William C. Feazel
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United States Senator from Louisiana |
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In office May 18, 1948 – December 30, 1948 |
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| Preceded by | John H. Overton |
| Succeeded by | Russell B. Long |
| Louisiana State Representative from Ouachita Parish | |
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In office 1932–1936 |
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| Preceded by | Tandy T. Webb F. C. Bennett |
| Succeeded by | Paul Fink W. B. Inabnett |
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William Crosson Feazel June 10, 1895 Farmerville, Union Parish Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 16, 1965 (aged 69) Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Hasley Cemetery in West Monroe, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Lallage Feazel Wall Son-in-law Shady R. Wall |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Lallage Feazel Wall
William Crosson Feazel (June 10, 1895 – March 16, 1965) was a short-term United States Senator from Louisiana.
Born near Farmerville, the seat of Union Parish, he attended the public schools and engaged as an independent oil and natural gas producer.
From 1932 to 1936, Feazel was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. On May 18, 1948, he was appointed by Governor Earl Kemp Long as a Democrat to the U. S. Senate to fill the vacancy created by the death of John H. Overton. Feazel served until December 30, 1948. He was not a candidate for election to the vacancy and resumed the oil and gas business in Monroe and Shreveport. His U.S. Senate seat went to his fellow Democrat, Russell B. Long, the son of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., and the nephew of Earl Long. Russell Long first defeated future Governor Robert F. Kennon of Minden in the Democratic primary and then topped the Shreveport oilman Clem S. Clarke, who in 1948 became the first Republican to run for the Senate from Louisiana since implementation in 1914 of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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