Samuel D. McEnery

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Samuel Douglas McEnery
W.A. Robertson
George L. Walton
Clay Knobloch
Preceded byLouis A. Wiltz
Succeeded byFrancis T. Nicholls
16th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
In office
January 14, 1880 – October 16, 1881
GovernorLouis A. Wiltz
Preceded byLouis A. Wiltz
Succeeded byW. A. Robertson
Personal details
Born(1837-05-28)May 28, 1837
New York)
Signature

Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the

1872 election
for governor.

Early life

Mrs Samuel D. McEnery

McEnery was born in

Poughkeepsie, New York. McEnery served as a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War
.

Career

In 1866, McEnery began practicing law in Monroe. He became active in the Democratic Party, and served as its chairman in

Roman Catholic plurality (and majority in Acadiana and many of the southern parishes of the state), McEnery was the last Catholic to be elected governor prior to Edwin Edwards in 1972.[1]

After losing the 1888 election, McEnery was appointed to serve as an associate justice in the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was elected to serve in the United States Senate in 1896, serving there until his death in 1910.[2] While in the Senate, McEnery served on the Committee of Corporations formed in the District of Columbia and the Committee of Transportation and Sale of Meat Products.[3] He was a member of The Boston Club of New Orleans.[4]

Death

McEnery died on June 28, 1910, in New Orleans and was interred there at Metairie Cemetery.[5]

See also

  • List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

Notes

  1. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Bobby Jindal, and John Bel Edwards
    were elected governors.
  2. ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. p. 41. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  3. ISBN 0-521-82789-2
    .
  4. ^ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu09362126&seq=335
  5. ^ See the Louisiana Secretary of State's "Samuel Douglas McEnery" Archived 2008-02-21 at the Wayback Machine site for McEnery's religious affiliation, date of death, and other information.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
Governor of Louisiana
1884
 Succeeded by
Francis T. Nicholls
Preceded by
Governor of Louisiana
1892
 Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
1880-1881 		Succeeded by
W.A. Robertson
Preceded by
Governor of Louisiana

1881–1888 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
1888-1891 		Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by
US Senator (Class 3) from Louisiana

1897–1910 		Succeeded by
John R. Thornton
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