J. Emile Verret
American politician, lieutenant governor of Louisiana
About J. Emile Verret
Lived 1885 – 1965 (aged 79). J. Emile Verret was an American politician and businessperson.
J. Emile Verret (September 13, 1885 – February 9, 1965) was a Louisiana politician who served as the 41st lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948.
Born in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Verret received an undergraduate degree from University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute) in 1905, and attended Soule Business College in New Orleans.
In 1947, during his service as lieutenant governor, when Governor Jimmie Davis was out of state and a hurricane forced the evacuation of the capital, Verret signed a proclamation declaring his house in New Iberia to be the acting state capitol for the day. The Daily Iberian republished this article fifty years later. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Veret died on February 9, 1965, and is interred at St. Peter's cemetery, New Iberia, Louisiana.
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American politician, lieutenant governor of Louisiana
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J. Emile Verret was born on 13 September 1885 in Iberia Parish.
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J. Emile Verret died on 9 February 1965.
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J. Emile Verret was a politician and businessperson.
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