Paul N. Cyr

Paul Narcisse Cyr (born September 9, 1878 in Jeanerette , Iberia Parish , Louisiana , †  August 24, 1946 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1928 and 1931 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Louisiana.

Career

Paul Cyr graduated from Chamberlain Hunt Academy in Port Gibson in the state of Mississippi and Louisiana State University . After a subsequent degree in dentistry at Atlanta Dental College in Georgia and his admission as a dentist in 1900, he began to work in Jeanerette in this profession. He exercised this until 1939. During this time he was also a member of several dental associations. At the same time, Cyr was also involved in banking and was one of the founders of the First National Bank in Jeanerette. In this bank he rose to the position of acting president. He was also the director of a food company. At times he also worked as a geologist . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . He was a member of their state board. For many years he was a member of the school board at Iberia Parish.

In 1928, Cyr was elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana alongside Huey Long . He held this office between 1928 and 1934. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . After Long was elected to the US Senate , the discussion about his successor as governor flared up. Actually, this office would have been granted to Lieutenant Governor Cyr; But in the meantime he had fallen out with Long. After Long's election to the US Senate, even before Long took office in Washington , Cyr had expressed the opinion that the election of Long ended his mandate as governor and that he, Cyr, had to take over his office immediately. Long was angry because he wanted to remain in office as governor until he took office as senator. With the help of his great influence in the Democratic Party, he was now operating the removal of Cyr as lieutenant governor. He accused of this fraud and eventually forced him to resign. Cyr and Long henceforth shared a lifelong enmity. Paul Cyr died on August 24, 1946 in Jeanerette, where he was also buried. His opponent Long was assassinated in 1935.

Web links

• Paul N. Cyr in the database of Find a Grave (English)