Warren Davis Folkes | |
Office: | Louisiana State Representative |
Constituency: | West Feliciana Parish |
Term Start: | 1944 |
Term End: | 1955 |
Preceded: | Thomas D. Gilmore |
Succeeded: | James P. Leake |
Constituency2: | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes |
Party: | Democrat |
Term Start2: | 1955 |
Term End2: | 1968 |
Preceded2: | E. M. Toler |
Succeeded2: | J. E. Jumonville, Sr. |
Office3: | Louisiana State Representative |
Constituency3: | West Feliciana and East Baton Rouge parishes |
Term Start3: | 1968 |
Term End3: | 1976 |
Preceded3: | James P. Leake |
Succeeded3: | Joe Allen Fudge |
Birth Date: | 4 January 1898 |
Birth Place: | St. Francisville, Louisiana, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville |
Residence: | St. Francisville, Louisiana |
Alma Mater: | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
Religion: | Episcopalian |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Spouse: | Alice Winfield Pipes Folkes |
Children: | Alice Folkes Bankston Four grandchildren |
Parents: | Cheston and Jessie Davis Folkes |
Warren Davis Folkes (January 4, 1898 – June 14, 1997) was a Louisiana politician who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1944 to 1955, and from 1968 to 1976,[1] and in the Louisiana State Senate from 1955 to 1968.[2]