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4 unusual facts about Ruffin Pleasant


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In Louisiana, Governor Ruffin Pleasant in 1917 signed legislation sponsored by freshman State Senator Norris C. Williamson of East Carroll Parish to authorize state funding to eradicate the cattle tick.

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He was also a delegate to the Democratic convention in 1924, which took 103 ballots to nominate John W. Davis of West Virginia as the party's compromise presidential nominee.

Pleasant was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention of 1916, which renominated Woodrow Wilson for president and Thomas Marshall of Indiana for vice president.

In 1917, Pleasant signed into law a measure by the freshman state senator, Norris C. Williamson of East Carroll Parish, which authorized state funding for the eradication of the cattle tick pest.



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