branch lieutenant birth_date residence term_end alma_mater state_senate profession battles term_start order spouse image caption relations predecessor birth_place party office parents district successor religion article_title birth_name
united states air force kathleen blanco 11 july 1930 franklin , louisiana january 12 , 2004 1996 louisiana state university louisiana rancher ; businessman korean war january 8 , 1996 1988 53rd alice c. foster govfoster1.jpg governor mike foster at a meeting murphy j. foster , sr. -lrb- paternal grandfather -rrb- edwin edwards anthony guarisco , jr. . franklin , st. mary parish louisiana , usa democrat-turned-republican -lrb- 1995 -rrb- governor of louisiana murphy j. and olive roberts foster 21st kathleen blanco john siracusa episcopalian murphy j. foster , jr.
 murphy james foster , jr.
murphy j. foster , jr.

murphy james foster , jr. , known as mike foster -lrb- born july 11 , 1930 -rrb- , served as the 53rd governor of louisiana from january 1996 until january 2004 .
foster 's father was murphy j. foster , jr. , but mike foster uses `` jr. '' even though he is technically murphy j. foster , iii .
foster is a businessman , landowner , and sportsman in st. mary parish in the sugar-growing section of the southern portion of the state .
