Samuel Douglas McEnery
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| United States Senator from Louisiana | |
| In office March 4, 1897 – June 28, 1910 | |
| Preceded by | Newton C. Blanchard |
| Succeeded by | John Thornton |
| 30th Governor of Louisiana | |
| In office October 16, 1881 – May 20, 1888 | |
| Lieutenant | W.A. Robertson George L. Walton Clay Knobloch |
| Preceded by | Louis A. Wiltz |
| Succeeded by | Francis T. Nicholls |
| 16th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana | |
| In office January 14, 1880 – October 16, 1881 | |
| Governor | Louis A. Wiltz |
| Preceded by | Louis A. Wiltz |
| Succeeded by | W. A. Robertson |
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| Born | (1837-05-28)May 28, 1837 Monroe, Louisiana |
| Died | June 28, 1910(1910-06-28) (aged 73) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Spring Hill College United States Naval Academy University of Virginia State and National Law School (New York) |
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Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the 30th Governor of the U.S. stateofLouisiana, with service from 1881 until 1888. He was subsequently a U.S. senator from 1897 until 1910. He was the brother of John McEnery, one of the candidates in the contested 1872 election for governor.
McEnery was born in MonroeinOuachita ParishinNorth Louisiana. He attended Spring Hill CollegeinMobile, Alabama, the United States Naval AcademyinAnnapolis, Maryland, and the University of VirginiaatCharlottesville, Virginia. In 1859, McEnery graduated from the State and National Law SchoolinPoughkeepsie, New York. McEnery served as a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
In 1866, McEnery began practicing law in Monroe. He became active in the Democratic Party, and served as its chairman in Ouachita Parish. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1879, and became Governor of Louisiana in 1881 after the death of Louis A. Wiltz. McEnery was elected to a full term as governor in 1884, but failed to be re-elected in 1888. McEnery's administration was weak because of the power wielded by the State Treasurer Edward A. Burke and the corrupt Louisiana State Lottery Company. Despite Louisiana's Roman Catholic plurality (and majority in Acadiana and many of the southern parishes of the state), McEnery was the last Catholic to be elected governor prior to Edwin Edwards in 1972.[1]
After losing the 1888 election, McEnery was appointed to serve as an associate justice in the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was elected to serve in the United States Senate in 1896, serving there until his death in 1910.[2] While in the Senate, McEnery served on the Committee of Corporations formed in the District of Columbia and the Committee of Transportation and Sale of Meat Products.[3] He was a member of The Boston Club of New Orleans.[4]
McEnery died on June 28, 1910, in New Orleans and was interred there at Metairie Cemetery.[5]
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| Preceded by | Democratic nominee for Governor of Louisiana 1884 |
Succeeded by Francis T. Nicholls |
| Preceded by | Democratic nominee for Governor of Louisiana 1892 |
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| Preceded by | Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1880-1881 |
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| Preceded by | Governor of Louisiana 1881–1888 |
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| Preceded by | Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court 1888-1891 |
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| Preceded by | US Senator (Class 3) from Louisiana 1897–1910 |
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