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J. Emile Verret

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J. Emile Verret
41st Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
In office
May 9, 1944 – May 11, 1948
GovernorJimmie H. Davis
Preceded byMarc M. Mouton
Succeeded byWilliam Joseph "Bill" Dodd
Iberia Parish school board member
In office
1912–1944
Personal details
Born(1885-09-13)September 13, 1885
Iberia Parish, Louisiana
DiedFebruary 9, 1965(1965-02-09) (aged 79)
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceNew Iberia, Louisiana
Alma materUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette
OccupationBusinessman

J. Emile Verret (September 13, 1885 – February 9, 1965) was a Louisiana politician who served as lieutenant governor Louisiana from 1944 to 1948.

Born in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Verret received an undergraduate degree from University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute) in 1905, and attended Soule Business College in New Orleans.[1]

In 1947, during his service as lieutenant governor, when Governor Jimmie Davis was out of state and a hurricane forced the evacuation of the capital, Verret signed a proclamation declaring his house in New Iberia to be the acting state capitol for the day.[2] The Daily Iberian republished this article fifty years later. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus.[3]

Veret died on February 9, 1965, and is interred at St. Peter's cemetery, New Iberia, Louisiana.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Guide officiel des Franco-Américains (1946), p. 364-65.
  2. ^ "New Iberia Serving As State Capital For the Day!", Daily Iberian (September 19, 1947), p. 1.
  3. ^ a b "J. Emile Verret Papers". University Libraries. September 15, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

References

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  • "J. Emile Verret", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 2 (1988), p. 810
  • William J. "Bill" Dodd, Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics, Baton Rouge: Claitor's, 1991
  • Lafayette Daily Advertiser, February 10, 1965
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
1944
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
1944–1948
Succeeded by