Gilbert Dupre

Gilbert Louis Dupré, Sr. (September 20, 1858 – December 18, 1946), was an attorney and state representative from Opelousas, Louisiana, known for his initial political opposition to Governor Huey Pierce Long, Jr. He held his state House seat from 1913 to 1932.

Dupré opposed the new Louisiana State Capitol, built in skyscraper format and strongly promoted by Governor Long. To retaliate against Dupré, Long had a hole drilled in the roof directly above Dupre's office in the Old Louisiana State Capitol to punish Dupré for the lawmaker's opposition to a new capitol building. When Dupré demanded that Governor Long repair the leak at once, Long said that he would do so only if Dupré would vote for the planned new state capitol building. When Dupré refused to commit his vote, Long told him, "Die, damn you, in the faith!"

In his last year in office, Dupré, by then an elderly deaf man, spoke out against the Long intra-party challenger, Dudley LeBlanc of Abbeville through the Long newspaper, the Louisiana Progress.