Jesse Bankston

Jesse Bankston

Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr. (born October 7, 1907), is the president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting and a longtime activist within the Democratic Party. Bankston is best known for a dispute in 1959 which led to his dismissal by then Governor Earl Kemp Long as the director of the Louisiana Department of Hospitals. Long had been committed by his estranged wife, Blanche R. Long, to the Southeast Louisiana (Mental) Hospital in Mandeville. Long ordered Bankston, an otherwise loyal supporter, to discharge him from the hospital, but Bankston refused to do so because he believed that Long needed treatment because of recent erratic behavior. Long, with the affirmation of Lieutenant Governor Lether Frazar, Attorney General Jack P.F. Gremillion, and the Senate President Pro Tempore, then fired Bankston and replaced him with a pliable supporter, who immediately took steps to release Long from the hospital. During this confrontation, Bankston also clashed with his philosophical ally, State Senator Sixty Rayburn of Bogalusa in Washington Parish, who remained steadfast to Long.

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Jesse Bankston in 1969 while serving from the elected Sixth Congressional District seat on the Louisiana State Board of Education. Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr. ...

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