ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 259
BY REPRESENTATIVES BARRAS, THOMAS, GREGORY MILLER, ABRAHAM,
AMEDEE, ANDERS, BACALA, BAGLEY, BERTHELOT, BISHOP,
BOURRIAQUE, CARMODY, ROBBY CARTER, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY,
CONNICK, COUSSAN, CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, DWIGHT,
EDMONDS, EMERSON, FALCONER, FOIL, GAROFALO, GLOVER, GUINN,
LANCE HARRIS, HENRY, HILFERTY, HODGES, HOFFMANN, HOLLIS,
HORTON, HOWARD, HUVAL, IVEY, MIKE JOHNSON, NANCY LANDRY,
LEOPOLD, MACK, MAGEE, MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, JAY
MORRIS, JIM MORRIS, MOSS, MUSCARELLO, PEARSON, POPE, PUGH,
PYLANT, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SIMON, STAGNI, STEFANSKI,
STOKES, TALBOT, TURNER, WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE
A RESOLUTION
To designate the Louisiana Republican Legislative Delegation office suite within the state
capitol in honor of Charles D. "Charlie" Lancaster, Jr.
WHEREAS, first elected in 1971, Charles D. "Charlie" Lancaster, Jr., served as a
distinguished member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for thirty-two years; and
WHEREAS, Charlie Lancaster was the first Republican elected to office in Jefferson
Parish and the longest-serving Republican elected official in Louisiana history; he is credited
with making significant contributions to build the Republican Party in Jefferson Parish and
across Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, during his long and highly effective career in public service, Charlie
Lancaster fully used every opportunity to serve his constituency and the citizens of the state
of Louisiana in an honorable and dedicated manner; and
WHEREAS, seldom has there been a member of the legislature who earned the
reputation for civility and bipartisanship held by Charlie Lancaster, who was regarded most
highly by all members of the legislature as one of the most effective members of this
distinguished body, a true representative of the needs and interests of his district and the
state as a whole; and
WHEREAS, Charlie Lancaster was a man whose dedication to improving Louisiana
was always evident, for he was a public servant whose concern for his fellow citizens was
a key component in making public policy; and
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WHEREAS, it is the intention of the members of the House of Representatives to
recognize and to honor the extraordinary contributions of Charles D. "Charlie" Lancaster,
Jr., to the legislature as an institution and to the state and to distinguish the Republican
Legislative Delegation office suite in the state capitol by naming it after Charles D. "Charlie"
Lancaster, Jr.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby name and designate the office suite occupied by the
Republican Legislative Delegation in the Louisiana State Capitol as the Lancaster Suite, by
which designation such office suite in the basement of the capitol building shall be known
hereafter.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that appropriate steps shall be taken to install signs
or other markers to appropriately designate the office suite as the Lancaster Suite.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
family of Charles D. "Charlie" Lancaster, Jr., the caucus administrator of the Louisiana
Republican Legislative Delegation, the commissioner of administration, the speaker of the
House of Representatives, and the president of the Senate.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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