Past LASSAR Presidents and Officer History
"COL" William Houston Jack: Ally in the State Senate (1836 - 1912)
Although never a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, William Houston Jack left his mark on the Louisiana Society. Born in Wilkes County, GA in 1836, he moved to Natchitoches, LA and began the practice of law with Judge David Pierson. In 1863 he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives and served as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
He was appointed Superintendent of Education in 1890. It was on May 15, 1890 that Jack took to the floor of the Louisiana State Senate and called for the organization of the Louisiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. For this reason, William Houston Jack will forever hold a special place in the hearts of the members of the Louisiana Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
Jack is buried in American Cemetery in Natchitoches, LA
Source: Louisiana History .ORG, Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - J
Source: Find A Grave .COM, col William Houston JackState Presidents and Year of Election
1 Atwood Violett (1893-1894)
2 Edgar Howard Farrar (1895)
3 Marshall Joseph Smith (1896)
4 Edwin Howard McCaleb (1897-1898)
5 Taylor Beattie (1899)
6 Edwin Thomas Merrick, Jr (1900)
7 Ephriam Samuel Stoddard (1901)
8 Henry Moreland Robinson (1902-1903)
9 COL Peter Francisco Pescud (1904-1908)
10 Edward Rightor (1909-1910)
11 Thomas Sloo (1911-1912)
12 Alcee Fortier (1913)
13 Neal McCann Leach (1914-1915)
14 Elmer Ellsworth Wood (1916-1917)
15 LTC Charles Robert Churchill (1918-1927)
16 George Arthur Treadwell (1928-1929)
17 George C. H. Kernion (1930)
18 Edwin Thome Colton (1931-1932)
19 Archibald Magill Smith (1933-1938)
20 Lawrence Augustin Stone (1939-1940)
21 RADM Arthur A. de la Houssaye (1941)
22 Benjamin Robert Franklin (1942-1943)
23 Edgar Rollins DuMont (1944)
24 Joseph Lallande (1945)
25 Furman Barnes Pearce (1946-1949)
26 Frederick Corning Grabner (1950)
27 George William Healy, Jr (1951)
28 COL Elbert Johnston Lyman (1952-1953)
29 Robert Kirk Moyer (1954)
30 Arthur Burton LaCour, Jr (1955-1956)
31 John St. Paul, Jr (1957-1958)
32 Herbert Cassius Parker (1959-1960)
33 Robert Randolph Jones (1961)
34 Hugh Miller Wilkinson, Sr (1962)
35 Donald Graves Snider (1963-1964)
36 Dr. Percy Lennard Querens (1965)
37 William Bell Nourse (1966)
38 Walter Joseph Suthon, Jr (1967)
39 John Overton Roy, Jr (1968)
40 Charles Clement Zatarain (1969)
41 Francis Augustus Woolfley (1970)
42 Arthur Joseph Naquin (1971)
43 Albert Baldwin (1972)
44 John Monroe Ellis, Jr (1973)
45 Malcolm Louis de la Houssaye (1974)
46 John Summerfield Petty, II (1975)
47 Ozeme Dudley Fontenot (1976)
48 William Spencer Arkle (1977)
49 Thomas Fitzhugh Wilson (1978)
50 Alfred Frellsen Page, Jr (1978)
51 Philip Robert Allin (1979)
52 James Wilkinson, III (1980)
53 Ivan Hoag Purinton (1981)
54 Edward Overton Cailleteau (1982)
55 Bruns D'Aunoy Redmond (1983)
56 COL Bruce Baird Butler (1984)
57 Stockton Bennett Jefferson (1985)
58 Claudius Augustus Mayo (1986)
59 Edgar Albert Hendershot (1987)
60 Coerte Albert Voorhies (1988)
61 Dalton Leo Woolverton (1989)
62 John Malcolm Gonzales (1990)
63 John Carson Copes (1991)
64 Daniel Albeo Allain, Jr (1992)
65 Bruce Anderson Royer (1993)
66 Henry Grady Collier, Jr (1994)
67 Donald Thomas Rigler (1995)
68 Norbert Wilfred Johnson (1996)
69 Dr. Albert Frederick William Habeeb (1997)
70 Dr. Robert Charles Judice (1998)
71 John Bush Murdock (1999)
72 Frederick Charles Jung, Jr (2000)
73 Robert Simmons Dolese (2001)
74 George Kirby Reech (2002)
75 Bill Wallis (2003)
76 Thomas Edward Jacks (2004)
77 Edward Oliver Gros (2005)
78 James Henry Grace (2006)
79 MAJ John Clinton Johnson (2007)
80 William Allerton, III (2008-2009)
81 Leonard Hartman Rohrbough (2010)
82 Dr. James Andrew Morock, Sr (2011)
83 Tony L Vets, Sr (2012)
84 Stephen K. Ray (2013)
85 Robert G. Hess (2014)
86 Jerry Haynes ( 2015)
87 Tony L. "Bo" Vets II (2016)
88 James Henry Grace (2017)
89 Theodore Hamilton Brode III (2018)
90 Bradley T. Hayes (2019)
91 Christopher W. Achee (2020)
92 James Schneider (2021)
93 Jeffery W. Nolen (2022)
94 Randall Dominigue (2023)
95 Fredrick Russel Godwin (2024)
96 Billy Lynn LeJeune (2025)
LASSAR Members who served as Vice President General - Southern District
William Houston Jack - 1892-1893
Col Peter Francisco Pescud - 1909-1910
LTC Charles Robert Churchill - 1918
LTC Charles Robert Churchill - 1926
Archibald Magill Smith - 1934-1936
RADM Arthur A. de la Housssaye - 1938-1940
Furman Barnes Pearce - 1947-1949
Frederick Corning Grabner - 1954-1956
Hugh Miller Wilkinson, Sr - 1962-1964
R. Cecil Paslay - 1970-1971
John Overton Roy, Jr - 1971-1972
Ozeme Dudley Fontenot - 1978-1980
Edward Overton Cailleteau - 1985-1986
Philip Robert Allin - 1989-1990
Bruce Baird Butler - 1993-1994
Henry Grady Collier - 1997-1998
Robert Charles Judice - 2001-2002
George Kirby Reech - 2005-2006
Thomas Edward Jacks - 2009-2010
Dr. James Andrew Morock, Sr - 2013-2014
Tony L. Vets, Sr - 2017-2018
Bradley T. Hayes - 2022-2023
LASSAR Members who served as Vice President General - International District
William Allerton, III - 2010
LASSAR Members who served on the NSSAR Executive Committee
Thomas Edward Jacks
William Allerton, III
LASSAR Members who served as General Officers of the National Society
George C. H. De Kernion - Chancellor General -1925-1926
RADM Arthur A. de la Houssaye - Chancellor General - 1950-1951
John St. Paul, Jr - Historian General - 1960-1963
Rev. Monsignor John B. Bahan - Chaplain General - 1994-1995
Dr. Robert Charles Judice - Surgeon General 1995-1996
COL Bruce Baird Butler - Historian General - 1996-1997
COL Bruce Baird Butler - Registrar General - 1997-1999
COL Bruce Baird Butler - Secretary General - 1999-2000
John D. Jackson, Jr - Surgeon General - 1999-2000
Dr. Robert Charles Judice - Surgeon General 2007-2008
Tony L. Vets, Sr - Librarian General 2019-2021
Tony L. Vets, Sr - Registrar General 2021-2022
LASSAR Members who served as SAR Foundation President
William Allerton, III
LASSAR Members who served as President General of the National Society
RADM Arthur A. de la Houssaye - 1953-1954
COL Bruce Baird Butler - 2000 (died in office)