Chester Coco

Chester John Coco was an American politician, lawyer, and businessman. He served in the Louisiana State Senate.

Biography

Coco was born on February 15, 1915, in Alexandria, Louisiana. He went to school in Marksville, Louisiana. Coco attended Louisiana State University, where he studied law. He passed the state bar in 1937.
He was a Louisiana State Senator from 1944 to 1952 as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1952, he campaigned for election as Louisiana Attorney General. Coco was a co-founder of the Avoyelles Broadcasting Company, serving Avoyelles Parish. He died on October 1, 2001, in a nursing home in Mansura, Louisiana.