| LC control no. | n 87888044 |
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| Personal name heading | Nicholls, Francis T. (Francis Tillou), 1834-1912 |
| Variant(s) | Nicholls, F. T. (Francis Tillou), 1834-1912 Nicholls, Francis Tillou, 1834-1912 Nicholls, Francis Reddin Tillou, 1834-1912 Nicholls, Francis Redding Tillou, 1834-1912 |
| See also | Louisiana. Governor (1877-1880 : Nicholls) Louisiana. Governor (1888-1892 : Nicholls) |
| Found in | Casso, E.J. Francis T. Nicholls, 1987: t.p. (Francis T. Nicholls) jkt. (Francis Tillou Redding Nicholls, 1834-1912, Louisiana governor) p. 11 (Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls ; named after an uncle, Francis Redding Tillou ; Nicholls dropped the Redding later in life) OCLC, May 12, 2011 (hdgs.:Nicholls, Francis T. $q (Francis Tillou), $d1834-1912; Nicholls, Francis Tillou, $d 1834-1912; Nicholls, Francis Reddin Tillou; Nicholls, Francis Reddin Tillou, 1834-1912; usage: Francis T. Nicholls; F. T. Nicholls; Francis Reddin Tillou Nicholls; Francis Tillou Nicholls) Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, 1988 (Nicholls, Francis Tillou; attorney, soldier, governor, jurist; b. Donaldsonville, La., Aug. 20, 1834; graduated from U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1855; practiced law in Napoleonville, La.; Civil War service included commanding the Second Louisiana Brigade as brigadier general; elected governor in 1876 and again in 1888; appointed chief justice of Louisiana Supreme Court, 1892; d. Jan. 4, 1912) Dawson, J. G. The Louisiana governors: from Iberville to Edwards, 1990: p. 176-179 (Nicholls, Francis Redding Tillou; governor 1877-1880, 1888-1892; Confederate general ; chief justice (1892-1904) and associate justice (1904-1911) of Louisiana Supreme Court) Louisiana Secretary of State WWW site, May 12, 2011: Louisiana Governors (Francis T. Nicholls, 1877-1880 and 1888-1892; Democrat. A conservative democrat who looked at the antebellum period as a golden age in Louisiana, Francis R.T. Nicholls embodied the bourbon or planter approach to less government-low taxes, few official services and little involvement by blacks in the political processes. Nicholls became governor as part of the national compromise of 1877. In return for Louisiana's presidential electoral votes, Rutherford B. Hayes recognized Nicholls' victory over Stephen B. Packard. His first administration battled three corrupt men with great power: state Treasurer Edward Burke; Samuel James, operator of the convict lease system; and Lt. Gov. Louis Wiltz, a defender of the Louisiana Lottery. Nicholls fought the corrupt Louisiana Lottery throughout his second term. He lost the battle when the state Supreme Court revoked his dissolution of the lottery. Nicholls won the war, however, when the federal government outlawed the use of mails to sell lottery tickets.) |
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