- Louisiana Delegation
Louisiana Delegation
This is one of the 50 delegations in the convention, accounting for 13 of 713 people who took part.
Members (13):
| Name | Visualize | Details | Delegations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleck Boarman | Visualize | (December 10, 1839 — August 30, 1916) Boarman was a an American politician, judge, and lawyer. Alexander Boarman (also known as Aleck) was born in Yazoo County, Mississippi, but moved to Louisiana in his infancy. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1860 and immediately enlisted in the Confederate Army. After the war, Boarman studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He practiced law in Louisiana and served as the Mayor of Shreveport from 1866 to 1867. Boarman was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Liberal Republican to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of James McCleery. He served in the House from December 3, 1872 to March 3, 1873. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000579] | Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Chester B. Darrall | Visualize | (June 24, 1842 — January 1, 1908) Darrall was a medical doctor, businessman, and politician. Chester Bidwell Darrall was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania and moved to Louisiana after resigning from the Union Army in 1867. Darall graduated from Albany (New York) Medical College, where he studied medicine. He enlisted to the Union Army during the Civil War and served as an assistant surgeon. When he resigned from the Union Army, he moved to Louisiana and worked in the mercantile business until he was elected to the State Senate in 1868. Darrall was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877. He presented his credentials to the Forty-Fifth Congress until Joseph H. Acklen successfully contested the election. Darrall only served from March 4, 1877 until February 20, 1878 during the Forty-Fifth Congress. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000062] | Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| John S. Harris | Visualize | "(December 18, 1825 -- January 25, 1906) John Spafford Harris was a(n) clerk, merchant, cotton planter, public servant, surveyor general, and American politician. Harris was born in Truxton, Cortland County, New York and moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and then Natchez, Louisiana in 1863. John was a member of the State constitutional convention (1868), was one of a committee of seven to conduct the affairs of the state until the constitution could be adopted, member of the state senate (1868), and was appointed surveyor general for Montana by President Arthur (November 21, 1881). Harris was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate (July 8,1868 - March 3, 1871). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000246]" | Louisiana Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William P. Kellogg | Visualize | "(December 8, 1830 -- August 10, 1918) William Pitt Kellogg was a(n) lawyer, public servant, judge, soldier, collector of a port, governor, and American politician. Kellogg was born in Orwell, Addison County, Vermont and moved to Nebraska, Illinois, and then New Orleans in 1865. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855. William served as a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in (1860), was appointed as chief justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Nebraska (1861) by President Lincoln, was appointed by President Lincoln as collector of the port of New Orleans (April 13, 1865 - 1868), Governor of Louisiana (1873-1877) and served on the Illinois Volunteer Calvary. Kellogg was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate (July 9, 1868 - November 1, 1872) when he resigned to become governor. He was again elected to the United States Senate (March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883), declining to run again. Kellogg was elected to the 48th Congress (March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885). During his time on the Senate, he served as Chairman on the Committee on Railroads (47th Congress). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=K000069]" | Louisiana Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Effingham Lawrence | Visualize | (March 2, 1820 — December 9, 1878) Lawrence was a planter, businessman, and politician. Effingham Lawrence was born in Long Island, New York and moved to Louisiana in 1843. In Louisiana, Lawerence entered the sugar business where he was involved in its planting and refining. He served as a member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives and was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1875. He successfully contested the elect of Jacob Sypher and succeeded the representatives on March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000132] | Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| James McCleery | Visualize | (December 2, 1837 — November 5, 1871) McCleery was a lieutenant, captain, major, brigadier general, lawyer, and politician. James McCleery was born in Trumbull County, Ohio and moved to Louisiana after the Civil War. He served in the Union Army and retired to Louisiana in 1870 after purchasing a plantation. McCleery practiced law in Louisiana and was connected to the Freedmen’s Bureau in North Carolina and Louisiana. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served during the Forty-Second Congress from March 4, 1871 until his death on November 5, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000327] | Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Frank Morey | Visualize | (July 11, 1840 — September 22, 1890) Morey was a cotton planter, businessman, and politician. Frank Morey was born in Boston Massachusetts. He studied law in Illinois before enlisting in the Union Army in 1861. After the Civil War, Morey settled in Louisiana and became a planter. He served as a member of the State House of Representatives from 1868 to 1869. Morey was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to June 8, 1876 when William Spencer successfully contested the election. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000942] | Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Joseph P. Newsham | Visualize | "(May 24, 1837 -- October 22, 1919) Joseph Parkinson Newsham was a(n) merchant, lawyer, soldier, clerk, public servant, planter, establisher of a newspaper, and American politician. He was born in Preston, Lancashire, England and moved to Illinois and then Donaldsonville, Louisiana in 1864. Joseph studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860 and 1865 (Illinois and Louisiana respectfully). He served in the Union Army as a adjutant of the 32nd Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry and resigned on account of disabilities incurred in action (July 4, 1864). Newsham was a clerk of the 4th judicial district court of the Parish of Ascension, member of the Louisiana constitutional convention (1867 & 1868), and established the Feliciana Republican (1869). Joseph was elected as a Republican to the 40th Congress (July 16, 1868 - March 3, 1869). He successfully contested the election of Michael Ryan to the 41st Congress (May 23, 1870 - March 3, 1871) and was not reelected. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=N000072]" | Louisiana Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Lionel A. Sheldon | Visualize | (August 30, 1828 — January 17, 1917) Sheldon was an American politician and lawyer. Lionel Sheldon was born in Otsego County, New York and moved to Louisiana after the Civil War. He graduated from Fowler Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1853. He enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War and served as a lieutenant colonel and colonel. After settling in Louisiana, Sheldon practiced law until he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1869. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-First, Forty-Second, and Forty-Third Congresses from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000322] | Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| George A. Sheridan | Visualize | (February 22, 1840 — October 7, 1896) Sheridan was a publisher, businessman, and politician. George Augustus Sheridan was born in Millbury, Massachusetts but moved to Chicago, Illinois with his parents in 1858. He enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War and served as a captain. After resigning from the army, Sheridan moved to Louisiana and served as a brigadier in the general militia. He was elected as a Liberal Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000341] | Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| George L. Smith | Visualize | December 11, 1837 — July 9, 1884) Smith was a businessman and politician. George Luke Smith was born in Hillsboro County, New Hampshire and moved to Louisiana at the close of the Civil War. While in Louisiana, Smith entered the mercantile business and held several local offices including member of the State House of Representatives from 1870 to 1872. He also served as President of the Shreveport Savings Bank and Trust Company. Smith was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Samuel Peters. He served in the House from November 24, 1873 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000539] | Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| J. Hale Sypher | Visualize | "(June 22, 1837 -- May 9, 1905) Jacob Hale Sypher was a(n) teacher, soldier, lawyer, public servant, and American politician. He was born close to Millerstown, Perry County, Pennsylvania and moved to Ohio and then Louisiana. Jacob served in the Union army as a private in Company A First Ohio Light Artillery and later served as colonel of the 11th United States Colored Heavy Artillery. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. Sypher was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. He was elected as a Republican to the 40th Congress (July 18, 1868 - March 3, 1869). Sypher contested the election of Louis St. Martin to the 41st Congress, but house decided that neither were entitled to the seat. He was elected to the 41st, also reelected to the 42nd Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the decision of Congress (November 7, 1870 - March 3, 1873). Jacob presented credentials as a Member-elect to the 43rd Congress (March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875) and was contested successfully by Effingham Lawrence. He was not successful in the election of 1874 and during his time on congress, served as Chairman on the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (43rd Congress.) [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=S001140]" | Louisiana Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |
| J. Rodman West | Visualize | (September 19, 1822 — October 31, 1898) West was a businessman, proprietor, lieutenant, colonel, and politician. Joseph Rodman West was born in New Orleans, Louisiana but moved to Philadelphia with his parents in 1824. He returned to New Orleans in 1841, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. He moved to California in 1849 and worked for a newspapers in San Francisco until the start of the Civil War. He enlisted in the Union Army and served as a lieutenant and colonel. He returned to Louisiana after the war and was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1871. He served in Congress for the Forty-Second, Forty-Third, and Forty-Fourth Congresses from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1877. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000303] | Louisiana Delegation (This negotiation) |