Editing Claiborne Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
Prominent Claiborne Parish residents include or have included:
* [[Henry Walton Bibb]] American author, abolitionist, and former slave from 1839 to 1841 <ref>{{cite book |last=Bibb |first=Henry |date=1849 |title=Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself |location=New York |publisher=The Author |url=https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/bibb/bibb.html}}</ref>
* [[T. H. Harris]], state education superintendent from 1908 to 1940.<ref>{{Cite web |title=T H Harris 1925 bio - Claiborne LAGenWeb |url=https://www.lagenweb.org/claiborne/biographies/harristh1925bio.html |access-date=April 19, 2024 |website=www.lagenweb.org}}</ref>
* [[A.R. Johnson (Louisiana politician)|Andrew R. Johnson]] was a state senator from Claiborne and [[Bienville Parish|Bienville]] parishes from 1916 to 1924.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrew R Johnson 1925 bio - Claiborne LAGenWeb |url=https://www.lagenweb.org/claiborne/biographies/johnsonandrewr1925bio.html |access-date=April 19, 2024 |website=www.lagenweb.org}}</ref>
* [[John Sidney Killen]], state representative for Claiborne Parish in 1871<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/Residential%20M-Z.htm|title=John Killen Home|publisher=Minden Memories|access-date=March 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718213148/http://www.mindenmemories.org/Residential%20M-Z.htm|archive-date=July 18, 2011|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* [[Joe LeSage]], state senator for Caddo Parish from 1968 to 1972; Shreveport attorney born in Homer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=joe-c-lesage&pid=175914028&fhid=6593|title=Joe C. LeSage, Jr., obituary|newspaper=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Shreveport Times]]|date=September 24, 2015|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref>
* [[George H. Mahon]], Former U.S. Representative.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congressman George Mahon Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=168593 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>
* [[James T. McCalman]], state senator from Claiborne and Bienville parishes from 1960 to 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf | title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2024|publisher=senate.louisiana.gov |access-date=April 19, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Danny Roy Moore]], state senator from 1964 to 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf | title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2024|publisher=senate.louisiana.gov |access-date=April 19, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Dave L. Pearce]], [[Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry|Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry]] from 1952 to 1956 and 1960–1976.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 15, 1965 |title=Lake Charles American-Press from Lake Charles, Louisiana |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/14861299/ |access-date=April 19, 2024 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
* [[Larry Sale]], sheriff of Claiborne Parish from 1936 to 1944; bodyguard at the assassination of [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long Jr.]]<ref>Exhibit, Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum, [[Homer, Louisiana]]</ref>
* [[Richard Stalder]], former secretary of the [[Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections]].
* [[David Wade (Louisiana general)|David Wade]], [[Lieutenant General]] of the [[United States Air Force]].<ref>Wade Room, Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum, Homer, Louisiana</ref>
* [[Loy F. Weaver]], state representative from 1976 to 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembers1812_2008.pdf |title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012 |publisher=house.louisiana.gov |access-date=September 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331104823/http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembers1812_2008.pdf |archive-date=March 31, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Mule Watson]], pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1918 to 1924.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Mule Watson – Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mule-watson/ |access-date=April 19, 2024 |website=sabr.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Pinkie C. Wilkerson]] state representative from 1992 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://house.legis.state.la.us/pubinfo/Press_Releases/wilkerson_auto_accident.htm| title=State Rep. Wilkerson Killed in Auto Accident| date=August 1, 2000| publisher=house.legis.state.la.us| access-date=September 26, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306100010/http://house.legis.state.la.us/pubinfo/Press_Releases/wilkerson_auto_accident.htm| archive-date=March 6, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Patrick Floyd Garrett]], Sheriff of Lincoln County New Mexico, and killer of Billy the Kid.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sheriff Pat Garrett Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=180163 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>