Newton C. Blanchard

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Newton Crain Blanchard

Newton Crain Blanchard (* 29. January 1849 in Rapides Parish , Louisiana ; †  22. June 1922 in Shreveport , Louisiana) was an American politician of the Democratic Party , of the State of Louisiana in both houses of Congress represented and as its governor acted .

After attending school, he studied law in Alexandria . He graduated from Tulane University in 1870 . After being admitted to the bar, Blanchard practiced in Shreveport. In 1879 he took part as a delegate to the state assembly to revise the Louisiana Constitution.

His political career began when he moved into the US House of Representatives for the Democrats in 1881 . There he was until the resignation of his mandate on March 12, 1894 chairman of the committee for rivers and ports. Then Blanchard moved to the Senate , where he was appointed to succeed the resigned Edward Douglass White . He was a member of this chamber until March 3, 1897, where he chaired the committee responsible for the Mississippi . He did not run for re-election in 1896.

After serving in the Senate, Newton Blanchard moved almost seamlessly to the next public office when he was elected associate judge on the Louisiana Supreme Court . He stayed there until his resignation in 1903. Finally, he was elected governor of his home state, which he remained from 1904 to 1908. He then practiced as a lawyer again. In 1913 he was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention for the second time, this time as its president.

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SURNAME Blanchard, Newton C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blanchard, Newton Crain (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Democratic Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Rapides Parish , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1922
Place of death Shreveport , Louisiana