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928:Newsham
918:Perkins
893:Garland
888:Bullard
883:Overton
828:Maloney
818:Maloney
803:Gilmore
778:Coleman
768:Wallace
753:Sheldon
728:Bullard
653:Scalise
553:La SĂ©re
548:Slidell
351:CordĂłba
329:Vidalia
212:Captain
1588:Butler
1513:Aswell
1478:Breaux
1448:Lazaro
1423:Graves
1398:Rarick
1368:Favrot
1358:Morgan
1348:Favrot
1298:Letlow
1248:Wilson
1223:Newton
1158:Fields
1148:Roemer
1133:Brooks
1003:Tauzin
988:Willis
978:Mouton
973:Montet
968:Martin
938:Acklen
903:Dawson
858:Carter
743:Taylor
723:Conrad
708:Dawson
698:Ripley
693:Thomas
688:Gurley
648:Jindal
643:Vitter
628:HĂ©bert
588:Gibson
578:Sypher
568:Eustis
563:Dunbar
457:from
355:Mexico
300:Career
194:
176:
146:Mexico
1618:Clark
1528:Allen
1483:Hayes
1408:Baker
1333:Irion
1328:Lewis
1253:Mills
1243:Elder
1233:Baird
1213:Young
1198:Morey
1143:Leach
1113:Ogden
1093:Smith
1073:Vidal
1058:Jones
1048:Morse
998:Treen
958:Price
878:Brent
808:Dupré
798:Davey
788:Davey
783:Lagan
773:Lagan
758:Ellis
703:Chinn
633:Tonry
608:Meyer
543:White
533:White
288:(now
249:from
1523:Dear
1488:John
1443:Pujo
1373:Kemp
1318:Nash
1218:King
1103:Elam
1098:Levy
913:Penn
793:Buck
763:Hahn
748:Mann
738:Hunt
593:Hunt
318:Ohio
218:Unit
203:Rank
132:Died
126:U.S.
109:Born
953:Gay
848:Cao
426:at
390:661
58:5th
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