Newton Crain Blanchard | |
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| 33rd Governor of Louisiana | |
| In office May 10, 1904 – May 12, 1908 | |
| Lieutenant | Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. |
| Preceded by | William Wright Heard |
| Succeeded by | Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. |
| Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice | |
| In office 1897–1903 | |
| Succeeded by | Alfred D. Land |
| United States Senator fromLouisiana | |
| In office March 12, 1894 – March 3, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | Edward D. White |
| Succeeded by | Samuel D. McEnery |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromLouisiana's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1881 – March 12, 1894 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph B. Elam |
| Succeeded by | Henry W. Ogden |
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| Born | (1849-01-29)January 29, 1849 |
| Died | June 22, 1922(1922-06-22) (aged 73) |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Tulane University Law School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
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Newton Crain Blanchard (January 29, 1849 – June 22, 1922) was aUnited States representative,U.S. senator, and the33rd governor of Louisiana.
Born inRapides Parish inCentral Louisiana, he completed academic studies, studied law inAlexandria in 1868, and graduated from theTulane University Law School in 1870 (then named the University of Louisiana). He was admitted to thebar and commenced practice inShreveport in 1871; in 1879 he was a delegate to theState constitutional convention.
In 1873 he married Mary Emma Barrett, the daughter of Capt. William W. Barrett, an officer in the Confederate army. Their daughter, Mary Ethel Blanchard, married Leonard Rutherford Smith.
Blanchard was elected as aDemocrat to the 47th and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1881, until his resignation, effective March 12, 1894. While in the House of Representatives, he was chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors (50th through 53rd Congresses). He was appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofEdward Douglass White, who was appointed to theUnited States Supreme Court. Blanchard served in the Senate from March 12, 1894, to March 3, 1897; he was not a candidate for a full term in 1896. While in the Senate, Blanchard was chairman of the Committee on Improvement of the Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Fifty-third Congress).
Elected associate justice of theLouisiana Supreme Court, Blanchard served from 1897 to 1903, when he resigned. Blanchard became the Democratic nominee for governor in 1904. He was elected and was governor from 1904 to 1908, and thereafter resumed the practice of law in Shreveport. Notably, he represented Louisiana in President Theodore Roosevelt's 1908 White House Conference of Governors though his term had ended only a day earlier. At this conference, he introduced a resolution for each state to create a commission for the conservation of natural resources. The resolution was unanimously approved, and Louisiana became the first state to create such a commission.[1]
As governor, he appointed SheriffDavid Theophilus Stafford ofRapides Parish, a son ofLeroy Augustus Stafford, aConfederatebrigadier general mortally wounded in theAmerican Civil War, as the Louisianaadjutant general.[2] Various reforms were also introduced including a minimum wage law.[3]
In 1913, Blanchard was again a member of the State constitutional convention, this time serving as president. He died in Shreveport in 1922 and was interred atGreenwood Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Democratic nominee forGovernor of Louisiana 1904 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromLouisiana's 4th congressional district 1881–1894 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 3) from Louisiana 1894–1897 Served alongside:Donelson Caffery | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Governor of Louisiana 1900–1904 | Succeeded by |
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| Note | * Alternately namedPublic Works in 80th through 93rd Congresses andPublic Works and Transportation in 94th through 103rd Congresses. | |
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