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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—LouisianaHenry Dominique LARCADE, Jr.
(1890-1966)
LARCADE, Henry Dominique,
Jr., a Representative from Louisiana; born in Opelousas, St.
Landry Parish, La., July 12, 1890; attended the public and
parochial schools, Opelousas High School, Academy Immaculate
Conception, and Opelousas Institute; during the First World War
served as a private in the Three Hundred and Forty-eighth Infantry,
Eighty-seventh Division, at Camp Pike, Ark., later obtaining a
commission as second lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps,
Officers’ Reserve Corps; engaged in the banking business and
the general insurance business; member of the St. Landry Parish
School Board 1913-1928; member of the State senate 1928-1932;
assistant clerk of the State senate 1932-1936; served in the State
house of representatives 1936-1940; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1943-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomination in
1952; member of the State senate 1956-1960; engaged in banking
business; was a resident of Opelousas, La., until his death there
March 15, 1966; interment in St. Landry Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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