Neil Riser

Quick Facts

Full Name	Neil Riser
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 25, 1962(1962-04-25)
Age	62
Birthplace	Columbia
Country	United States
Birth City	Louisiana
Horoscope	Aries

Neil Riser Biography

Neil Riser is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 25, 1962 in Columbia, Louisiana, United States. The 32nd District included Catahoula and Concordia parishes as well as portions of Ouachita and Rapides parishes.

Riser is the first Republican to win this Senate seat since Reconstruction. John Henry Baker of Delhi, the first Republican to seek the seat, fell short in the general election on February 1, 1972.

Riser is married to the former Vicki Smith, the daughter of Glen and Carolyn Smith of the Fort Necessity community in Franklin Parish. She taught at River Oaks High School in Monroe. The couple has two daughters, Emilie (born 1988) and Allison (born 1992).

From 1996 to 2000, Riser was a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee.

Hartwell Neil Riser Jr. (born April 25, 1962) is a funeral director in Columbia, Caldwell Parish, northeast Louisiana. He is a Republican member of Louisiana House of Representatives for 20th district. He has been serving since 2020.

Neil Riser Net Worth

Neil Riser is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Neil Riser 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Riser Funeral Homes is owned by him in Caldwell parishes. The family that started the funeral home in 1934 was Riser’s grandfather, and it has been operated by the Riser family since then. Riser is also a member of the Caldwell Bank and Trust in Columbia boards. Pelican State Life Insurance Company was his past president. He worked as a logger at age 14 and was previously involved in the timber industry.

A. Hartwell Riser was Riser’s grandfather and was a city councilman in Ruston, Lincoln Parish from 1942 to 1950. Born in Columbia, Riser was the son of Hartwell Neil Riser Sr. (1934-1985) and Lillian Marie Gore (born 1937), both of whom were married in Caldwell Parish in 1956. After her husband’s death, Lillian Riser married Herschel Gentry, Jr., of Monroe. Neil Riser graduated from Caldwell Parish High School, Columbia in 1980.

Located south of Monroe in northeastern Louisiana, Columbia was also the home of Governor John McKeithen and McKeithen’s son, Louisiana Secretary of State W. Fox McKeithen. In 1984, Riser earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from the University of Louisiana at Monroe (then Northeast Louisiana University).

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Between 2008 and 2020, Riser was a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 32nd district. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2013 special election to fill Louisiana’s 5th congressional district seat vacated by Rodney Alexander. He was defeated in the runoff election held on November 16, 2013, by fellow Republican Vance McAllister, a political newcomer from Swartz, who held the seat for only thirteen months.

Facts & Trivia

Neil Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Neil Riser celebrates birthday on April 25 of every year.

On July 2, 2014, Riser pushed through an amendment on the last day of the legislative session which would have increased by $55,000 annually the retirement pay of Colonel Mike Edmonson, the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police and a Republican appointee of Governor Jindal. Another state trooper from Houma would also inadvertently been similarly affected by Riser’s amendment. Legislative rules prohibit a conference committee report from being considered on the last day of a session. However, both chambers voted by the two-thirds majority to suspend the rules and pass Riser’s amendment, which became known in the media as the “Edmonson Act”. Louisiana State Treasurer John Neely Kennedy has urged the state police retirement board, of which he is an ex officio member, to litigate the constitutionality of Senate Bill 294, which was promptly signed into law by Jindal.