Edward Hughes Randolph (1858–1934) was an American lawyer from Louisiana [1] who served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana under President Taft. He was known for fighting against the draft lottery. [2]
Edward Hughes Randolph was born in Bossier Parish in 1858 to Edward G. Randolph and Mary E. Thompson. [3] He became the attorney for the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company,Houston &Shreveport Railway and counsel for the Vicksburg,Shreveport and Pacific Railway as well as for Shreveport Traction Company. [4] He was a member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1884, [5] a member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee (1895–1896). However,he left the party after that year. [2] In 1901 he was the attorney for the city of Shreveport. [6] and in 1906 appeared before the Louisiana Supreme Court. [7] He would become U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana in 1910 and hold that position until 1913. He was also a former president of the Louisiana Bar Association. [2]
Centenary College of Louisiana is a private liberal arts college in Shreveport,Louisiana. The college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825,it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
The Paul M. Hebert Law Center,often styled "LSU Law",is a public law school in Baton Rouge,Louisiana. It is part of the Louisiana State University System and located on the main campus of Louisiana State University.
Coe Isaac Crawford was an American attorney and politician from South Dakota. He served as the sixth Governor and as a U.S. Senator.
C. E. Byrd,a Blue Ribbon School,is a high school in Shreveport,Louisiana,United States. In continuous operation since its establishment in 1925,C. E. Byrd is also the eighth-largest high school in the United States of America as of February 2019. Byrd students come from its neighborhood or throughout the entire school district through its selective math/science magnet program.
The Texas and New Orleans Railroad was a railroad in Texas and Louisiana. It operated 3,713 miles (5,975 km) of railroad in 1934;by 1961,3,385 miles (5,448 km) remained when it merged with parent company Southern Pacific.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana is a United States federal court with jurisdiction over approximately two thirds of the state of Louisiana,with courts in Alexandria,Lafayette,Lake Charles,Monroe,and Shreveport. These cities comprise the Western District of Louisiana.
Alexander "Aleck" Boarman was a United States representative from Louisiana and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Previously,he served in the Confederate States Army and as Mayor of Shreveport,Louisiana.
Tulane University Law School is the law school of Tulane University. It is located on Tulane's Uptown campus in New Orleans,Louisiana. Established in 1847,it is the 12th oldest law school in the United States.
The Alabama Great Southern Railroad is a railroad in the U.S. states of Alabama,Georgia,Louisiana,Mississippi,and Tennessee. It is an operating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS),running southwest from Chattanooga to New Orleans through Birmingham and Meridian. The AGS also owns about a 30% interest in the Kansas City Southern-controlled Meridian-Shreveport Meridian Speedway.
In 1887,Robert A. Long and Victor Bell formed the Long-Bell Lumber Company in Columbus,Kansas. The Long-Bell Lumber Company branched out using balanced vertical integration to control all aspects of lumber from the sawmills to the retail lumber yard. As the company expanded it moved further south and eventually had holdings in Arkansas,Oklahoma Indian Territory,and Louisiana,before heading west to Washington.
George Eustis Sr. was chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1838. He was also one of the founders of the Pontchartrain Railroad and a benefactor of the University of Louisiana,now Tulane University.
George Monroe Stearns was an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1886 to 1887.
The Vicksburg,Shreveport and Pacific Railway was chartered as the Vicksburg,Shreveport,&Texas Railroad Company with an east and west division on April 28,1853,to be a link,via a transfer boat,between Vicksburg,Mississippi,Shreveport,Louisiana,and points west.
John Randolph Grymes was a New Orleans attorney,member of the Louisiana state legislature,U.S. attorney for Louisiana district,and aide-de-camp to General Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Shreveport,Louisiana,USA.
Anne Ector Pleasant was an American school teacher and founder of the private school Pleasant Hall in Shreveport which operated for more than fifty years. Between 1916 and 1920,she was the First Lady of Louisiana and though she supported women's suffrage,she was not in favor of passage of the Nineteenth Amendment,believing voting rights were a state rather than a federal issue.
Ruffin Golson Pleasant was the 36th Governor of Louisiana from 1916 to 1920,who is remembered for having mobilized his state for World War I. Prior to his governorship,Pleasant was the Louisiana attorney general from 1912 to 1916 and the city attorney of Shreveport from 1902 to 1908.
Milton Casper Elstner (1848–1912) was an American lawyer and former confederate soldier from Grant County,Kentucky. He served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana three separate times under five presidents.
The Arkansas Southern Railroad Company was a small carrier with track in Arkansas and Louisiana. It was incorporated in 1892 and merged out of existence in 1905.