Lloyd F. Wheat

Lloyd Franklin Wheat
Louisiana State Senator from Natchitoches and Red River parishes
In office 1948–1952
Preceded by	A. A. Fredericks
Succeeded by	Sylvan Friedman
Personal details
Born	April 27, 1923
Political party	Democratic
Residence	(1) Coushatta Red River Parish Louisiana, USA (2) Metairie Jefferson Parish
Alma mater	Louisiana State University
Occupation	Lawyer
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Service/branch	United States Army
Battles/wars	World War II

Lloyd Franklin Wheat (born April 27, 1923) is a retired lawyer from Metairie in Jefferson Parish in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana,^[1]who served while in his twenties from 1948 to 1952 in the Louisiana State Senate. He represented a combined district in northwestern Louisiana encompassing his then home base of Red River Parish River along with the much larger neighboring Natchitoches Parish.^[2]

As a resident of Coushatta, the parish seat of Red River Parish, Wheat was elected at the age of twenty-four to succeed veteran state Senator A. A. Fredericks, a former president of Northwestern State University and an administrative assistant and political ally of Governor Earl Kemp Long. Wheat was unseated after one term in office at the age of twenty-eight in the 1952 Democratic primary election by the wealthy landowner Sylvan Friedman of Natchez in south Natchitoches Parish. Friedman was an outgoing state representative and a long-term supporter of Governor Earl Long.

Wheat served in the United States Army during World War II.^[3] He graduated in 1946 from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, which he entered in 1940 as a fresham, with his then residence listed as Grand Bayou in Red River Parish.^[4]He is affiliated with Delta Sigma Phi, Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Lions International.^[3]

In October 2014, Wheat was listed as a No-Party inactive voter in Jefferson Parish.^[5]

References

1. "Wheat, Lloyd Franklin". intelius.com. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
2. "Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2011" (PDF). legis.state.la.us. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
3. "Lloyd F. Wheat". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
4. "Freshman Class of 1941". e-yearbook.com. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
5. "Lloyd Wheat, April 1923". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved October 4, 2014.