Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd district
In office January 3, 1973 – March 10, 1980
Preceded by
Patrick T. Caffery
Succeeded by
Billy Tauzin
Personal details
Born
David Conner Treen
(1928-07-16)July 16, 1928 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Died
October 29, 2009(2009-10-29) (aged 81) Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.
Resting place
Mandeville, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party
Republican (1962–2009)
Other political affiliations
States' Rights (1960) Democratic (before 1962)
Spouse
Dodie Brisbi
(m. 1951; died 2005)
Children
3
Alma mater
Tulane University (BA, LLB)
Profession
Attorney
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Air Force
Years of service
1951–1952
David Conner Treen Sr. (July 16, 1928 – October 29, 2009) was an American politician and attorney from Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party, Treen served as U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 1973 to 1980 and the 51st governor of Louisiana from 1980 to 1984. Treen was the first Republican elected to either office since Reconstruction.
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 16 1928 Treen grew up in New Orleans and later settled in Metairie. After three unsuccessful runs for Congress in the 1960s, Treen won his first election in 1972 to represent a U.S. House district that covered parts of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. In Congress, Treen had a reliably conservative voting record, and he subsequently won reelection three times by increasing margins. Treen was among the inaugural members of the House Select Committee on Intelligence when it was created in 1975.
In 1979, Treen won election as governor of Louisiana, and he resigned from the House in 1980 to take office as governor. During his single term as governor, Treen cut the state income tax and created a professional development program for teachers. Treen also signed legislation creating the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. However, as the Treen administration took place during the early 1980s recession, Louisiana faced increasing unemployment and bond debt. Treen lost his reelection bid in 1983 to Edwin Edwards, who had served as governor before Treen.
After leaving the governor's office, Treen continued to be politically involved in Louisiana, running for Congress and endorsing gubernatorial candidates as recently as 2008 before his death in 2009.
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on February 1, 1972. Edwin Edwards defeated Republican candidate David Treen to become Governor of Louisiana. Party primaries were held on November 6...
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1979 Louisiana gubernatorial election resulted in the election of David Treen as the first Republican governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction in the...
general election against a well-funded and well-rested Republican, DaveTreen. (Treen was elected governor under the new system in 1979, defeating five...
posthumously awarded Delaney the NCAA Award of Valor in 1984. Louisiana Governor DaveTreen presented the Louisiana State Civilian Bravery Award to Delaney's family...
practice of David C. Treen, who would become Louisiana's first Republican congressman and governor since Reconstruction. Treen had been an active Republican...
founder of NYIT, Chancellor of NSU (1970–1985), Alzheimer's disease. DaveTreen, 81, American politician, Governor of Louisiana (1980–1984), respiratory...
Republicans Benjamin B. Blackburn, Earl Landgrebe, Carlos Moorhead and DaveTreen. The vote, which was not a test of impeachment sentiment, validated the...
(D) Lamar Alexander (R) Bill Clements (R) 1980 John Y. Brown, Jr. (D) DaveTreen (R) William Winter (D) 1981 Frank D. White (R) 1982 Chuck Robb (D) 1983...
Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City from 1963 to 1966. In 1980, Governor DaveTreen elevated Ansel M. Stroud, Jr., from assistant adjutant general to adjutant...
Lorna Rose Treen (born 10 October 1994) is an English comedian. Treen grew up in Redditch before moving to Edinburgh to study philosophy at the University...
2005) 1928 – Jim Rathmann, American race car driver (d. 2011) 1928 – DaveTreen, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Louisiana (d. 2009)...
Patrick T. Caffery (D) 92nd (1971–1973) 93rd (1973–1975) Lindy Boggs (D) DaveTreen (R) John Breaux (D) Gillis W. Long (D) 94th (1975–1977) Henson Moore (R)...
Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: David C. Treen) Oceangraphy (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard) Panama...
elected May 29, 1999. Republican hold. ▌Y David Vitter (Republican) 50.75% ▌DaveTreen (Republican) 49.25% California 42 George Brown Jr. Democratic 1972 Incumbent...
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