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Gaston Gerald (born October 20, 1931) is an American former politician from the state of Louisiana who served in the Louisiana Senate.

Gerald served on the Baton Rouge City-Parish Council from 1965 to 1972 representing Ward II. He succeeded council member W.W. Dumas upon Dumas' election as mayor-president. In 1972, he was elected to the Louisiana State Senate to represent district 13. In 1979, Gerald was convicted on charges of attempted extortion of a contractor relating to the construction of the Baton Rouge Civic Center and was imprisoned at Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Worth, in Texas. He was expelled from the State Senate in 1981 on a 33-3 vote, the only senator in the history of the institution to have been expelled.

References

1. Lampton, William A. (1986). Descendants of John Connerly ( -1751) NC and Cullen Conerly (Ca 1745-1811) NC to the Present 1986.
2. "1969-1972 City Parish Council of Baton Rouge". cdm16340.contentdm.oclc.org.
3. "Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880–2008" (PDF). legis.state.la.us. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
4. "Pol in the Pen". Time. June 8, 1981. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
5. Ball, JR (February 18, 2017). "He's the only person ever expelled from the Louisiana Senate". nola.com.

• 1931 births
• Politicians from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Businesspeople from Louisiana
• Democratic Party Louisiana state senators
• Louisiana local politicians
• Farmers from Louisiana
• Ranchers from Louisiana
• Prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government
• American politicians convicted of bribery
• Living people
• Louisiana politicians convicted of crimes
• 20th-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature