Sam A. LeBlanc, III [SEP] position held
Sam A. LeBlanc III
Samuel Albert LeBlanc, III (born November 12, 1938), is a lawyer from St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, who is a Democratic former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 86 in Jefferson and Orleans parishes. His legislative tenure from 1972 to 1980 corresponded with the first two terms of Governor Edwin Edwards.
Family background.
LeBlanc is descended from a political family whose roots reach back into the 19th century. His grandfather, Samuel A. LeBlanc I, a
his grandfather, Sam A. LeBlanc III, is a Tulane Law School graduate and a Democratic former member of the state House of Representatives, having served two terms from 1972 to 1980 for Jefferson and Orleans parishes.
Other LeBlanc family members who held public office included his maternal grandfather, Eloi F. X. Dugas, and a brother, Henry LeBlanc, who were both state representatives for Assumption Parish. Another brother, Robert LeBlanc, and a nephew, George Etienne LeBlanc, were members of the Assumption Parish School Board. Another nephew