| LC control no. | no 94007903 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blanchard, Newton C. (Newton Crain), 1849-1922 |
| Variant(s) | Blanchard, Mr. (Newton Crain), 1849-1922 Blanchard, N. C. (Newton Crain), 1849-1922 |
| See also | Louisiana. Governor (1904-1908 : Blanchard) |
| Birth date | 1849-01-29 |
| Death date | 1922-06-22 |
| Place of birth | Rapides Parish (La.) |
| Place of death | Shreveport (La.) |
| Affiliation | University of Louisiana. Law Department United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Louisiana. Supreme Court Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Governors Judges |
| Found in | Sale of certain New York Indian lands in Kansas, 1882?: p. 1 (Mr. Blanchard, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, House) Members of Congress since 1789, 1977 (Blanchard, Newton Crain (D La.) Jan. 29, 1849-June 22, 1922; House 1881-Mar. 12, 1894; Senate Mar. 12, 1894-97; Gov. 1904-08) MoSU-L/Nat. Am. files (usage: Newton C. Blanchard; N.C. Blanchard) Inaugural address of ... governor of La., 1904: t.p. (Newton C. Blanchard) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, May 16, 2018 (Blanchard, Newton Crain, a Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; born in Rapides Parish, La., January 29, 1849; completed academic studies; studied law in Alexandria, La., in 1868 and graduated from the law department of the University of Louisiana in 1870; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Shreveport, La., in 1871; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1879; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1881, until his resignation, effective March 12, 1894; chairman, Committee on Rivers and Harbors (Fiftieth through Fifty-third Congresses); appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward D. White and served from March 12, 1894, to March 3, 1897; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Improvement of the Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Fifty-third Congress); elected associate justice of the supreme court of Louisiana and served from 1897 to 1903, when he resigned; Governor of Louisiana 1904-1908; resumed the practice of law in Shreveport, La.; member of the State constitutional convention in 1913 and served as president; died in Shreveport, La., June 22, 1922; interment in Greenwood Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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