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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Edward J. Gay |
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Plaquemine, Louisiana , United States |
| Email | None |
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May 05, 1878
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| Died | December 01, 1952
(74 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | GAY, Edward James, (grandson of Edward James Gay [1816-1889]), a Senator from Louisiana; born on Union Plantation, Iberville Parish, La., May 5, 1878; attended Pantops Academy, Charlottesville, Va., the Lawrenceville (N.J.) School, and Princeton University; engaged in sugar production and the cultivation of various agricultural products; member, State house of representatives 1904-1918; elected on November 5, 1918, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert F. Broussard and served from November 6, 1918, to March 3, 1921; declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1920; chairman, Committee on Coast and Insular Survey (Sixty-fifth Congress); president of a manufacturing company and of the Lake Long Drainage District, Iberville Parish; died in New Orleans, La., December 1, 1952; interment in Metairie Cemetery.
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