1. Basil Marceaux received an associate's degree in business administration from Edmondson Junior College in Chattanooga, and served as a United States Marine.
11 Facts About Basil Marceaux
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Basil Marceaux has listed his professions as an inventor, entrepreneur, importer-exporter and historian.
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Basil Marceaux is married to Getona Deaver and has two children.
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Basil Marceaux himself confirmed that he was ordered to be hospitalized for observation at Tennessee's Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute twice.
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Additionally, Basil Marceaux has been found guilty in a case involving vandalism and possession of drug paraphernalia, and in one case involving theft.
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Basil Marceaux has promised to emphasize phonics in public schools and would require high school students to read the minutes from the United States House of Representatives.
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Basil Marceaux welcomed the media attention the campaign received, and he denied rumors that he was intoxicated when his campaign video was filmed.
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Basil Marceaux stated that his speech is slurred because he has only three teeth and the news program's producers forced him to modify and shorten his statement as he was delivering it.
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Basil Marceaux faced Bill Haslam, Zach Wamp, Ron Ramsey and Joe Kirkpatrick in the Republican gubernatorial primary election on August 5,2010.
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Basil Marceaux finished fifth, receiving 3,505 votes.
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Basil Marceaux created a Christmas song titled "Come Christmas" in December 2010 coupled with a music video, both of which soon went viral.