William Billy Nungesser
Politician
William A. "Billy" Nungesser (September 30, 1929—January 21, 2006), was a gravelly-voiced, chain-smoking, and often combative leader of the Republican Party in the traditionally Democratic state of Louisiana during much of the latter twentieth century. A confidant of David C. Treen, Louisiana's first Republican U.S. Representative and governor since Reconstruction, Nungesser broke with his party leadership in 1992, when as the outgoing state chairman after four years of service, he endorsed conservative dissident Patrick J. Buchanan for the GOP presidential nomination, rather than President George Herbert Walker'>George Herbert Walker Bush, for whom Nungesser had campaigned in 1988. Bush was thereafter unseated in the general election by the Democrat Bill Clinton. Nungesser was the only state chairman in the nation to have supported Buchanan.
Personal facts
| Alias (AKA) | William Aicklen Billy Nungesser |
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| Birth date | October 06, 1924 |
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| Birth place | Louisiana , New Orleans , United States |
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| Date of death | January 21, 2006 |
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| Place of death | Louisiana , Shreveport Louisiana , Caddo Parish Louisiana |
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