Ruffin Pleasant

Ruffin Golson Pleasant (born June 2, 1871 in Union Parish , Louisiana , †  September 12, 1937 in Shreveport , Louisiana) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) and from 1916 to 1920 governor of the state of Louisiana.

Early years

Ruffin Pleasant attended Ruston College , Mount Lebanon College, and then Louisiana State University until 1894 . He graduated from Yale University with a law degree and then Harvard University . In 1899 he was admitted to the bar. During the Spanish-American War of 1898 he was a lieutenant colonel in an infantry regiment from Louisiana.

Political advancement and governor

From 1902 to 1908, Pleasant served as the Shreveport City attorney. Between 1911 and 1912 he was Deputy Attorney General of Louisiana and from 1912 to 1916 he was himself the Attorney General of his state. On April 18, 1916, he was elected as his party's candidate for the new governor. Ruffin Pleasant took office on May 15, 1916. His tenure was overshadowed by the events of World War I , to which Louisiana also had to make its contribution. The state provided money and soldiers. Industrial production was initially converted to armaments requirements and then reduced to normal requirements after the end of the war in 1919.

Another résumé

At the end of his tenure, Pleasant was not allowed to run again directly for constitutional reasons. Therefore, he resigned on May 17, 1920 from his office. In 1921 he was a delegate to a congress to revise the state constitution of Louisiana. Pleasant was also a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention in New York . He had already exercised this mandate in 1916. Ruffin Pleasant died in September 1937. He was married to Ann Ector.

Web links

• Ruffin Pleasant at the National Governors Association (English)
• The governors of Louisiana (English)
• Ruffin Pleasant in the database of Find a Grave (English)