Henry L. Fuqua

Henry Luse Fuqua was a Baton Rouge businessman and, for his last two and a half years, a Governor of Louisiana. During 1924, Fuqua defeated both Huey Long and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud to succeed John M. Parker in the states governorship. He died halfway into his term, and Lieutenant Governor Oramel H. Simpson took over the top post.

Fuqua was born in Baton Rouge to James Overton Fuqua and the former Jeanette Fowles. He was educated at Magruders Collegiate Institute and Louisiana State University, both in Baton Rouge. On June 4, 1890, Fuqua married the former Laura Matta , and they had two children, Matta Fuqua and Henry L. Fuqua, Jr.

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