Robert "Bobby" Freeman

The Honourable Robert L. Freeman
47th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
In office March 10, 1980 – March 14, 1988
Governor	David Treen Edwin Washington Edwards
Preceded by	James E. "Jimmy" Fitzmorris, Jr.
Succeeded by	Paul Jude Hardy
Louisiana Representative for Iberville and West Baton Rouge
In office 1968–1980
Preceded by	Thomas Marx Hoffman Herman J. Lowe
Succeeded by	Harry A. Kember, Jr. Clyde Kimball
Plaquemine City Judge
In office 1990–1996
Preceded by	William C. Dupont
Succeeded by	William C. Dupont
Personal details
Born	April 27, 1934 Plaquemine, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Marianne D. Freeman
Residence	Plaquemine Iberville Parish
Alma mater	Louisiana State University Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Profession	Attorney, judge
Religion	Catholic Church
Military service
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1961–1969
Battles/wars	Vietnam War

Robert Louis "Bobby" Freeman (born April 27, 1934), is an attorney in Plaquemine, Louisiana, who was the Democratic lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana from 1980 to 1988.

Biography

Freeman was subsequently the Plaquemine city judge from 1990 to 1996. From 1968 to 1980, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He served as lieutenant governor under, first, Republican Governor David C. Treen and then Treen's Democratic successor (and predecessor), Edwin Washington Edwards. He was defeated for a third term in the 1987 general election by the former Louisiana Secretary of State and Democrat-turned-Republican Paul Jude Hardy, a Baton Rouge attorney originally from St. Martinville, Louisiana.

He graduated from Plaquemine Senior High School in 1952, where he engaged in boxing, with among others his classmate and friend Jessel Ourso, later the sheriff of Iberville Parish.^[1] Freeman earned his bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He was a member of the LSU boxing team and was inducted into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977.^[2] Freeman earned his L.L.B. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in New Orleans in 1965. He served in the United States Army from 1956 to 1959 and worked for a chemical company from 1960 to 1961. Early in his career, Freeman practiced law in the Plaquemine firm of Freeman and Pendley. He is a member of the Louisiana and American bar associations. He was chairman of the Plaquemine Planning and Zoning Commission from 1966-1968 and was also a member of the board of directors of the Louisiana Environmental Health Association.

On February 2, 2008, Freeman was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.^[3]

Personal life

Robert and Marianne D. Freeman (born c. 1936) live in Plaquemine, Louisiana. Freeman is a member of the Roman Catholic faith.

References

1. "Diedre Cruse, Sheriff Jessel Ourso named to Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame, July 28, 2010". postsouth.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
2. "Political Hall of Fame inducts 9 in Winnfield". thepineywoods.com. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
3. "Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame". cityofwinnfield.com. Retrieved August 22, 2009.