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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 34
BY SENATORS WALSWORTH, ALARIO, ALLAIN, APPEL, BARROW, BISHOP,
BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CHABERT, CLAITOR, COLOMB,
CORTEZ, DONAHUE, ERDEY, FANNIN, GATTI, HEWITT, JOHNS,
LAFLEUR, LAMBERT, LONG, LUNEAU, MARTINY, MILKOVICH,
MILLS, MIZELL, MORRELL, MORRISH, PEACOCK, PERRY,
PETERSON, PRICE, RISER, GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH, TARVER,
THOMPSON, WARD AND WHITE AND REPRESENTATIVE
THOMAS
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Charles Doerr Lancaster Jr. upon his induction into the Louisiana Political
Museum and Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, Charles Doerr Lancaster Jr. is one of the state's most prominent political
leaders and holds the record as the longest serving Republican member of the Louisiana
House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, born on September 22, 1943, in Metairie, he is a graduate of Jesuit High
School in New Orleans, received his bachelor of art's degree from the University of
Southwest Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), and earned a Juris
Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law; and
WHEREAS, he was only twenty-eight years old when he was originally elected to
the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent the people of District 80, and his
lengthy career would span eight nonconsecutive four-year terms, a record unsurpassed by
any other Republican in the state; and
WHEREAS, he was an active party builder in the days when there were few
Republicans in Louisiana, and served as chairman of the House Committee on House and
Governmental Affairs, and as a member of the Executive Committee, the Legislative
Budgetary Control Council, and the Special Committee on Disaster Planning; and
WHEREAS, his distinguished legislative career established him as an important
conservative voice advocating for small government, low taxes, pro-business policies, and
family values; and
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WHEREAS, although he is no longer serving in the legislature, he is active in the
American Legislative Exchange Council, the Jefferson Bar Association, the Louisiana Bar
Association, the Jefferson Performing Arts Society, the New Orleans Sports Foundation, the
Southern Republican Exchange, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and is a
fellow at the Loyola University Institute of Politics; and
WHEREAS, of all his achievements, none is greater than his happy marriage to his
wife Patches Shannon Lancaster; and
WHEREAS, Charles Doerr Lancaster Jr. has rightly earned his place among the
many legends in state politics because of his long and successful career and his many years
serving the people of Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Charles Doerr Lancaster Jr. upon his induction into the Louisiana
Political Museum and Hall of Fame.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Charles Doerr Lancaster Jr.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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