Samuel D. McEnery

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Samuel D. McEnery

Samuel Douglas McEnery (born May 28, 1837 in Monroe , Louisiana , † June 28, 1910 in New Orleans , Louisiana) was an American politician and Governor of Louisiana from 1881 to 1888 . Between 1897 and 1910 he represented this state in the US Senate .

Early years and political advancement

Samuel McEnery attended Spring Hill College in Alabama , the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, and the University of Virginia . He then studied law at the State and National Law School in New York State until 1859 . When the civil war broke out , he became a member of a volunteer unit from Louisiana that took part in the war on the Confederation side .

After the war he started working as a lawyer in Monroe. He became a member of the Democratic Party , whose candidate he was elected lieutenant governor of his state in 1879 . He was then Deputy Governor Louis A. Wiltz . After he died of tuberculosis on October 16, 1881 , McEnery was given the office of governor.

Louisiana Governor

McEnery first ended the term of office begun by his predecessor and was confirmed in this office on April 22, 1884 in the gubernatorial election. So he could officiate between October 16, 1881 and May 21, 1888. During this time, women's and child working hours were reduced to ten hours a day and the railway expansion was pushed ahead. After a flood in 1882 the dikes were renewed. In 1884, a major industrial and cotton exhibition was held in New Orleans . During this time, Louisiana was hit by a number of corruption scandals . Treasury Secretary Edward A. Burke had embezzled money under the two previous governors and was due to disappear to Honduras at the end of McEnery's tenure with $ 1.2 million . The state's lottery company was also corrupt. McEnery had nothing to counteract the general corruption and was voted out of office in 1888. His successor, Francis T. Nicholls , made sure that he received a judge's post on the state's Supreme Court . He held this office between 1888 and 1897. In 1892 he again applied unsuccessfully for a return to the office of governor.

McEnery in the US Senate

In 1896, McEnery was elected to Congress as a Class 3 Senator to replace Newton C. Blanchard . There he served from March 4, 1897 until his death on June 10, 1910. He chaired a committee that dealt with companies in the District of Columbia , as well as a member of the committee that dealt with the transportation and sale of meat products . After his death, his Senate seat went to John Randolph Thornton .

Others

Samuel McEnery was married to Elizabeth Phillips. His brother, John McEnery , also briefly served as governor of Louisiana in 1873.

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SURNAME McEnery, Samuel D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McEnery, Samuel Douglas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and governor of Louisiana (1881–1888)
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Monroe , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1910
Place of death New Orleans , Louisiana