J. Bennett Johnston, a pro-business Democrat who during 24 years in the U.S. Senate steadfastly defended Louisiana’s oil and ...

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NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — Longtime Louisiana Senator J. Bennett Johnston has died at the age of 92. Johnston was elected to the ...

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Johnston, who also served in the Louisiana house and senate, represented Louisiana the U.S. Senate from 1972 until 1997.

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he served as a state representative and state senator. “Bennett Johnston was a giant, in not just Louisiana politics, but national politics. There were few like him, and he will be deeply missed ...