Lazaro, Ladislas, 1872-1927
Ladislas Lazaro (June 5, 1872 – March 30, 1927) was an American doctor, plantation owner, and politician. He served as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 7th congressional district from 1913 to 1927.
Born near Ville Platte, Evangeline (then St. Landry) Parish, Louisiana, he attended public and private schools and Holy Cross College, New Orleans, Louisiana. Lazaro was graduated from Louisville (Kentucky) Medical College in 1894 and practiced his profession in Washington, Louisiana. In addition to his medical practice, Lazaro managed his family plantation, served as president of the parish school board for four years, and in the Louisiana State Senate from 1908 to 1912. Lazaro was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1927. He became the second Hispanic American ever to chair a standing committee in the U.S. House of Representatives when he was named chairman of the Enrolled Bills Committee in 1915.
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