Richard G. Neeson

Richard Grady Neeson (born 1947) is a former Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate who from 1980 to 1992 represented District 38 in Caddo and DeSoto parishes. Formerly of Shreveport, Louisiana, Neeson now resides in Fort Worth, Texas.

In 1979, Neeson unseated one-term Democratic Senator Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee, a prominent civic leader and an officer of the Kilpatrick Funeral Home and Life Insurance companies in northwestern Louisiana. Neeson was reelected in 1983, when he halted a challenge from former Democratic Senator Cecil K. Carter, Jr., whom Shehee had succeeded in 1975. In 1987, Neeson only narrowly defeated the Republican candidate, Ron Bean of Shreveport, 10,451 (50.2 percent) to 10,373 (49.8 percent). In 1991, Bean won the seat when Neeson declined to seek a fourth term, having narrowly defeated fellow Republican Tommy G. Armstrong, who had served fifteen years on the Caddo Parish Commission and a year in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Bean served from 1992 to 2004.

During his Senate tenure, Neeson chaired the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

Neeson is married to the former Sandra Scott (born 1948). Their children are Holly Elaine Neeson Cohen, Amy S. Neeson Weatherly, Sarah C. Neeson Sazama, Richard G. Neeson Jr.