Preceded by William C. Dupont Name Robert Freeman Spouse Marianne D. Freeman Succeeded by Paul Hardy | Political party Democratic Role Attorney Party Democratic Party Battles and wars Vietnam War | |
Governor David Treen
Edwin Washington Edwards Preceded by James E. "Jimmy" Fitzmorris, Jr. Preceded by Thomas Marx Hoffman
Herman J. Lowe Born April 27, 1934 (age 90)
Plaquemine, Louisiana, U.S. ( 1934-04-27 ) Alma mater Louisiana State University
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Residence Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States Education Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana State University | ||
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.
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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. 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. 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.
Personal life
Robert and Marianne D. Freeman (born c. 1936) live in Plaquemine, Louisiana. Freeman is a member of the Roman Catholic faith.