Al Ater was an American farmer and politician in

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as

Louisiana Secretary of State The secretary of state of Louisiana (french: Secrétaire d'État de la Louisiane) is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Louisiana and serves as the head of the Louisiana Department of State. The position was created ...

. He served in the Louisiana House from 1984 until 1992. He was a Democrat. He was Louisiana's Secretary of State during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. He had a wife Susie and three children.

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2017 deaths Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives 1953 births {{Louisiana-politician-stub