Jerry Huckaby

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jerry Huckaby

| image = Jerry Huckaby Scan Doc0002.jpg

| image_size=200px

| caption =Huckaby in 1977

|state = Louisiana

|district = {{ushr|LA|5|5th}}

| term_start = January 3, 1977

| term_end = January 3, 1993

| preceded = Otto Passman

| succeeded = Jim McCrery

| birth_name = Thomas Jerald Huckaby

| birth_place = Hodge, Louisiana,Barone, Michael; and Ujifusa, Grant. The Almanac of American Politics 1988, p. 497. National Journal, 1987. U.S.

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|07|19}}

| party = Democratic

| occupation = Businessman

| alma_mater={{ubl|Louisiana State University (BS)|Georgia State University (MBA)}}

| footnotes=

}}

Thomas Jerald Huckaby (born July 19, 1941) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from {{ushr|LA|5}} for 16 years, from 1977 to 1993.

Background

Thomas Huckaby was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Louisiana, first being elected in 1977. He represented the 5th district for 8 terms, losing his reelection bid in 1992. Throughout his tenure Huckaby served on the Agriculture Committee, the Budget Committee and the Interior Committee. He spearheaded legislation to create the Kisatchie Hills Wilderness, the Poverty Point National Monument, the Saline Bayou Wild and Scenic River, the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, and the Upper Darbonne National Wildlife Refuge.{{Cite web |title=Thomas "Jerry" Huckaby |url=https://lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductee/thomas-jerry-huckaby/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202024022/https://lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductee/thomas-jerry-huckaby/ |archive-date=2023-02-02 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Louisiana Political Museum |language=en-US}} In his 16 years representing Louisiana, Huckaby introduced 81 bills, of which 16 were signed into law.{{Cite web |title=Louisiana House Debate |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?32627-1/louisiana-house-debate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604195040/https://www.c-span.org/video/?32627-1/louisiana-house-debate |archive-date=2023-06-04 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=www.c-span.org}}

After the re-drawing of the Louisiana legislative map, Huckaby was not successful in his 1992 reelection bid facing fellow representative Jim McCrery.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81311257/mccrery-buries-huckaby-in-runoff/|title = McCrery buries Huckaby in runoff|newspaper = The Times|date = 4 November 1992|page = 11}}

References

External links

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[https://www.congress.gov/member/jerry-huckaby/H000901 Congress.gov]
{{C-SPAN|6744}}
[https://www.jstor.org/stable/24396397 Otto Passman, Jerry Huckaby, and Frank Spooner: The Louisiana Fifth Congressional District Campaign of 1976]

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| state = Louisiana

| district = 5

| before = Otto Passman

| years = 1977–1993

| after = Jim McCrery

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Category:1941 births

Category:Living people

Category:Minden High School (Minden, Louisiana) alumni

Category:Georgia State University alumni