Louis Lambert is a politician, lawyer, and teacher from
Prairieville, Louisiana
Prairieville is a census-designated place in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is south of Baton Rouge and north of Gonzales.
Prairieville is an expanding bedroom suburb of Baton Rouge. Its name is derived from the once plentiful ...
. He is best known for his campaign for the
1979 Louisiana gubernatorial election
The 1979 Louisiana gubernatorial election resulted in the election of David Treen as the first Republican governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction Era, Reconstruction in the disputed election of 1872. Incumbent Governor Edwin Edwards was inel ...
, which he lost to
David Treen in one of the closest elections in recent memory. By losing this election, Lambert became the first Democrat to lose a general election campaign for governor in Louisiana since Reconstruction.
Education
Lambert attended
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...
for his undergraduate degree before receiving his LLB from
Loyola University.
Career
In addition to running for governor, Lambert also served as a public service commissioner and state senator in Louisiana.
References
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