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 SAMUEL DOUGLAS McENERY

, of New Orleans, was born at Monroe. La., May 28, 1837; was educated at Spring Hill College, near Mobile, Ala., the United States Naval Academy, and the University of Virginia; graduated from State and National Law School, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; served in the Confederate army, in the war between the States, as lieutenant, in Virginia, under Magruder, and in the trans-Mississippi department; is a lawyer by profession; was nominated by the Democratic party and elected lieutenant-governor, with L. A. Wiltz as governor, in 1879; on the death of Governor Wiltz, October, 1881, succeeded him in the executive office; was nominated by the Democratic party for governor and elected in 1884; was a candidate for renomination and was defeated by Gen. Francis T. Nicholls for the nomination; General Nicholls was elected in 1888, and appointed his opponent, S. D. McEnery, to be associate justice of the supreme court in 1888 for the term of twelve years; was nominated by the Democratic party in 1892 for governor and defeated by the Anti-Lottery party; was nominated by Democratic caucus for Senator at the session of the legislature in 1896. and elected to the Senate, to succeed the Hon. N. C. Blanchard, May 28, 1896; Walter Denegre, of New Orleans, was his opponent, supported by Republicans, Populists, and a faction from the Democratic party known as the Citizens' League. The vote was as follows: S. D. McEnery &horbar; Senate, 20; House, 48; total, 68, against Senate, 16; House, 50; total, 66, for Walter Denegre. This was the vote as originally called, but before it was announced one vote changed from McEnery to Denegre, and two votes from Denegre to McEnery, making the vote stand, McEnery, 69; Denegre, 65; took his seat March 4, 1897. His term of service will expire March 3, 1903.