Historical records matching Judge/Pvt. Frank Adair Monroe, CSA
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About Judge/Pvt. Frank Adair Monroe, CSA
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71466475
http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices/Monroe_Frank_Adair.aspx
Born August 30, 1844, in Annapolis, Maryland • Grandfather, Thomas Bell Monroe, was professor of law at the University of Louisiana (forerunner of Tulane) and judge of U.S. District Court for Kentucky • Spent youth in Frankfort, Kentucky, and was educated in Kentucky and Maryland • A cadet at Kentucky Military Institute when the Civil War broke out, left to join the Confederate Army • Badly wounded in 1863, was captured and imprisoned for eight months • After the war moved to New Orleans to read law • Admitted to the bar 1867 • Elected judge of Orleans Parish Court in 1872, but was soon removed by Reconstruction governor, P. B. S. Pinchback • Re-elected in 1876 • Married Alice Blanc 1878 and had five sons and five daughters • Under 1879 Constitution was appointed by Governor Wiltz as judge of new Civil District Court for Orleans Parish • Served in 1898 Constitutional Convention • Appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court 1899 • Elected associate justice 1908 • Through seniority became chief justice 1914 and was re-elected 1918 • Retired early in 1922 after 45 years of judicial service • Like his grandfather, was a professor of law at Tulane • Following retirement, associated with New Orleans firm of Monroe & Lemann • Died January 16, 1927 • Portrait painted by M. Adams
Judge/Pvt. Frank Adair Monroe, CSA's Timeline
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August 30, 1844
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Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
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1882
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1888 |
June 18, 1888
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April 22, 1890
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New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States
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1899
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1913 |
1913
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United States
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1927 |
June 16, 1927
Age 82
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Louisiana, United States
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