sentence: harvey andrew peltier , sr. ( october 20 , 1899 - november 12 , 1977 ) , was an attorney , bank , business , sugar grower , oil , champion horse breeder , and politician from thibodaux , louisiana , who was a campaign manager of governor and u.s . senator huey pierce long , jr . political life from 1924 to 1929 , peltier was a democratic member of the louisiana house of representatives from his native lafourche parish .