H. Garland Dupré

H. Garland Dupré

Henry Garland Dupré (born July 28, 1873 in Opelousas , Louisiana , †  February 21, 1924 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1910 and 1924 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Garland Dupré attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1892 at Tulane University in New Orleans . After a subsequent law degree at the same university and his license to practice law in 1895, he began to work in this profession in New Orleans. Between 1900 and 1910 he was the city's deputy lawyer.

Politically, Dupré became a member of the Democratic Party . From 1900 to 1910 he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives ; from 1908 he was its speaker . In 1908 he was chairman of the Louisiana regional Democratic party convention. After the death of MP Samuel Louis Gilmore , Dupré was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington at the by-election for the second Louisiana MP. There he took his seat on November 8, 1910. After he was confirmed in all subsequent rotating elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on February 21, 1924 . During this time there were the 16th , the 17th of the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution adopted.

After Dupré's death, his seat fell in a by-election to James Z. Spearing .

Web links

• H. Garland Dupré in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• H. Garland Dupré in the database of Find a Grave (English)