| 词条 | Jerry Thomas (politician) |
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| name=Jerry Aroe Thomas |image = |imagesize = 150px | | office= Louisiana State Representative from District 75 (Tangipahoa and Washington parishes) | party=Democrat-turned-Republican (1999) | term_start=1988 | term_end=1999 | preceded=Lawrence A. Sheridan[1] | succeeded=Ben W. Nevers[1] |office2=Louisiana State Senator from District 12 (St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes) |term_start2=1999 |term_end2=2004 |preceded2=Phil Short |succeeded2=Ben W. Nevers |office3=Coroner of Washington Parish |term_start3=1980 |term_end3=1988 |succeeded3=Roger Casama | birth_date={{birth date and age|1953|5|23}} |birth_place= | residence=Franklinton Washington Parish, Louisiana, USA | alma_mater=Thomas High School in Franklinton Southeastern Louisiana University Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans | religion=Baptist | occupation=Physician | spouse=Lou Ann Pitre Thomas | children= Four children }} Jerry Aroe Thomas (born May 22, 1953) is a family practice physician in Franklinton, Louisiana,[2] who served in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1988 to 2004. In 1979, at the age of twenty-six, Thomas was elected coroner of Washington Parish, the easternmost of the Florida Parishes in the southeastern portion of his state. He remained coroner from 1980 until he took his legislative seat in 1988. Early lifeThomas was the son of Aroe Thomas (1930–1994) of Franklinton.[3] He graduated from Thomas High School in Franklinton and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond in neighboring Tangipahoa Parish. He received his M.D. credentials from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans.[4] Political lifeThomas was initially elected as a Democrat to the Louisiana House of Representatives in the nonpartisan blanket primary held in October 1987. At the age of 34, Thomas unseated the long-term Democratic incumbent, Lawrence A. Sheridan of Angie in Washington Parish, who was 34 years Thomas' senior.[3] District 75 still encompasses Tangipahoa and Washington parishes. Thomas polled 9,266 votes (60.2 percent) to Sheridan's 6,121 (39.8 percent).[5] In 1991, Sheridan sought a comeback but again lost to Thomas by an identical percentage: 6,312 (39.8 percent) to 9,532 (60.2 percent).[6] Sheridan had been chairman of the House Retirement Committee during much of his 28-year tenure in the House.[7] In 1995, Thomas won his last term in the House by defeating his successor in both the House and the Senate, Ben W. Nevers, an electrical contractor from Bogalusa.[8] In October 1999, Nevers was unopposed for Thomas's former House seat.[9] In the 1995 general election, Short had unexpectedly unseated the legendary B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn of Bogalusa. Rayburn's former district appeared to have turned solidly Republican in the special election of February 6, 1999, when the sole Democratic candidate, Stanley Middleton, polled only 9 percent of the vote. Republican-convert Thomas won the position outright in the first round of balloting with 51 percent of the vote.[10] In 1999, Thomas switched to Republican affiliation to enter the special election for the District 12 seat in the state Senate from St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes. In October 1999, Thomas won the nonpartisan blanket primary for the full Senate term (2000–2004), again over Stanley Middleton, 76-24 percent.[9] In 2002 Thomas pled no contest to one count of lewd conduct at an adult bookstore.(2002)[11][12][13] Though he completed the final year of his Senate term, he did not run again in 2003. Thomas is a member of the First Baptist Church of Franklinton. He has also been affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary International, and the Washington Parish Livestock Association. He is married to the former Lou Ann Pitre (born February 26, 1954), and they are the parents of four children.[4] Thomas has been active in many community affairs, including the building of a new branch library in Franklinton,[14] the seat of Washington Parish. Thomas served on the Senate committees of Agriculture, Transportation, Highways & Public Works, and Insurance.[15] He was credited with assuring state funding of hospitals within his district during a time of budget cuts for such facilities.[14] Thomas contributed to Republicans David Vitter and David C. Treen, when both contested the U.S. House special election in 1999. He also donated to future U.S. Senator Vitter as a congressman and to the gubernatorial campaigns of Bobby Jindal.[16] References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembers1812_2008.pdf |title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2008 |publisher=house.louisiana.gov |accessdate=November 13, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331104823/http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembers1812_2008.pdf |archivedate=March 31, 2010 |df= }} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box |2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md-reports/Dr-Jerry-Thomas-MD-0BAAA4A4.cfm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125004155/http://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md-reports/Dr-Jerry-Thomas-MD-0BAAA4A4.cfm|dead-url=yes|archive-date=January 25, 2013|title=Dr. Jerry Thomas|publisher=healthgrades.com|accessdate=November 13, 2009}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=November 13, 2009}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://enlou.com/officeholders/housedistrict75.htm |title=House District 75 |publisher=enlou.com (Encyclopedia Louisiana) |accessdate=November 13, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111123719/http://enlou.com/officeholders/housedistrict75.htm |archivedate=November 11, 2006 }} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms3&rqsdta=102487|title=Louisiana election returns, October 24, 1987|publisher=sos.louisiana.gov|accessdate=November 13, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms3&rqsdta=101991|title=Louisiana election returns, October 19, 1991|publisher=sos.louisiana.gov|accessdate=November 13, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 7. ^Bogalusa Daily News, "Lawrence A. Sheridan", Obituaries, April 2001 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10211995/10211995_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana election returns, October 21, 1995|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=September 1, 2011}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.la.gov/graphical/|title=Louisiana aprimary election returns, October 23, 1999|publisher=electionresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=September 2, 2011}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms3&rqsdta=020699|title=Louisiana special election returns, February 6, 1999|publisher=sos.louisiana.gov|accessdate=November 3, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 11. ^ {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 12. ^http://www.hammondstar.com, Senator Thomas: Wrong place to shop by Associated Press, Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2002, {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 13. ^http://www.hammondstar.com, Senator Thomas disappoints By The Daily Star, Posted: Sunday, December 29, 2002 12:00 am, {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 14. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://fwpl.tripod.com/id16.html|title=About Us: Friends of the Washington Parish Library|publisher=fwpl.tripod.com|accessdate=November 13, 2009}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://senate.legis.state.la.us/senators/Archives/1999/LinkShell.asp?type=Thomas|title=Senator Jerry A. Thomas|publisher=senate.legis.state.la.us|accessdate=November 13, 2009}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-FRANKLINTON-LA.html|title=Franklinton, LA Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=November 13, 2009}} before=Phil Short |title=Louisiana State Senator from District 12 (St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes) Jerry Aroe Thomas |years=1999–2004 |after=Ben W. Nevers}}{{succession box |before=Lawrence A. Sheridan |title=Louisiana State Representative from District 75 (Tangipahoa and Washington parishes) Jerry Aroe Thomas |years=1988–1999 |after=Ben W. Nevers}}{{succession box |before= John Newman |title=Coroner of Washington Parish, Louisiana Jerry Aroe Thomas |years=1980–1988 |after=Roger Casama}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Jerry (Louisiana Politician)}} 13 : 1953 births|People from Franklinton, Louisiana|American coroners|American primary care physicians|Louisiana Democrats|Louisiana Republicans|Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives|Louisiana state senators|Louisiana local politicians|Baptists from Louisiana|Southeastern Louisiana University alumni|Louisiana State University alumni|Living people |
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