US Senator. Born at Notoway Plantation in Iberville Parish. Attended Parker Seminary in Pineville, McGruder Institute in Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Seminary in Pineville until 1863. He enlisted in 2nd Louisiana Cavalry, Co. B. In 1877, he studied law, serving as judge in Rapides Parish 1878-1880. He was a delegate to the 1898 state constitutional convention; member of the board of supervisors of the state university 1904-1910. He served as chairman, Committee on Fisheries in the sixty-third U.S. Congress and was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson as a member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification serving from 1915 to 1917, after which he returned to the practice of law.
US Senator. Born at Notoway Plantation in Iberville Parish. Attended Parker Seminary in Pineville, McGruder Institute in Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Seminary in Pineville until 1863. He enlisted in 2nd Louisiana Cavalry, Co. B. In 1877, he studied law, serving as judge in Rapides Parish 1878-1880. He was a delegate to the 1898 state constitutional convention; member of the board of supervisors of the state university 1904-1910. He served as chairman, Committee on Fisheries in the sixty-third U.S. Congress and was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson as a member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification serving from 1915 to 1917, after which he returned to the practice of law.
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