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Mike Foster (American politician) Murphy James Foster Jr. (July 11, 1930 – October 4, 2020) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 53rd governor of Louisiana from 1996 to 2004.
Oct 5, 2020 · He was 90. Bill Haber/AP. CNN — Murphy James “Mike” Foster, a former two-term governor of Louisiana, died Sunday, according to a statement from Gov. John Bel Edwards. He was 90. Foster, who...
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Oct 5, 2020 · Mike Foster, a former two-term Republican governor of Louisiana who shepherded the state through a period of relative calm — in the wake of the corruption scandals of his flamboyant...
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Oct 4, 2020 · By KEVIN McGILL. Updated 4:09 PM PDT, October 4, 2020. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Murphy J. “Mike” Foster Jr., a folksy millionaire businessman who pushed major changes in education policy and lawsuit rules through an increasingly conservative state Legislature in the 1990s, died Sunday. He was 90.
Oct 4, 2020 · NEW ORLEANS — Mike Foster, who rode a wave of popularity as a plain-speaking conservative businessman into two terms as Louisiana governor, has died. He was 90. His former spokeswoman, Marsanne...
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Additionally, the Governor has been a board member of several local banks, a junior warden of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, the president of the St. Mary Parish Farm Bureau, and a member of the American Legion. A life in politics never appealed to Mike Foster; however, in 1986, after “becoming frustrated with the non-responsiveness of state ...
Oct 7, 2020 · BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Former Louisiana Governor Murphy James “Mike” Foster Jr. has died at the age of 90. “Our family and I are saddened to announce that after 90 remarkable years, my dear...