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  Caffery, Jr., Donelson
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NameDonelson Caffery, Jr.
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Franklin, Louisiana , United States
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Born September 10, 1835
DiedDecember 30, 1906 (71 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Sep 30, 2019 06:10pm
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InfoCAFFERY, Donelson, (grandfather of Patrick Thomson Caffery), a Senator from Louisiana; born near Franklin, St. Mary Parish, La., September 10, 1835; attended private schools in Franklin, St. Mary’s College, Baltimore, Md., and Louisiana University at New Orleans; studied law; during the Civil War served as a lieutenant in the Thirteenth Louisiana Regiment; served as clerk of court in 1866; admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced the practice of law in Franklin, La.; sugar planter; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1879; member, State senate 1892-1893; appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1894 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Randall Lee Gibson and served from December 31, 1892, to March 3, 1901; was not a candidate for reelection in 1900; chairman, Committee on Enrolled Bills (Fifty-third Congress), Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Fifty-sixth Congress); resumed the practice of law; died in New Orleans, La., on December 30, 1906; interment in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, La.


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Son Donaldson Caffery, III 1870-1928
Son Ralph Caffery 1873-1943
Grandson Patrick T. Caffery 1932-2013

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  09/05/1900 US President - Nt National Convention Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  11/03/1894 LA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  12/30/1892 LA US Senate - Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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