Ashton B. Collier was a Democratic

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 member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

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 from Atlanta

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 in Winn Parish, Louisiana

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. He served interrupted terms from 1956–1960 and again from 1964–1970, when he resigned in the middle of his third term.

P.K. Smith

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Perry K. Smith, known as P.K. Smith , was a businessman from Winnfield, Louisiana, who served a single term in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1960-1964 during the administration of Governor Jimmie Davis. In 1974, Smith and his sons, Kenneth Michael "Mike" Smith and Perry Joe Smith,...

, later a prominent automobile

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 dealer from Winnfield

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, held the seat from 1960-1964. Collier’s term was completed by Dr. William P. Floyd, the winner of a 1970 special election.