Sixty Rayburn
Sixty Rayburn | |
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| File:Sixty Rayburn.webp Rayburn in 1951 | |
| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives | |
| In office 1948–1951 | |
| Preceded by | Murphy R. Williams |
| Succeeded by | N. L. Smith |
| Member of the Louisiana State Senate from the 12th district | |
| In office 1951–1996 | |
| Preceded by | H. H. Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Phil Short |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benjamin Burras Rayburn August 11, 1916 Sumrall, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | March 5, 2008 (aged 91) Covington, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
Benjamin Burras Rayburn (August 11, 1916 – March 5, 2008) was an American politician.[1][2][3] A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1948 to 1951 and in the Louisiana State Senate from 1951 to 1996.[4][5]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Rayburn was born in Sumrall, Mississippi, the son of Thomas Rayborn and Grace Rawls. He served in the armed forces during World War II, which after his discharge,[6] he served as a member of the Washington Parish Police Jury from 1944 to 1948, at the time being the youngest member of a police jury in Louisiana.[7]
Rayburn served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1948 to 1951.[4] After his service in the House, he then served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1951 to 1996.[5] During his service in the Senate, in 1993, he was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.[8]
In 2006, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections renamed the Washington Correctional Institute as the B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center.[9]
Death
[edit | edit source]Rayburn died on March 5, 2008, from complications of lung cancer, at the St. Tammany Hospital in Covington, Louisiana, at the age of 91.[10][11]
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