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W. L. Rambo

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Willard Lloyd Rambo, known as W. L. Rambo (March 22, 1917 – November 28, 1984), was a Democratic member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature, having represented districts in the north central portion of the state during the 1950s and the 1960s. [1]

86 relations: Aerial application, Agricultural extension, Airport, Alabama, Alexandria, Louisiana, American Legion, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, Capital One, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, Cecil R. Blair, Centennial, China, Cigar, Claire Lee Chennault, Colfax, Louisiana, Conservative Democrat, Democratic Party (United States), Dudley A. Guglielmo, Dynasty, Earl Long, General contractor, General election, General officer, Georgetown, Louisiana, Grant Parish, Louisiana, Heart failure, Himalayas, Houston, Insurance commissioner, J. C. Gilbert, Japan, Jena, Louisiana, John McKeithen, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, Lecompte, Louisiana, Lieutenant colonel, List of awards, List of Governors of Louisiana, Louisiana House of Representatives, Louisiana State Legislature, Louisiana State Senate, Masonic lodge, Memphis, Tennessee, Montgomery, Alabama, Morgan W. Walker Sr., Myanmar, Natchez, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Oil, ..., Paul L. Foshee, Pineville, Louisiana, Politician, Rapides Parish School Board, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, Red River Parish, Louisiana, Republican Party (United States), Richard S. Thompson, Robert F. Kennon, Rodeo, Rural area, Sabbatical, Sicily Island, Louisiana, Smear campaign, Southern Baptist Convention, Speedy Long, Sylvan Friedman, Tennessee, Texas, The Hump, The Political Graveyard, The Town Talk, Thomas "Bud" Brady, Two-round system, United States Army, United States Army Air Forces, United States Department of Agriculture, United States House of Representatives, Veterans of Foreign Wars, W. K. Brown, W. T. McCain, William Stewart Walker, Winn Parish, Louisiana, Winnfield, Louisiana, World War II, 4-H. Expand index (36 more) »

Aerial application

Aerial application, or what was formerly referred to as crop dusting, involves spraying crops with crop protection products from an agricultural aircraft.

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Agricultural extension

Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education.

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Airport

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Alexandria, Louisiana

Alexandria is the ninth-largest city in the state of Louisiana and is the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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American Legion

The American Legion is a U.S. war veterans organization headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana and its second-largest city.

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Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

Caldwell Parish (Paroisse de Caldwell) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Capital One

Capital One Financial Corporation is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking and savings products headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

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Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

Catahoula Parish (Paroisse de Catahoula) is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Cecil R. Blair

Cecil Ray Blair (April 2, 1916 – July 6, 2001) was a Rapides Parish farmer and business who was a Democratic member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

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Centennial

A centennial is a 100th anniversary or otherwise relates to a century, a period of 100 years.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Cigar

A cigar is a rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves made to be smoked.

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Claire Lee Chennault

Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1890 – July 27, 1958) was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Republic of China Air Force in World War II.

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Colfax, Louisiana

Colfax is a town in, and the parish seat of, Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States, founded in 1869.

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Conservative Democrat

In American politics, a conservative Democrat is a member of the Democratic Party with conservative political views, or with views relatively conservative with respect to those of the national party.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Dudley A. Guglielmo

Dudley Anthony Guglielmo, Sr. (April 21, 1909 – July 30, 2005), was the Louisiana insurance commissioner from 1964 to 1972.

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Dynasty

A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,Oxford English Dictionary, "dynasty, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897.

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Earl Long

Earl Kemp Long (August 26, 1895 – September 5, 1960) was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Louisiana, serving three nonconsecutive terms.

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General contractor

A general contractor (main contractor, prime contractor) is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project.

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General election

A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

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Georgetown, Louisiana

Georgetown is a village in Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Grant Parish, Louisiana

Grant Parish (Paroisse de Grant) is a parish located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Heart failure

Heart failure (HF), often referred to as congestive heart failure (CHF), is when the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the body's needs.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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Insurance commissioner

An insurance commissioner (or commissioner of insurance) is a public official in the executive branch of a state or territory in the United States who, along with his or her office, regulate the insurance industry.

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J. C. Gilbert

Jess Carr Gilbert, known as J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert (March 6, 1922 – November 21, 2014), was a cotton farmer and a former Democratic member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from the town of Sicily Island in Catahoula Parish in northeastern Louisiana.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Jena, Louisiana

Jena is a town in, and the parish seat of, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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John McKeithen

John Julian McKeithen (May 28, 1918 – June 4, 1999) was an American lawyer, politician, and the 49th governor of Louisiana, serving from 1964 to 1972.

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LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

LaSalle Parish (French: Paroisse de La Salle) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Lecompte, Louisiana

Lecompte is a town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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List of awards

A list of orders, medals, prizes, and other awards, of military, civil, and ecclesiastical conferees.

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List of Governors of Louisiana

This is a list of the Governors of Louisiana (Gouverneurs de Louisiane), from acquisition by the United States in 1803 to the present day.

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Louisiana House of Representatives

The Louisiana House of Representatives (Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Louisiana.

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Louisiana State Legislature

The Louisiana State Legislature (Législature d'État de Louisiane) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Louisiana State Senate

The Louisiana State Senate (French: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana.

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Masonic lodge

A Masonic lodge, often termed a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County.

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Morgan W. Walker Sr.

Morgan Wailes Walker, Sr. (August 20, 1893 – February 20, 1983), was a businessman from Alexandria, Louisiana, who was involved in dairying, farming, bus transportation, hotels, banking, and education.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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Natchez, Louisiana

Natchez is a village in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

Natchitoches Parish (Paroisse des Natchitoches ou Les Natchitoches) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Oil

An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures and is both hydrophobic (does not mix with water, literally "water fearing") and lipophilic (mixes with other oils, literally "fat loving").

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Paul L. Foshee

Paul Lee Foshee, Sr. (born November 12, 1932), is a retired crop duster from Natchitoches, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat nonconsecutively in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Pineville, Louisiana

Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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Rapides Parish School Board

The Rapides Parish School Board (RPSB) is a school district headquartered in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States.

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Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Rapides Parish (Paroisse des Rapides) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Red River Parish, Louisiana

Red River Parish (French: Paroisse de la Rivière-Rouge) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Richard S. Thompson

Richard S. Thompson (December 30, 1916 – December 28, 1997) was from 1972 to 1984 a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 22, which now includes Grant, La Salle, Winn, and Rapides parishes.

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Robert F. Kennon

Robert Floyd Kennon, Sr., known as Bob Kennon (August 21, 1902 – January 11, 1988), was the 48th Governor of Louisiana, serving from 1952 to 1956.

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Rodeo

Rodeo is a competitive sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later Central America, South America, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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Rural area

In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.

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Sabbatical

Sabbatical or a sabbatical (from Hebrew: shabbat (שבת) (i.e., Sabbath), in Latin: sabbaticus, in Greek: sabbatikos (σαββατικός), literally a "ceasing") is a rest from work, or a break, often lasting from one month to a year.

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Sicily Island, Louisiana

Sicily Island is a village in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Smear campaign

A smear campaign, also referred to as a smear tactic or simply a smear, is an effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.

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Southern Baptist Convention

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States.

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Speedy Long

Speedy Oteria Long (June 16, 1928 – October 5, 2006) was a Jena (La Salle Parish) lawyer who was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Central Louisiana from 1965 to 1973.

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Sylvan Friedman

Sylvan N. Friedman (May 19, 1908 – March 18, 1979) was a Louisiana politician, a rare Jewish member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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The Hump

The Hump was the name given by Allied pilots in the Second World War to the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains over which they flew military transport aircraft from India to China to resupply the Chinese war effort of Chiang Kai-shek and the units of the United States Army Air Forces (AAF) based in China.

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The Political Graveyard

The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 277,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information.

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The Town Talk

The Town Talk, started as The Daily Town Talk in 1883 and later named the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, is the major newspaper of Central Louisiana.

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Thomas "Bud" Brady

Thomas Floyd Brady, known as Thomas "Bud" Brady (July 8, 1938 – April 1, 2011), was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who served from 1976 to 1988 from districts which included his native La Salle Parish and at different times neighboring Caldwell, Grant, Rapides, and Winn parishes.

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Two-round system

The two-round system (also known as the second ballot, runoff voting or ballotage) is a voting method used to elect a single winner, where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, and food.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW, or simply Veterans of Foreign Wars) is an American war veterans organization headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

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W. K. Brown

William K. Brown (January 7, 1923 – July 13, 2011) was from 1960 to 1972 a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Grant and Rapides parishes in Central Louisiana.

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W. T. McCain

Wilbur Teal McCain, Sr., known as W. T. "Brandy" McCain (October 19, 1913 – March 16, 1993), was a Democratic legislator and judge from his native Colfax in Grant Parish in north central Louisiana.

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William Stewart Walker

William Stewart Walker, usually known as Stewart Walker (October 6, 1914 – February 6, 1999), was a lieutenant colonel from Winnfield, Louisiana who, during World War II as a United States Army major, rescued 380 of his fellow soldiers from behind enemy lines in Belgium in December 1944.

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Winn Parish, Louisiana

Winn Parish (Paroisse de Winn) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Winnfield, Louisiana

Winnfield is a small city in the parish seat of Winn Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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4-H

4-H is a global network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._L._Rambo

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