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Frederick Tidwell Preaus, known as Fred Preaus (April 25, 1912 – July 13, 1987),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Frederick T. Preaus )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Frederick Tidwell Preaus )〕 was a businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana, a native of Farmerville, the seat of government of Union Parish near the Arkansas state line. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the 1956 Louisiana gubernatorial election. ==Background== Descended from a pioneer Union Parish family of French, German, and English origin, Fred Preaus was the older of two sons of Harry Preaus, Sr. (1887-1951), and the former Sallie Tidwell (1887-1951), the daughter of David C Tidwell, a prominent planter from Sterlington in Ouachita Parish, who died in 1921, and the former Mary Etta Daniel (1859-1956), a native of Mer Rouge in Morehouse Parish.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Harry Preaus, Sr. )〕 Sallie Preaus was the first woman to register to vote in Union Parish with ratification in 1920 of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution.〔''Minden Herald and Webster Review'', December 8, 1955, p. 9〕 Preaus's maternal uncle was Charles Ruffin Tidwell (1894-1967), a former streets and parks commissioner for Monroe, Louisiana, when that city operated under the city commission form of government. In 1933, Preaus graduated from Louisiana Tech University in nearby Ruston in Lincoln Parish.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana Tech, 1933 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Famous Louisiana Tech University Alumni )〕 In 1953, Preaus was the president of the Louisiana Tech Alumni Association. Right out of college, Preaus purchased the Mitchell Ford dealership in Farmerville, which also sold Mercury automobiles. In 1946, he opened a new building for the company, and his brother, Harry Preaus, Jr. (1915-1998), joined him as a partner. After their retirements, Joe and John Preaus took over the company. Preaus was elected to the five-member Farmerville Town Council in 1949 and was active in the chamber of commerce. In 1952, incoming Governor Robert F. Kennon appointed Preaus as the state highway director.〔〔Other southern highway directors who made unsuccessful runs for governor in their states were Marshall Formby in Texas in 1962 and Henry Ward in Kentucky in 1967〕 Along with State Senator B. R. Patton and State Representative T. T. Fields, Preaus worked to make Lake D'Arbonne in Farmerville a reality. Popular with fisherman and boaters, the waterway opened in 1963. In 1947, Preaus was president of the Union Parish Fair. Preaus was also engaged in the timber business. Preaus and J. A. Auger (1911–2010), an inductee of the Loggers Hall of Fame, together developed the first chip mill in Farmerville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mary Nash-Wood, "Augers Leave Behind Rich Legacy" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fred Preaus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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