Henry L. Fuqua, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry L. Fuqua

Governor of Louisiana, 1924-1926

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1865

Place of Birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 11-Oct-1926

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Henry Luse Fuqua, Sr.
(November 8, 1865 – October 11, 1926), was an American businessman and, for his last two and a half years, a governor of Louisiana.
During 1924, Fuqua defeated both Huey Pierce Long, Jr., and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud to succeed John M.
Parker in the state's governorship.
He died halfway into his term, and lieutenant governor Oramel H.
Simpson took over the top post.