Walter Guion

Walter Guion

Walter Guion (born April 3, 1849 in Thibodaux , Louisiana , †  February 7, 1927 in New Orleans , Louisiana) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Louisiana in the Senate .

Walter Guion was initially homeschooled. He later attended Jefferson College in St. James Parish . In 1866 he moved to the neighboring Assumption Parish , where he from 1870 to 1871 as Deputy Clerk of ( Deputy Clerk was busy) at the local court. At the same time he studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1870 and began to practice in Assumption Parish, Lafourche Parish and Ascension Parish . Between 1888 and 1892 he served as a judge in the state's 20th judicial district; from 1892 to 1900 he worked in the same position in the 27th district. Finally he held the office of Attorney General of Louisiana from 1900 to 1912 .

In 1913, Guion was appointed federal attorney for the eastern district of Louisiana by US President Woodrow Wilson to succeed Charlton Reid Beattie , which he remained until his resignation in 1917. He then worked again as a lawyer in Napoleonville and Convent . After the United States entered World War I , he was a member of the Exemption Committee for East Louisiana and was also a member of the State Defense Council.

After the death of US Senator Robert F. Broussard on April 12, 1918, Walter Guion was appointed his successor in Congress by Louisiana's Governor Ruffin Pleasant . He served in Washington, DC from April 22, 1918 to November 5 of the same year; during that time he was chairman of the Committee on Coast and Insular Survey . After he was replaced by Edward James Gay , who was victorious in the by-election , Guion returned to Louisiana. He ran a law firm in New Orleans until his death.

Web links

• Walter Guion in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Walter Guion in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Walter Guion at The Political Graveyard