Newton Crain Blanchard letter, 1881 July 19.

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Newton Crain Blanchard letter, 1881 July 19.

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Newton Crain Blanchard in Shreveport, La., sends his record for insertion in the Congressional Directory.

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Blanchard, Newton C. (Newton Crain), 1849-1922

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Newton Crain Blanchard was an attorney, politician, and governor born in Rapides Parish, La. He received his law degree from the University of Louisiana (now Tulane) in 1870 and began practicing law in Shreveport the following year. Blanchard was a delegate to the Louisiana constitutional convention in 1879 and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1880 where he served until 1893. From 1893 until 1897, Blanchard held the unexpired U.S. Senate seat of Edward Douglass White and from ...