Henry D. Larcade

Henry D. Larcade

Henry Dominique Larcade (born July 12, 1890 in Opelousas , Louisiana , †  March 15, 1966 there ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1953 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Larcade attended public schools in his home country. During the First World War he was stationed in the US Army at Camp Pike , Arkansas . He was not used in the war itself. After the war, Larcade began a career in insurance and banking. He was also politically active as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1913 and 1928 he was a member of the St. Landry Parish school board .

Larcade served in the Louisiana Senate between 1928 and 1932 . He then worked as an assistant clerk in its administration until 1936 . From 1936 to 1940 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Louisiana . In the 1942 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the seventh constituency of his state , where he succeeded Vance Plauche on January 3, 1943 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five terms in Congress by January 3, 1953 . During this time the Second World War ended . Then the Cold War began . In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was passed in Congress.

In 1952, Larcade declined to run again for Congress. Between 1956 and 1960 he was once again a member of the Louisiana Senate. Otherwise he continued to work in the banking industry. Henry Larcade died on March 15, 1966 in his native Opelousas.

Web links

• Henry D. Larcade in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry D. Larcade in the database of Find a Grave (English)