Frank A. Monroe | |
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Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court | |
In office March 22, 1899 – January 2, 1922 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Frank Adair Monroe August 30, 1844 Annapolis, Maryland |
Died | January 16, 1927 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 82)
Spouse |
Alice Blanc (
m. 1878) |
Children | 10 |
Education | Kentucky Military Institute |
Occupation | Jurist |
Signature | |
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]
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]
He married Alice Blane in 1878, and they had ten children. [5]
Frank A. Monroe died in New Orleans on January 16, 1927. [6]
Frank A. Monroe | |
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Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court | |
In office March 22, 1899 – January 2, 1922 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Frank Adair Monroe August 30, 1844 Annapolis, Maryland |
Died | January 16, 1927 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 82)
Spouse |
Alice Blanc (
m. 1878) |
Children | 10 |
Education | Kentucky Military Institute |
Occupation | Jurist |
Signature | |
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]
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]
He married Alice Blane in 1878, and they had ten children. [5]
Frank A. Monroe died in New Orleans on January 16, 1927. [6]