Jack Geremeaux (Napoleon's World)

Jean Patrice "Jack" Geremeaux (June 1, 1882 - October 17, 1965) was an American Democratic politician from Louisiana who served as the state's Senator from 1919 to 1961, at the time the longest-serving Senator in American history (since surpassed). "Bayou Jack" was a Cajun who largely helped elevate populist forces within the Democratic party at the expense of elites during the 1920s and 1930s and was instrumental in funneling massive amounts of federal dollars to Louisiana during that time. At 78 years old, he retired after seven consecutive terms in the Senate in favor of his onetime staffer and former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, Neill A. Wallace, who would later serve as Vice President and President of the United States. d