Phil Short Explained

Philip Granville Short
Office:Louisiana State Senator from District 12 (St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes)
Term Start:1996
Term End:1999
Preceded:B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn
Succeeded:Jerry Aroe Thomas
Birth Date:31 January 1947
Residence:Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, USA
Spouse:Suzanne Richards Short
Party:Republican
Occupation:Lieutenant colonel in United States Marine Corps
Alma Mater:C.E. Byrd High School
Louisiana Tech University
Webster University
Footnotes:Short unseated the legendary Sixty Rayburn in the Louisiana State Legislature but served only three years of his term. He resigned to take a position with the United States Marine Corps in Washington, D.C.

Philip Granville Short, known as Phil Short (born January 31, 1947), is a retired military officer formerly from Covington, Louisiana, USA, who served in the Louisiana State Senate for District 12 (St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes) from 1996 to 1999.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Membership in the Louisiana Senate: 1880 - Present. Arthur. McEnany. Louisiana State Senate. January 2008. August 14, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20151225225646/http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf. December 25, 2015. live. Wayback Machine.