William Monroe "Willie" Rainach, Sr. (July 13, 1913–January 26, 1978), was a state legislator from Summerfield in Claiborne Parish who led Louisiana's "Massive Resistance" to desegregation during the last half of the 1950s. He served Claiborne and neighboring Bienville Parish in north Louisiana for three terms in the Louisiana State Senate from 1948-1960. Earlier, he represented Claiborne Parish in the state Louisiana House of Representatives from 1940-1948.
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- William Monroe "Willie" Rainach, Sr. (July 13, 1913–January 26, 1978), was a state legislator from Summerfield in Claiborne Parish who led Louisiana's "Massive Resistance" to desegregation during the last half of the 1950s. He served Claiborne and neighboring Bienville Parish in north Louisiana for three terms in the Louisiana State Senate from 1948-1960. Earlier, he represented Claiborne Parish in the state Louisiana House of Representatives from 1940-1948. When he left the House, the seat was taken by John Sidney Garrett of Haynesville, in northern Claiborne Parish, who twenty years later would serve a term as Speaker. In 1959, Rainach unsuccessfully sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, then equivalent to election in Louisiana at a time when few Republicans bothered to contest elections.
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- (1) Rainach viewed himself as a "classic liberal" though he was arguably the most conservative of the major candidates who sought the Louisiana governorship during many years preceding and following 1959.
Earl Kemp Long is remembered for his public scolding of Rainach on the issue of civil rights for minorities.
Rainach committed suicide at the age of sixty-four after serious health reversals.
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