Louie L. Wainwright

Louie L. Wainwright
Wainwright in 1973
Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections
In office 1962–1987
Preceded by	H. G. Cochran
Succeeded by	Richard L. Dugger
Personal details
Born	(1923-09-11)September 11, 1923 Lawtey, Florida, U.S.
Died	December 23, 2021(2021-12-23) (aged 98) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Resting place	Kingsley Lake Cemetery Clay County, Florida, USA
Spouse(s)	Edna Edwards (died 1998) Anabel Peacock (died 2019)
Children	Louie Wainwright Jr. (died 2013) Michael Wainwright Sherry Wainwright
Alma mater	Nova Southeastern University

Louie Lee Wainwright (September 11, 1923 – December 23, 2021) was an American corrections administrator who served as Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections from 1962 to 1987.^[1] He is known for having been the named respondent in two U.S. Supreme Court cases: Gideon v. Wainwright in which indigents are guaranteed an attorney, and Ford v. Wainwright, in which the Court approved the common law rule prohibiting the execution of the insane. Time Magazine called the Gideon decision one of the ten most important legal events of the 1960s.^[2] He also appeared as the respondent in a number of habeas corpus petitions that reached the Supreme Court level during his tenure in office, making "Wainwright" one of the most familiar names to students of habeas corpus law.^{[citation needed]}