succeeded relations children birth_place party nationality office preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
donald lynn `` don '' owen uncle robert f. kennon john edward kennon -lrb- 1967-2003 -rrb- minden , louisiana democratic party / later independent american louisiana public service commissioner john s. hunt , ii 31 august 1938 january 1 , 1973 -lrb- 1 -rrb- mary virginia nehring kennon edward kennon
 december 31 , 1984 francis edward kennon , jr. . businessman , developer
edward kennon

francis edward kennon , jr. , usually known as ed kennon -lrb- born august 31 , 1938 -rrb- , is a multi-millionaire shreveport real-estate developer and a former member of the louisiana public service commission , the regulatory body for oil , natural gas , and utilities .
a democrat , kennon represented north louisiana on the commission for two six-year terms from january 1 , 1973 , until december 31 , 1984 .
during his tenure , the panel was enlarged from three to five members under a provision of the louisiana constitution of 1974 .
kennon first represented thirty-three parishes in district 3 and then eighteen parishes in the smaller district 5 .
kennon 's uncle was robert f. kennon , a conservative democrat who served as governor of louisiana from 1952 to 1956 .
