Bill Dodd

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title: "Bill Dodd" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1909-births", "1991-deaths", "people-from-allen-parish,-louisiana", "people-from-liberty,-texas", "educators-from-louisiana", "military-personnel-from-texas", "united-states-army-personnel-of-world-war-ii", "baptists-from-louisiana", "louisiana-lawyers", "lieutenant-governors-of-louisiana", "comptrollers-in-the-united-states", "louisiana-state-superintendents-of-education", "louisiana-state-university-alumni", "democratic-party-members-of-the-louisiana-house-of-representatives", "northwestern-state-university-alumni", "politicians-from-baton-rouge,-louisiana", "school-board-members-in-louisiana", "20th-century-american-memoirists", "united-states-army-officers", "deaths-from-cancer-in-louisiana", "20th-century-american-lawyers", "people-from-cody,-wyoming", "20th-century-baptists", "20th-century-members-of-the-louisiana-state-legislature"] description: "American politician (1909–1991)" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dodd" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American politician (1909–1991) ::

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Field	Value
image	Bill_Dodd_of_Louisiana.jpg
office	Louisiana State Representative from Allen Parish
term_start	1940
term_end	1948
preceded	David Cole
succeeded	M.V. Hargrove
office2	42nd Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
term_start2	May 11, 1948
term_end2	May 13, 1952
governor2	Earl K. Long
preceded2	J. Emile Verret
succeeded2	C. E. Barham
office3	Louisiana State Auditor (later Comptroller; office is no longer elected.)
term_start3	1956
term_end3	1960
preceded3	Allison Kolb
succeeded3	Roy R. Theriot
office4	Louisiana State Board of Education
term_start4	1960
term_end4	1964
preceded4	Merle Welsh
succeeded4	V.J. Scogin
office5	Louisiana Education Superintendent
term_start5	1964
term_end5	1972
preceded5	Shelby M. Jackson
succeeded5	Louis J. Michot
birth_name	William Joseph Dodd
birth_date
birth_place	Liberty, Texas, US
death_date
death_place	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
spouse	Verone Ford Dodd (m. 1939-his death)
children	2
party	Democrat
occupation	Attorney; Politician
allegiance	United States
branch
battles	World War II
relations	Long family
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| image = Bill_Dodd_of_Louisiana.jpg | image size = | caption = | office = Louisiana State Representative from Allen Parish | term_start = 1940 | term_end = 1948 | preceded = David Cole | succeeded = M.V. Hargrove | office2 = 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana | term_start2 = May 11, 1948 | term_end2 = May 13, 1952 | governor2 = Earl K. Long | preceded2 = J. Emile Verret | succeeded2 = C. E. Barham | office3 = Louisiana State Auditor (later Comptroller; office is no longer elected.) | term_start3 = 1956 | term_end3 = 1960 | preceded3 = Allison Kolb | succeeded3 = Roy R. Theriot | office4 = Louisiana State Board of Education | term_start4 = 1960 | term_end4 = 1964 | preceded4 = Merle Welsh | succeeded4 = V.J. Scogin | office5 = Louisiana Education Superintendent | term_start5 = 1964 | term_end5 = 1972 | preceded5 = Shelby M. Jackson | succeeded5 = Louis J. Michot | birth_name = William Joseph Dodd | birth_date = | birth_place = Liberty, Texas, US | death_date = | death_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | spouse = Verone Ford Dodd (m. 1939-his death) | children = 2 | party = Democrat | occupation = Attorney; Politician | footnotes = | allegiance = United States | branch = | battles = World War II | relations = Long family

William Joseph Dodd (November 25, 1909 – November 16, 1991) was an American politician who held five positions in the Louisiana state government in the mid-20th century, including state representative, lieutenant governor, state auditor, president and member of the State Board of Education, and state education superintendent.

Dodd died of cancer in Baton Rouge General Medical Center on the day of the Edwin Edwards-David Duke gubernatorial showdown. Memorial services were held at his home church, the Southside Baptist Church in Baton Rouge on November 18, 1991, with John Robson officiating.

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References

• William J. "Bill" Dodd, Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics, Baton Rouge: Claitors Publishing, 1991
• Who's Who in America, Vol. 34 (1966–1967)
• Shreveport Journal, March 6, 1970
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090703054258/http://cityofwinnfield.com/museum.html
• http://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/OTHERSRV/isar/Institut/cca/touchstone_cca.htm
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRYB-H3X : 20 May 2014), William J Dodd, 16 Nov 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

| before = David Cole | title = Louisiana State Representative from Allen Parish | years = 1940–1948 | after = M.V. Hargrove | before = J. Emile Verret | title = Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana | years = 1948–1952 | after = C. E. "Cap" Barham | before = Allison Kolb | title = Louisiana State Auditor (thereafter called Comptroller) | years = 1956–1960 | after = Roy R. Theriot | before = Merle M. Welsh | title = Member, Louisiana State Board of Education | years = 1960–1964 | after = V.J. Scogin | before = Shelby M. Jackson | title = Louisiana State Superintendent of Education | years = 1964–1972 | after = Louis J. Michot

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