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Albert Estopinal | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromLouisiana's1st district | |
| In office November 3, 1908 – April 28, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Adolph Meyer |
| Succeeded by | James O'Connor |
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| Born | (1845-01-30)January 30, 1845 St. Bernard Parrish, Louisiana |
| Died | April 28, 1919(1919-04-28) (aged 74) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Resting place | St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Albert Estopinal (January 30, 1845 – April 28, 1919) was anAmerican Civil War veteran who served seven terms as aU.S. Representative fromLouisiana from 1908 to 1919.
Albert Estopinal was born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, on January 30, 1845. He attended both public and private schools before leaving school in January 1862 to enlist in the Confederate Army.
During the Civil War, Estopinal served in Company G, Twenty-eighth Regiment of the Louisiana Infantry. He eventually rose to the rank of sergeant of Company G, Twenty-second Louisiana Heavy Artillery. There, he served throughout the Civil War.
After the war, he engaged in the commission business at New Orleans for several years, although most of his life was spent at his home, "Kenilworth Plantation," near New Orleans.
He served as sheriff of St. Bernard Parish from 1872 to 1876, and was a member of theLouisiana House of Representatives from 1876 to 1880. He was member of the state constitutional conventions in both 1879 and 1898. He then served in theLouisiana State Senate from 1880 to 1900, then was electedLieutenant Governor, serving from 1900 to 1904.
He was chairman of the Democratic State central committee in 1908, before being elected as a Democrat to theSixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofAdolph Meyer. He was subsequently reelected to theSixty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from November 3, 1908, until his death.
Estopinal died in New Orleans on April 28, 1919. His interment was in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, in New Orleans.
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| Preceded by | Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1900–1904 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromLouisiana's 1st congressional district 1908–1919 | Succeeded by |
