Frank A. Monroe
Frank Adair Monroe (August 30, 1844 – January 16, 1927) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from March 22, 1899, to January 2, 1922, serving as chief justice from April 5, 1914, on.[1][2]
Frank A. Monroe | |
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| Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court | |
| In office March 22, 1899 – January 2, 1922 | |
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| Born | Frank Adair Monroe August 30, 1844 Annapolis, Maryland |
| Died | January 16, 1927 (aged 82) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Spouse |
Alice Blanc (m. 1878) |
| Children | 10 |
| Education | Kentucky Military Institute |
| Occupation | Jurist |
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Biography
Born in Annapolis, Maryland,[3] Monroe's grandfather was Thomas Bell Monroe, a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky.[1] Monroe was raised in Frankfort, Kentucky, and was enrolled as a cadet at the Kentucky Military Institute at the beginning of the American Civil War.[1] He served in the Confederate Army during the war,[3] where he was wounded in 1863, and was captured and held by Union forces for eight months.[1]
He served for one month as Judge of Third District Court in 1872, when he was dispossessed. He was in the White League. He was re-elected as a judge in 1876, and was a judge of the Civil District Court from 1880 to 1899. He was a member Constitutional Convention of 1898. He succeeded Judge Breaux as Chief Justice through seniority in April 1914.[3] He retired from the court in 1921.[4]
Personal life and death
He married Alice Blane in 1878, and they had ten children.[5]
Frank A. Monroe died in New Orleans on January 16, 1927.[6]
References
- "Frank Adair Monroe (1844-1927)". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- "Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (1922), p. 123.
- "Choose Three New High Court Judges", St. Landry Clarion (August 27, 1921), p. 3.
- The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XII. James T. White & Company. 1904. p. 103. Retrieved August 13, 2020 – via Google Books.
- "Former State Chief Justice Monroe Dies". The Times. New Orleans, Louisiana. AP. January 17, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved August 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.