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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Samuel D. McEnery |
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New Orleans, Louisiana , United States |
| Email | None |
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May 28, 1837
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| Died | June 28, 1910
(73 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | McENERY, Samuel Douglas, a Senator from Louisiana; born in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, La., May 28, 1837; attended the public schools, Spring Hill (Ala.) College, the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; graduated from the State and National Law School, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in 1859; at the beginning of the Civil War entered the Confederate Army as a member of a volunteer company called the Pelican Greys, and in 1862 was commissioned a lieutenant; admitted to the bar at Monroe, La., in 1866 and commenced practice; elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana in 1879, becoming Governor upon the death of the Governor in October 1881; elected Governor of Louisiana in 1884; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888; appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Louisiana in 1888 and served until 1897, when he resigned, having been elected Senator; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1896; reelected in 1902 and 1908 and served from March 4, 1897, until his death; chairman, Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Fifty-ninth Congress), Committee on Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Sixty-first Congress); died in New Orleans, La., June 28, 1910; interment in Metairie Cemetery.
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