George K. Favrot

George K. Favrot

George Kent Favrot (born November 26, 1868 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana , †  December 26, 1934 there ) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1909 and again from 1921 to 1925 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Favrot attended the public schools of his home country and then studied at Louisiana State University until 1888 . After a subsequent law degree at Tulane University in New Orleans and his admission as a lawyer in 1890, he began to work in Baton Rouge in his new profession. Between 1892 and 1896 and 1900 to 1904, Favrot was a District Attorney in the 22nd Judicial District of Louisiana. He then served as a district judge until 1906. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1898, Favrot attended a meeting to revise the Louisiana Constitution as a delegate.

In the congressional elections of 1906 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Louisiana , where he succeeded Samuel Matthews Robertson on March 4, 1907 . Since he was no longer nominated by his party in 1908, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1909 . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Favrot returned to work as a lawyer. Between 1912 and 1916 he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives .

In 1920 he was re-elected to Congress for the sixth district of Louisiana. There he took over the seat held by Jared Y. Sanders on March 4, 1921. After re-election in 1922, he was able to spend two more legislative terms in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1925. He then worked again as a lawyer in Baton Rouge. Since 1926 he was a judge in the 19th judicial district of Louisiana. He held this office until his death on December 26, 1934 in Baton Rouge.

In 1907, George Favrot hit the headlines after killing Henry Aldrich, a doctor known in Baton Rouge, with three shots. The cause of the bloody act was an alleged affair between Aldrich and Favrot's wife. Favrot, who was a congressman at the time, was remanded for five months and then acquitted by jury as not guilty.

Web links

• George K. Favrot in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George K. Favrot in the database of Find a Grave (English)