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unusual facts about Orleans Parish



Jim Letten

After finishing his law degree at the Tulane University School of Law, Letten worked for Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick, Sr. for four years and then began his career as a prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Melinda Schwegmann

In 1997, she won a special election to the Louisiana State House of Representatives, District 98, from the Orleans Parish Lakefront, a predominantly African American area, previously represented for fifteen years by a conservative Republican Garey Forster.

West End Blues

The "West End" of the title refers to the westernmost point of Lake Pontchartrain in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.


see also

Huey P. Long House

Huey P. Long Mansion, in New Orleans, listed on the NRHP in Orleans Parish, Louisiana

William J. Guste

He had two opponents in the nonpartisan blanket primary, both Democrats, Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry A. Connick, Sr., (the father of the popular entertainer Harry Connick, Jr.,) and Manuel A. "Manny" Fernandez, a state senator from nearby Chalmette in St. Bernard Parish.