LeRoy J. Louden (born October 12, 1936) is an American politician and former state senator in the unicameral

Nebraska Legislature The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators", the Nebraska Legislature is the small ...

. He is also a rancher. __NOTOC__

Personal life

Born in 1936 in

Alliance, Nebraska Alliance is a city and the county seat of Box Butte County, in the western part of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. Its population was 8,151 at the 2020 census. Alliance is the home to Carhenge, a replica o ...

, LeRoy Louden is a graduate of St. Agnes Academy and Nebraska State Trade School. He was married in 1999 and has six children. He is a member of the Nebraska Cattlemen,

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, and a former secretary of the Dist #119 school board.

State legislature

He was elected in 2002 to represent the 49th Nebraska legislative district. He was reelected in 2004 and 2008.

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Louden, Leroy J. 1936 births Living people Nebraska state senators People from Alliance, Nebraska People from Sheridan County, Nebraska American cattlemen Ranchers from Nebraska