing |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cathy Castleman Greene |
| Children | Holland Greene Nader Craig Castleman Greene Jason Ellfors Greene Thomas Ryan Greene Boyd Owens Greene |
| Residence |
Maringouin Iberville Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Veterinarian; Rancher; Engineer |
| Religion | Christian |
| Tom Greene twice defeated one of the Louisiana State Legislature's most entrenched senators, J. E. Jumonville, Jr., who served from 1976 to 1992 and succeeded his father, who held the seat from 1968 to 1976. | |
Thomas Alan Greene, known as Tom Greene (born September 7, 1948), is a veterinarian and rancher from Maringouin in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, who served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1992 to 2000. He narrowly won the general election of 1991 and prevailed comfortably in the nonpartisan blanket primary in 1995 as a Democrat. During his second term, however, he switched affiliation to Republican.
Greene did not seek a third term in the Senate in the 1999 primary. Instead, he challenged fellow Democrat-turned-Republican Governor Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr. in the gubernatorial primary, but polled only 35,434 votes (2.7 percent).
Greene graduated in 1966 from Fenton High School in the village of Fenton near Jennings in Jeff Davis Parish. He received three degrees, Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He was president of the College of Engineering student body in 1970 and from 1971 to 1974 was an electrical engineer.
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