Steven Pylant

Steven Pylant
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
from the 20th district
In office
January 2012 – January 13, 2020
Preceded byNoble Ellington
Succeeded byNeil Riser
Personal details
BornSteven Everett Pylant
(1954-11-25) November 25, 1954 (age 71)
Franklin Parish, Louisiana, U.S.
PartyRepublican
EducationNortheast Louisiana University

Steven Everett Pylant (born November 25, 1954) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2012 to 2020.

Life and career

Pylant was born in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, the son of Cecil Everett Pylant and Barbara Jean Netherland. He attended Winnsboro High School and Northeast Louisiana University.

Pylant served as sheriff of Franklin Parish, Louisiana from 1996 to 2012. After his service as sheriff, he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2012 to 2020.

References

  1. 1 2 "Steven Pylant's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Steve E. Pylant". Louisiana House of Representatives. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2025 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Netherland, Carl William; Netherland, Juanita Bridges (1989), Netherland-Neatherlin-Netherlin Footprints, 1870-1989, C.W. Netherland
  4. ↑ O'Donoghue, Julia (April 18, 2017). "Why a former Louisiana sheriff wants to boost prisoner pay - at the expense of sheriffs". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Steven Pylant". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 10, 2025.