George Forrest Dunn, Jr. (born September 6, 1928) is the administrator of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport and a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, having served from 1972-1984. In 1980, Dunn made an ill-fated campaign for the United States House of Representatives. He lost to the eventual general election winner, Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer, III, then of Bossier Parish, and later the Democratic-turned-Republican governor of Louisiana from 1988-1992. September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city Baton Rouge [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... This article is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... The Louisiana House of Representatives is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election. ... Charles Elson Buddy Roemer, III, was governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992 and a Democratic member of the U.S. House from 1981-1988. ... Bossier Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Early years, family, business

Dunn was born in Plain Dealing in northern Bossier Parish to George Forrest Dunn, Sr., and the former Gladys Malone. The senior Dunn was a native of Bradley, a village in Lafayette County (pronounced LA FAYE ETTE) in far southwestern Arkansas, located just north of the Louisiana boundary. He was an automobile mechanic. Two other Louisiana Democratic political figures also have roots in tiny Plain Dealing: former U.S. Representative Joe David "Joe D." Waggonner, Jr., and the late state Treasurer Andrew Patrick Tugwell. Plain Dealing is a town located in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. ... Bradley is a city located in Lafayette County, Arkansas. ... Lafayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Joseph David Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. ... Andrew Patrick Pat Tugwell, Sr. ...

Dunn attended Bossier High School, did not graduate, but obtained a General Equivalency Diploma in 1947. He served two years in the United States Navy, having been stationed aboard the U.S.S. Richmond. The GED, General Educational Development, or General Equivalence Degree Test, is a test that certifies the taker has attained American or Canadian high school-level academic skills. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The United States Navy, also known as the USN or the U.S. Navy, is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ...

While they were still teenagers, Dunn married the former Rachel Nelson (also born 1928). The couple had three children: Linda Dunn Turner (born 1947), Robby Jack Dunn (born 1949), and James Forrest "Jimmy" Dunn (1952-1985), who perished in an automobile accident in Oklahoma. The Dunns subsequently divorced, and Forrest Dunn married the former Donna Young (born 1943). The first Mrs. Dunn later married former state Senator Donald Wayne Williamson, originally from Vivian in northern Caddo Parish, and later of Shreveport. Williamson was widowed from his first wife, the former Norma Herring of Vivian. Williamson, like Dunn, spent years in the furniture business. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Vivian is a town located in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. ...

Dunn was a salesman for a number of years before he launched Dunn Furntiure Company, which operated for three decades: 1955-1985. The main location was at 4001 Jewella Avenue in Shreveport, and a second outlet was launched on Line Avenue. Son Robby Dunn assisted in the store for a number of years and later ran a flea market. Dunn said that so many changes had occurred in the production, marketing, and sale of furniture over the years that it was "too much to mention." 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Four years after the furniture store closed, Dunn accepted an appointment from the Republican Secretary of State W. Fox McKeithen, to head the state museum, which is located on the site of the Louisiana State Fair. As museum administrator, Dunn has worked to bring to Shreveport new exhibits of interest to a wide segment of the community, including an acclaimed display on Huey Pierce Long, Jr., and Earl Kemp Long. W. Fox McKeithen (born September 8, 1946 - died July 16, 2005) served five terms as Secretary of State in Louisiana between 1987 and 2005. ... Huey Pierce Long, Jr. ... Earl Kemp Long (26 August 1895 - 5 September 1960) was an American politician and three-time Governor of Louisiana. ...

Dunn's first venture in politics was his relatively brief tenure on the Caddo Parish School Board from 1969-1972. Ironically, Don Williamson had also served on the school board, including a stint as its president. Williamson left the board to assume his legislative seat as Dunn was beginning his board service. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...

Legislative victories, 1972-1984

Forrest Dunn was elected to the state legislature from District 3 in the 1971-1972 cycle, which brought Edwin Washington Edwards to the governorship. He worked in the House with Senator Williamson to obtain four-year status for Louisiana State University at Shreveport. He also fought to place Shreveport police and firefighters under the Louisiana state retirement system. He supported a successful constitutional amendment to require members of the Louisiana Board of Elemenatary and Secondary Education (BESE) to run at the same time, rather than with staggered terms. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Edwin Washington Edwards (born 7 August 1927) is a United States politician who served as governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972 - 1980, 1984 - 1988, and 1992 - 1996), more terms than any other Louisiana governor. ... Louisiana State University of Shreveport (or LSUS) is a branch of the Louisiana State University System in Shreveport, Louisiana. ...

Dunn called for an appointed state superintendent of education, an idea that came to fruition in the next session after he had left the legislature. He credited former Representative Alphonse J. Jackson of Shreveport, the father of state Senator Lydia Jackson of Caddo Parish, with getting the bill passed. The second wife of American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. ...

Dunn said that he managed to acquire a popular water ride from the New Orleans World's Fair of 1984, but the City of Shreveport has never used it. Dunn said that he worked with Republican Governor David C. Treen to obtain six vans for the H.A.P. House on the Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City. The H.A.P. House provides special services for the handicapped. New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. ... David Conner Treen, Sr. ... Barksdale Air Force Base is a United States military base near Bossier City, Louisiana. ... Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. As of the 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 56,461. ...

Dunn also obtained state funds for a master plan for the Louisiana State Fair, which is held each fall, and a master plan and outlay plans for the museum which he administers.

One of Dunn's legislative colleagues was the late R. Harmon Drew, Sr., of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish. Drew's son, Louisiana Circuit Court Judge Harmon Drew, Jr., said that his father considered Dunn one of the hardest working and overall best legislators in Baton Rouge. Their terms coincided from 1972-1978, when the senior Drew returned to his previous post of Minden municipal judge. Richard Harmon Drew, Sr. ... The small city of Minden is the parish seat of Webster Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... Webster Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Harmon Drew, Jr. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

"Didn't get enough votes", 1980

Though he maintains Democratic affiliation, Dunn endorsed Republican President Gerald R. Ford, Jr., in the 1976 presidential election. In 1980, he ran for the Fourth Congressional District seat then held for a single term by former Representative Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, then of Leesville, the seat of Vernon Parish in western Louisiana. He finished fifth among the six candidates. Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Anthony Claude Buddy Leach, Jr. ... The small city of Leesville is the parish seat of Vernon Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. ... Vernon Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ...

The seat was won by Roemer, who unseated Leach in the "runoff", officially the Louisiana general election, which was held on the same day that Ronald W. Reagan unseated Democrat Jimmy Carter for the presidency. When asked about his congressional race, the tight-lipped Dunn said simply, "I did not get enough votes." He declined to support either Leach or Roemer in the second round of balloting. Dunn received 8,208 ballots (6.7 percent). As predicted by some Republicans, Dunn polled more than enough votes to keep the Republican candidate, James H. "Jimmy" Wilson of Vivian from a first- or second-place primary finish, presuming that Dunn voters' second choice in most cases would have been Wilson. The two shared ideas of fiscal conservatism. Order: 40th President Term of Office: January 20, 1981–January 20, 1989 Preceded by: Jimmy Carter Succeeded by: George H.W. Bush Date of birth: February 6, 1911 Place of birth: Tampico, Illinois Date of death: June 5, 2004 Place of death: Los Angeles, California First Lady: Nancy Reagan... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... James H. Jimmy Wilson (January 1, 1931 -- November 19, 1986) was a pro-business Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972-1976, who is most remembered in politics for having switched affiliation to the Republican Party in 1978 and then coming within 266 disputed votes of winning...

Dunn is a member of the Downtown Shreveport Rotary Club, one of the largest in the United States. He is also a member of St. Marks' Episcopal Church in Shreveport. Logo of Rotary International Rotary International is an organisation whose members comprise Rotary Clubs (service clubs) located all over the world. ... The Episcopal Church may refer to several members of the Anglican Communion, including: Episcopal Church in the United States of America Scottish Episcopal Church Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East Episcopal Church of Cuba idk of the Sudan Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church ...

References

Forrest Dunn to Billy Hathorn, November 28, 2006

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http://www.natclo.com/0308/aa80.htm

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http://www.sec.state.la.us/museums/shreve/shreve-longs.htm

http://www.barksdale.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123029658