Otto E. Passman
| Otto Ernest Passman | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1977 |
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| Preceded by | Charles E. McKenzie |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Huckaby |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 27, 1900 Franklinton Washington Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | August 13, 1988 (aged 88) Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Monroe, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Willie Lenore Bateman Passman (married 1920-1984, her death) |
| Children | No children |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | World War II, 1942-1944 |
(1) Willie Lenore Bateman Passman (married 1920-1984, her death)
Otto Ernest Passman (June 27, 1900 – August 13, 1988) was a conservative Democratic congressman from Monroe in northeastern Louisiana, who served from 1947 to 1977. He is primarily remembered for his detailed knowledge and mostly opposition to foreign aid. He was unseated in the 1976 primary election by the more moderate challenger, Jerry Huckaby of Ringgold, a town in Bienville Parish.
Passman was the son of sharecroppers from Franklinton, the seat of Washington Parish in southeastern Louisiana. Washington Parish was also the home of another political giant in Louisiana politics, State Senator Sixty Rayburn of Bogalusa. Passman dropped out of school to work odd jobs but enrolled in night school thereafter to complete his high school education. He later studied at Soule Business College in Bogalusa. "He was a smart man, a self-educated man," said Paul Fink, Passman's attorney for more than four decades.
In 1929, having relocated to Monroe, he formed Passman Equipment Company, which was involved in the manufacture of commercial refrigerators and distributed hotel and restaurant supplies and electrical appliances. During his time in business, friends said that Passman learned the value of money and developed compassion for the poor. For a time, he was in business with a nephew, Charles Stanley Passman (1924-2009).
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