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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Albert Estopinal |
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New Orleans, Louisiana , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
January 30, 1845
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| Died | April 28, 1919
(74 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Mar 27, 2017 08:24pm |
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| Info | ESTOPINAL, Albert, a Representative from Louisiana; born in St. Bernard Parish, La., January 30, 1845; attended the public and private schools; left school in January 1862 to enlist in the Confederate Army and served in Company G, Twenty-eighth Regiment, Louisiana Infantry; made sergeant of Company G, Twenty-second Louisiana Heavy Artillery, and served throughout the Civil War; engaged in the commission business at New Orleans for several years but most of his life was spent at his home, “Kenilworth Plantation,” near New Orleans; sheriff of St. Bernard Parish 1872-1876; member of the State house of representatives 1876-1880; member of the constitutional conventions in 1879 and 1898; served in the State senate 1880-1900; Lieutenant Governor 1900-1904; chairman of the Democratic State central committee in 1908; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Adolph Meyers; reelected to the Sixty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from November 3, 1908, until his death in New Orleans, La., April 28, 1919; interment in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, La.
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