Charles Emery Tooke Jr. (July 19, 1912 – September 1986)[1] was an attorney from Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana,[2] who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate from 1948 to 1956, alongside, first, Riemer Calhoun and, then, B. H. "Johnny" Rogers, both of DeSoto Parish.
[3] Tooke was born in DeRidder in Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana, to Charles Emery Tooke Sr. (1880-1951), a native of Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana, and the former Bessie Lee Roberts (1887-1961).
Tooke was a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy Reserve during World War II.
He worked in the military government and civil affairs of the Navy in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
Tooke is interred at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport, alongside his first wife, Lucia.