Bert Adams (politician)

American politician

Bert Anthony Adams (October 23, 1916 – February 3, 2003) was a decorated war veteran who served from 1956 to 1968 as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana.^[1]

Biography

Born in DeRidder in Beauregard Parish, Adams was a decorated United States Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War.^[2]

Adams won his second term in the Democratic primary election held on December 5, 1959.^[3]

Private life

References

1. "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Vernon Parish" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
2. "Bert Adams". usgwarchives.net. February 5, 2003. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
3. The Shreveport Times, December 7, 1959, p. 2-A