Adolph Meyer

Adolph Meyer

Adolph Meyer (October 19, 1842 – March 8, 1908) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908.

Biography

Meyer was born in to a Jewish family of German descent in Natchez, Mississippi.^[1]

During the Civil War, Meyer served 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.^[2]

General Meyer Avenue in the Algiers part of New Orleans is named in his honor as a tribute to his efforts in lobbying for a U.S. Naval Yard in that area.^[3] In the mid-20th century there was an Adolph Meyer School in Algiers, as well.

Adolph Meyer Elementary School is a school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is located at an elevation of 1 meters above sea level.

Its coordinates are 29°56'39" N and 90°2'10" W in DMS (Degrees Minutes Seconds) or 29.94417 and -90.03611 (in decimal degrees). Its UTM position is Northing: 3316294.564691 / Easting: 786084.67882987 / Zone 15R.

References

↑ 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

United States Congress. "Adolph Meyer (id: M000679)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Adolph Meyer at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Theodore Stark Wilkinson	United States Representative for the 1st Congressional District of Louisiana 1891-1908	Succeeded by Albert Estopinal

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana

1st district	E. Livingston White Johnson White Slidell Sére St. Martin Dunbar Eustis Bouligny Sypher Lawrence Gibson Hunt St. Martin Wilkinson Meyer Estopinal O'Connor Fernández Hébert Tonry R. Livingston Vitter Jindal Scalise

2nd district	Gurley Thomas Ripley Chinn Dawson la Branche Thibodeaux Conrad Bullard J.A. Landry Hunt Taylor Mann Sheldon Ellis Hahn Wallace Lagan Coleman Lagan Davey Buck Davey Gilmore Dupré Spearing Maloney T.H. Boggs Maloney T.H. Boggs L. Boggs Jefferson Cao Richmond

3rd district	Brent Overton Bullard Garland Moore Dawson Harmanson Penn Perkins Davidson Newsham Darrall Acklen Darrall Kellogg Gay Price Broussard Martin Montet Mouton Domengeaux Willis Caffery Treen Tauzin Melancon J.M. Landry Boustany

4th district	Bossier Morse Moore Jones Sandidge Landrum Vidal Newsham McCleery Boarman Smith Levy Elam Blanchard Ogden Breazeale Watkins Sandlin Brooks Waggonner Leach Roemer McCrery Fields McCrery Fleming

5th district	Blackburn Morey Spencer Leonard Young King Newton Boatner Baird Ransdell Elder Wilson Mills McKenzie Passman Huckaby McCrery Cooksey Alexander McAllister Abraham

6th district	Nash E. Robertson Lewis Irion E. Robertson S. Robertson Favrot Wickliffe Morgan Sanders Sr. Favrot Kemp Sanders Jr. Griffith Sanders Jr. Morrison Rarick Moore Baker Cazayoux Cassidy Graves

7th district	Pujo Lazaro De Rouen Plauche Larcade Thompson Edwards Breaux Hayes John Boustany

8th district	Aswell Overton Dear Allen Doc McSween G. Long S. Long G. Long C. Long Holloway

At-large	Robertson Butler Johnston Sheridan

Territory	Clark Poydras

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 8765861 LCCN: n83170850 US Congress: M000679

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