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1916 - 1920 Ruffin Golson Pleasant was the 37th Governor of Louisiana. Anne Ector Pleasant, the governor's wife, is the daughter of Confederate General Mathew Duncan Ector of Texas, dying about a year after his daughter was born. Matthew Ector was a personal friend of Jefferson Davis.
Anne died September 12, 1934 from accidentally drinking a
poisonous antiseptic in a dark bathroom. Exactly three years later,
the governor died. He was Lt. Colonel of the 1st Louisiana Regiment of Infantry, United States Volunteers in the Spanish American War. He completed his law studies after the war and was admitted to the bar in 1899. He maintained an active practice in Shreveport. He was a member of the first LSU football team. He became Shreveport city attorney before becoming Attorney General of Louisiana. He was then elected Governor of Louisiana in 1916 and served in that position during World War I. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention of 1916 and 1924 and was a member of the Louisiana State Constitutional Convention of 1921. |
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Ruffin G. Pleasant
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Anne Ector Pleasant
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