{{Short description|American politician (1900–1998)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder |name= John Len Lacy |image = |office= Louisiana State Representative from Bienville Parish |term_start=1964 |term_end=1968 |preceded=C. L. McCrary |succeeded=Edgerton L. "Bubba" Henry |office2=Member of Bienville Parish School Board |term_start2=January 6, 1931 |term_end2=1964 |birth_date= {{birth date |1900|9|8}} |birth_place= Castor, Bienville Parish<br /> Louisiana, US |death_place= Monroe, Ouachita Parish<br />Louisiana |death_date= {{death date and age|1998|6|7|1900|9|8}} |resting_place=New Ebenezer Cemetery in Castor, Louisiana |spouse= Sallie Williams Lacy (1905–1999) |children= Doris Lacy Barnes of Newellton in Tensas Parish<br /> Billie L. Ainsworth of Tulsa, Oklahoma<br /> Carolyn L. Carrow of Monroe |party= Democratic |occupation= Farmer, cattleman; businessman |footnotes= # In 1970, the ''Shreveport Times'' identified then retired legislator Lacy as one of the most influential persons in Bienville Parish. # Lacy and his wife, the former Sallie Williams, both served on the Bienville Parish School Board for a combined forty-one years. }} '''John Len Lacy''', known as '''Len Lacy''' (September 8, 1900 – June 7, 1998),<ref name=obit>John Len Lacy obituary, ''Shreveport Times'', June 8, 1998.</ref> was a Louisiana politician and businessman who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Castor, Louisiana, from 1964 to 1968.<ref name=lahouse>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf |title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2016 |publisher=house.louisiana.gov |accessdate=January 30, 2015 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006105414/http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf |archivedate=October 6, 2014 |df= }}</ref> {{stack| [[File:Len Lacy house in Castor, LA IMG 2137.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Len and Sallie Lacy House in Castor, Louisiana]] 200px|right|thumb|Graves of Len and Sallie Lacy at New Ebenezer Cemetery in Castor }}
Following Lacy's service, representation for his parish was combined with that of neighboring Jackson Parish, Louisiana, and Lacy was defeated in the 1967 Democratic primary by Jackson Parish native Edgerton L. "Bubba" Henry.<ref name=lahouse/> In 1970, ''The Shreveport Times'' named Lacy one of the most influential persons in Bienville Parish, for advice he gave on business and politics.<obit/>
Lacy married Sallie Williams, with whom he had three daughters.<ref name=obit/>
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{{S-start}} {{succession box | before=C. L. McCrary | title=Louisiana State Representative from Bienville Parish | years=1964–1968 | after=Edgerton L. "Bubba" Henry }} {{S-end}}
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