Adolph Meyer
Adolph Meyer | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 8, 1908 | |
| Preceded by | Theodore S. Wilkinson |
| Succeeded by | Albert Estopinal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Adolph Meyer October 19, 1842 Natchez, Mississippi |
| Died | March 8, 1908 (aged 65) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Resting place | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Profession | Banker, Planter |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States Confederate States of America |
| Branch/service | Confederate States Army Louisiana National Guard |
| Years of service | 1862–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank | Assistant Adjutant General |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Adolph Meyer (October 19, 1842 – March 8, 1908) was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War who served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana.[1] He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908.
Biography
[edit]Meyer was born in to a Jewish family of German descent in Natchez, Mississippi.[2]
Confederate States Army
[edit]During the Civil War, Meyer served in the Confederate Army on the staff of Brigadier General John Stuart Williams of Kentucky and attained the rank of assistant adjutant general. A planter in Mississippi and a banker in New Orleans, he served in the Louisiana National Guard, attaining the rank of brigadier general in 1881.[3]
Congress
[edit]In 1890, he was elected to his first of nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He served until his death on October 19, 1908 at the age of 65.
Namesakes
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General Meyer Avenue in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans is named in his honor for his efforts in lobbying for a U.S. Naval Yard in that area.[4] The Avenue begins as Newton Street in Algiers Point, changes name to General Meyer Avenue at Behrman Avenue, and continues for approximately 4 miles, ending at Bennett Street in the Lower Algiers neighborhood.
The Adolph Meyer School (1917) was a school in Algiers on General Meyer Avenue; renamed to honor Harriet Tubman in the 1990s, the facility operates today as Harriet Tubman Charter School, one of Crescent City Schools' three charter elementary schools. In 2016, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at the southeast corner of General Meyer and Behrman, across from the U.S. Naval Station Algiers Historic District and the city's Federal City complex.
See also
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- List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
References
[edit]- ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 41. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ [1] Archived October 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine at www.isjl.org <--dead link, April 2015.
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, retrieved 28 Jan. 2016.
- ^ Germans of Louisiana by Ellen C. Merrill. Pelican Publishing, 2014.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Adolph Meyer (id: M000679)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Adolph Meyer at Find a Grave
- Adolph Meyer, late a representative from Louisiana, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1909
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