Adolph Meyer (politician)

Adolph Meyer (born October 19, 1842 in Natchez , Mississippi , † March 8, 1908 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1908 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Adolph Meyer

Life

Adolph Meyer attended the public schools in his home country. He then enrolled at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . Before he could get a degree, he left this university to a soldier in the army of the Confederate States on civil war participate. In the Army, he served as Assistant Adjutant General on the staff of Brigadier General John Stuart Williams of Kentucky .

After the war, Meyer returned to Natchez, where he planted cotton, sugar and rice. He later went into banking in New Orleans. He became a citizen of the state of Louisiana. In 1879 he became a colonel in the state's National Guard. Two years later, as Brigadier General, he was in command of the National Guard.

Politically, Meyer was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1890 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Louisiana , where he succeeded Theodore Stark Wilkinson on March 4, 1891 . After eight re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on March 8, 1908 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the annexation of the Philippines and the Kingdom of Hawaii fell . After a by-election, Meyer's mandate fell to his party colleague Albert Estopinal .

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SURNAME	Meyer, Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 19, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH	Natchez , Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH	March 8, 1908
Place of death	New Orleans , Louisiana