Almond Gaston Crowe, Jr. | |
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Louisiana State Senator for District 1 (parts of Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany parishes) | |
In office 2008 – January 2016 |
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Preceded by | Walter Boasso |
Succeeded by | Sharon Hewitt |
Louisiana House of Representatives District 76 (St. Tammany Parish) | |
In office 2000–2008 |
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Preceded by | Tom Thornhill |
Succeeded by | Joseph Kevin Pearson |
Personal details | |
Born | May 8, 1948 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Linda McCoin Crowe |
Children | Two children |
Residence |
Pearl River St. Tammany Parish |
Alma mater |
Francis T. Nicholls High School |
Occupation | former member, St. Tammany Parish School Board |
Religion | Southern Baptist |
Francis T. Nicholls High School
Almond Gaston Crowe, Jr., known as A. G. Crowe (born May 8, 1948), is a Republican former member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 1 in St. Tammany Parish.
Crowe was born in New Orleans, and resides in Pearl River, Louisiana. His Senate District 1 includeds parts of Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany parishes. He was elected in 2007, defeating the then-Democrat Kenneth L. Odinet.
From 2000 (elected 1999) to 2008, Crowe represented District 76 in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He ran unsuccessfully for Senate District 12 in 1998. Crowe was previously an elected member of the St. Tammany Parish School Board.
Crowe graduated from the former Francis T. Nicholls High School at 3820 Saint Claude Avenue in New Orleans, since named for the African-American abolitionist Frederick Douglass and now a charter school known as KIPP Renaissance High School. Crowe obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration from Southeastern Louisiana University. He has worked in sales, marketing and management for CaseCraft Manufacturing, Gillette-Paper Mate, and Pentel. In 1982 he founded his own company, St. Tammany Office Products (STOP), which in 1991 became the Northshore vendor for Xerox. In 2002 Crowe founded The File Depot which has since moved beyond Saint Tammany Parish with sites in five states with more openings planned throughout the US via franchising.