Question: Facts: - residence: lake charles , louisiana - preceded: rene l. de rouen - resting place: consolata cemetery in lake charles , louisiana - caption: vance plauche - party: democrat - death date: 2 april 1976 - spouse: marie amire bush plauche - office: united states representative from louisiana 's 7th congressional district - term end: january 3 , 1943 - succeeded: henry d. larcade , jr. - term start: january 3 , 1941 - birth date: 25 august 1897 - name: vance gabriel plauche - children: vance william plauche - birth place: plaucheville in avoyelles parish , louisiana , usa - religion: roman catholic - occupation: attorney Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of vance plauche .
Answer:
vance gabriel plauche -lrb- august 25 , 1897 -- april 2 , 1976 -rrb- was a lake charles attorney and civic leader who represented louisiana 's 7th congressional district , since disbanded , in the united states house of representatives .a democrat , plauche served for a single term from 1941 to 1943 .plauche -lrb- pronounced '' plo-shay '' -rrb- was born in plaucheville in avoyelles parish to etienne arthur plauche and the former maria a. gremillion , who were wed on december 1 , 1890 .he was educated in public and private schools in marksville , the avoyelles parish seat of government .in 1914 , plauche graduated from st. francis xavier 's college in new orleans -lrb- not to be confused with the predominantly african american xavier university of louisiana -rrb- .in 1918 , he obtained his ll.b .degree from loyola university , also in new orleans , and was the president of his senior class .plauche was a law clerk in the office of the louisiana attorney general from 1916-1918 .during the same period , he was the secretary of the louisiana board of pardons .near the end of world war i , plauche was a private in base hospital 102 in italy from 1918-1919 .plauche was admitted to the bar in 1918 and practiced law in the lake charles firm of plauche and plauche from 1920 to 1927 .he then joined oliver stockwell in the partnership plauche and stockwell from 1934 to 1975 .the firm became stockwell , sievert , viccellio , clements & shaddock .plauche was a director of calcasieu savings and loan association and plauche engineering , inc. .he was the lake charles city attorney from 1928 -- 1932 and the district counsel to the home owners ' loan corporation from 1933-1935 .in 1940 , he was a campaigner for the successful gubernatorial candidate , sam houston jones of lake charles .plauche served as secretary of the louisiana civil service commission and was a delegate to the democratic state convention in baton rouge .that same year he was unopposed for a vacant seat in congress when the democratic...