GOVERNOR SAM HOUSTON JONES

INFORMATION ABOUT JONES AS GOVERNOR

• He was a Democrat
• He was the 46th Governor of Lousiana
• He was elected in 1940-1944

THINGS HE DID AS GOVERNOR

HE ESTABLISHED STATE CRIME AND COMMISSION

• Is a non-profit citizen’s organization
• Is dedicated to exposing public corruption
• improving the administration of justice
• reducing crime in order to improve the quality of life in the New Orleans&Baton Rouge

HE INTRODUCED A PROPOSAL FOR A VOLUNTEER STATE GUARD

• Would replace the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Jones himself didnt introduce this idea, but had someone do it for him
• They are a volunteered defense force
• They go to work when the national guard is deployed
• They are solely under state control and cant be deployed out of Louisiana

He supported the revision of election laws to reduce voter fraud and a constitutional amendment to eliminate the poll tax

MAJOR EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE

• He was governor in the middle of WWII
• Port traffic increases thanks to barges, intracoastal waterway, railroads, freight lines and air transportation
• Leading exports include petroleum products, iron, steel, corn, and cotton;
• imports are sugar, bananas, coffee and bauxite.

THE LOUISIANA MANEUVERS

• a series of U.S. Army exercises held in Fort Polk, Camp Claiborne, and Camp Livingston
• The exercises,involved 400,000 troops, were designed to evaluate U.S.training,logistics,doctrine,commanders.
• Many Army officers present at the maneuvers later rose to very senior roles in World War II,
• From August to September 1941, the armies fought over 3,400 square miles of Louisiana.
• They fought over navigation rights and strategic points along the Mississippi River.