Broussard, Edwin Sidney, 1874-1934

LC control no.	no2008021006
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Broussard, Edwin Sidney, 1874-1934 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Broussard, Mr. (Edwin Sidney), 1874-1934
Birth date	1874-12-04
Death date	1934-11-19
Place of birth	Loreauville (La.)
Place of death	New Iberia (La.)
Affiliation	Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College United States. Philippine Commission (1900-1916) Tulane Law School United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers Public prosecutors Teachers Soldiers
Found in	Disposition of the silver service set in use on the battleship "Louisiana.", 1929: p. 1 (Mr. Broussard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Feb. 8, 2008 (Broussard, Edwin Sidney; a Senator from La.; b. Dec. 4, 1874; d. Nov. 19, 1934) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, April 16, 2018 (Broussard, Edwin Sidney, (brother of Robert Foligny Broussard), a Senator from Louisiana; born near Loreauville, in Iberia Parish, La., December 4, 1874; attended the public schools and was graduated from the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge in 1896; taught in the public schools of Iberia and St. Martin Parishes 1896-1898; at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War volunteered for service and served as a captain in Cuba 1898-1899; accompanied the Taft Commission to the Philippine Islands in 1899 and served as an assistant secretary; returned to the United States in 1900; was graduated from the law department of Tulane University, New Orleans, La., in 1901; admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced practice in New Iberia, La.; prosecuting attorney for the nineteenth district of Louisiana 1903-1908; unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 1916; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1920; reelected in 1926 and served from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; resumed the practice of law in New Iberia, La., where he died on November 19, 1934; interment in St. Peters Cemetery)
Associated language	eng