Sam H. Theriot [SEP] date of birth
Sam H. Theriot
Samuel Houston Theriot, usually known as Sam H. Theriot (born August 1954), is a Democratic former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Abbeville in Vermilion Parish in southwestern Louisiana. He represented District 47 in the House from 1979 until 1996.
Background.
Theriot is one of three children of Roy R. Theriot, the mayor of Abbeville from 1956 to 1960, who then became the Louisiana state comptroller, a position that he filled until his death in 1973. His mother was the former
Senate, he was succeeded in the house by Sam H. Theriot of Abbeville, son of the late Louisiana Comptroller Roy R. Theriot. Picard retired as principal when he entered the Senate, but his interest in education continued. Picard was elected to his first full term as senator in the fall of 1979 and again in 1983, and 1987, when he defeated fellow Democrat Wade Vincent, 16,933 votes (73 percent) to 6,203 (27 percent). In the primaries of 1991 and 1995, Picard ran unopposed. He left