I had never, ever drunk beer in high school, and by the time I got to Tech we were having these parties out in the cotton fields and getting so drunk. I was the champion beer drinker; suddenly I was pouring it down my throat... Insane! Insane!

The seat had opened up when 36-year incumbent Democrat and former House Armed Services Committee chairman F. One of his ancestors in New York State (Henry Livingston) was probably the (then anonymous) author of the poem ''The Night Before Christmas". Livingston) the elder brother of Philip Livingston one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Robert Linlithgow "Bob" Livingston Jr. -based lobbyist and a former Republican U. Representative from Louisiana.