A. G. Crowe
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Almond Gaston Crowe, Jr., known as A.G. Crowe (born May 8, 1948), is a Republican
member of the Louisiana State Senate
from District 1 in St. Tammany Parish
.
, Louisiana
. His Senate District 1 includeds parts of Orleans, Plaquemines
, St. Bernard
, and St. Tammany
parishes. He was elected in 2007, defeating the then-Democrat
Kenneth L. Odinet.
From 2000 (elected 1999) to 2008, Crowe represented District 76 in the Louisiana House of Representatives
. He ran unsuccessfully for Senate District 12 in 1998. Crowe was previously an elected member of the St. Tammany Parish School Board
.
from Southeastern Louisiana University
. He has worked in sales for CaseCraft Manufacturing, Gillette-PaperMate
, and Pentel
. In 1982 he founded his own company, Saint Tammany Office Products (STOP), which in 1991 became the Northshore vendor for Xerox
. In 2002 Crowe expanded his operation as a new company called the File Depot which has since moved beyond Saint Tammany Parish.
. The one-term incumbent, Tom Thornhill
, a trial attorney from Slidell, did not seek a second term in 1999. Krieger, who had run for lieutenant governor
in 1995, unsuccessfully sought a comeback in 1999 against Crowe.
In the Senate, Crowe is vice chair of the Standing Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs. He serves or has served on other standing and ad hoc committees, several of which are involved with Katrina relief
. Crowe is also highly networked into a variety of community organizations and belongs to Ducks Unlimited
, Louisiana Wildlife Association, and National Rifle Association
. He is a self-professed conservative. He has won numerous accolades as a legislator including being chosen the 2002 “Legislator of the Year” by the Alliance for Good Government, a bipartisan Louisiana organization which presses for honesty and integrity in public office.
In 2008, Crowe spoke at dedication ceremonies for the new Fremaux interchange on Interstate 10
. He hailed both former Senator Gerry E. Hinton
and former State Representative Edward C. Scogin
, both of Slidell, for their "foresight" in making sure that the infrastructure
in St. Tammany Parish kept up with the population, which could reach nearly 300,000 in the 2010 census
.
Crowe won his second term in the state Senate in the primary held on October 22, 2011, by defeating the term-limited State Representative Nita Hutter
, a Republican from St. Bernard Parish. Crowe polled 15,717 votes (69.1 percent) to Hutter's 7,025 ballots (30.9 percent).
teacher from Bogalusa
, Louisiana. The couple has two children and, as of 2009, five grandchildren. He teaches Sunday school
at the Pearl River Baptist Church, an affiliate of the Southern Baptist Convention
. Crowe is also a member of Rotary International
.
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
member of the Louisiana State Senate
Louisiana State Legislature
The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...
from District 1 in St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
St. Tammany Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area. The parish seat is Covington....
.
Political history
Crowe was born in New Orleans, and resides in Pearl RiverPearl River, Louisiana
Pearl River is a town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,839 at the 2000 census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
. His Senate District 1 includeds parts of Orleans, Plaquemines
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Plaquemines Parish is the parish with the most combined land and water area in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Pointe à la Hache...
, St. Bernard
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
St. Bernard Parish is a parish located southeast of New Orleans in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Chalmette, the largest city in the parish. As of 2000, its population was 67,229. It has been ranked the fastest-growing county in the United States from 2007 to 2008 by the U.S....
, and St. Tammany
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
St. Tammany Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area. The parish seat is Covington....
parishes. He was elected in 2007, defeating the then-Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Kenneth L. Odinet.
From 2000 (elected 1999) to 2008, Crowe represented District 76 in the Louisiana House of Representatives
Louisiana State Legislature
The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...
. He ran unsuccessfully for Senate District 12 in 1998. Crowe was previously an elected member of the St. Tammany Parish School Board
St. Tammany Parish Public Schools
St. Tammany Parish Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Covington, Louisiana, United States.The district serves St. Tammany Parish.-High schools:* Covington High School * Fontainebleau High School...
.
Education and business career
After finishing Francis T. Nicholls High School in New Orleans, Crowe obtained his Bachelor of Business AdministrationBachelor of Business Administration
The Bachelor of Business Administration is a bachelor's degree in Commerce and business administration. In most universities, the degree is conferred upon a student after four years of full-time study in one or more areas of business concentrations; see below...
from Southeastern Louisiana University
Southeastern Louisiana University
Southeastern Louisiana University is a state-funded public university in Hammond, Louisiana, United States. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims, the principal of Hammond High School, as Hammond Junior College, located in a wing of the high school building. Sims succeeded in getting the campus...
. He has worked in sales for CaseCraft Manufacturing, Gillette-PaperMate
Papermate
Paper Mate is a registered division of Sanford L.P., a Newell Rubbermaid company that produces writing instruments. Paper Mate's offices are located in Oak Brook, IL. along with Newell Rubbermaid's other office products.-History:...
, and Pentel
Pentel
is a privately held Japanese company that produces stationery products. Pentel is also the inventor of non-permanent marker technology. Most Pentel products are manufactured in Japan, Taiwan and France. Yukio Horie, who was the President of the company until his death in 2010, had invented the...
. In 1982 he founded his own company, Saint Tammany Office Products (STOP), which in 1991 became the Northshore vendor for Xerox
Xerox
Xerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies...
. In 2002 Crowe expanded his operation as a new company called the File Depot which has since moved beyond Saint Tammany Parish.
Legislative activities
Crowe was elected to the House in 1999 in a narrow victory over former Representative Suzanne Mayfield KriegerSuzanne Mayfield Krieger
Suzanne Mayfield Krieger is a lifelong resident of Slidell, Louisiana, who represented District 76 in the Louisiana House of Representatives as a Republican for a single term from 1992 to 1996...
. The one-term incumbent, Tom Thornhill
Tom Thornhill
Thomas Wood Thornhill, known as Tom Thornhill is an attorney from Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, who served as the District 76 Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for a single term from 1996–2000....
, a trial attorney from Slidell, did not seek a second term in 1999. Krieger, who had run for lieutenant governor
Lieutenant governor
A lieutenant governor or lieutenant-governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction, but is often the deputy or lieutenant to or ranking under a governor — a "second-in-command"...
in 1995, unsuccessfully sought a comeback in 1999 against Crowe.
In the Senate, Crowe is vice chair of the Standing Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs. He serves or has served on other standing and ad hoc committees, several of which are involved with Katrina relief
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
. Crowe is also highly networked into a variety of community organizations and belongs to Ducks Unlimited
Ducks Unlimited
Ducks Unlimited is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife, and people. It currently has approximately 780,000 members, mostly in the United States and Canada.-Introduction:Ducks Unlimited was...
, Louisiana Wildlife Association, and National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
The National Rifle Association of America is an American non-profit 501 civil rights organization which advocates for the protection of the Second Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights and the promotion of firearm ownership rights as well as marksmanship, firearm safety, and the protection...
. He is a self-professed conservative. He has won numerous accolades as a legislator including being chosen the 2002 “Legislator of the Year” by the Alliance for Good Government, a bipartisan Louisiana organization which presses for honesty and integrity in public office.
In 2008, Crowe spoke at dedication ceremonies for the new Fremaux interchange on Interstate 10
Interstate 10
Interstate 10 is the fourth-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90, I-80, and I-40. It is the southernmost east–west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway, although I-4 and I-8 are further south. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at State Route 1 in Santa Monica,...
. He hailed both former Senator Gerry E. Hinton
Gerry E. Hinton
Gerry Earl Hinton was a pioneer in the chiropractic profession from Slidell, Louisiana, and served from 1984 to 1996 as a member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 11 Gerry Earl Hinton (June 30, 1930 – July 2, 2000) was a pioneer in the chiropractic profession from Slidell, Louisiana, and...
and former State Representative Edward C. Scogin
Ed Scogin
Edward C. Scogin, known as Ed Scogin , was from 1972-1992 a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Slidell in St. Tammany Parish in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana, known as a fiscal watchdog over state government...
, both of Slidell, for their "foresight" in making sure that the infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
in St. Tammany Parish kept up with the population, which could reach nearly 300,000 in the 2010 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
.
Crowe won his second term in the state Senate in the primary held on October 22, 2011, by defeating the term-limited State Representative Nita Hutter
Nita Hutter
Nita Rusich Hutter is a community college administrator from New Orleans, Louisiana, who is a departing Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 104 in nearby St. Bernard Parish.-Background:...
, a Republican from St. Bernard Parish. Crowe polled 15,717 votes (69.1 percent) to Hutter's 7,025 ballots (30.9 percent).
Personal life
Crowe is married to Linda McCoin Crowe, a kindergartenKindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
teacher from Bogalusa
Bogalusa, Louisiana
Bogalusa is a city in Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 13,365 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Bogalusa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Washington Parish and is also part of the larger New Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa...
, Louisiana. The couple has two children and, as of 2009, five grandchildren. He teaches Sunday school
Sunday school
Sunday school is the generic name for many different types of religious education pursued on Sundays by various denominations.-England:The first Sunday school may have been opened in 1751 in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. Another early start was made by Hannah Ball, a native of High Wycombe in...
at the Pearl River Baptist Church, an affiliate of the Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
. Crowe is also a member of Rotary International
Rotary International
Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
.