Jack P.F. Gremillion
Politician
Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion, Sr. (June 15, 1914 – March 2, 2001), was the Democratic attorney general of Louisiana from 1956 to 1972. He was a member of the Earl Kemp Long political faction. As the Attorney General of Louisiana, he was called on to defend state law in the matter of school desegregation. He was a party loyalist of the Democratic Party and was a US Presidential Elector for the John F. Kennedy--Lyndon B. Johnson presidential ticket in 1960. Kennedy and Johnson easily won Louisiana's ten electoral votes that year. In addition to school desegregation, Gremillion played an instrumental role in other landmark cases of the day, including the Louisiana tidelands and the Sabine River Parish boundary cases.
Personal facts
| Birth date | June 15, 1914 |
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| Birth place | Louisiana , Ascension Parish Louisiana , Donaldsonville Louisiana |
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| Date of death | March 02, 2001 |
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| Place of death | Louisiana , Baton Rouge Louisiana , East Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana |
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| Education | Ascension Catholic High School Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center |
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