Meyer, Adolph, 1842-1908

<p>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.</p>

<p>Meyer was born in to a Jewish family of German descent in Natchez, Mississippi.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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. 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.</p>

MEYER, Adolph, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Natchez, Adams County, Miss., October 19, 1842; attended the common schools; matriculated at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, but before graduation enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1862; served until the close of the Civil War on the staff of Brig. Gen. John S. Williams, of Kentucky, and attained the rank of assistant adjutant general; returned to Natchez and engaged extensively in the cultivation of cotton, sugar cane, and rice; also engaged in banking in the city of New Orleans; elected colonel of the First Regiment of the Louisiana State National Guard in 1879; appointed by Governor Wiltz brigadier general of the First Brigade, embracing all the uniformed militia in the State, in 1881; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in New Orleans, La., March 8, 1908; chairman, Committee on Militia (Fifty-third Congress); interment in Metairie Cemetery.