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 DONELSON CAFFERY

, of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, was born in the parish of St. Mary, La., September 10, 1835; was educated at St. Mary's College, Maryland; studied law in Louisiana and was admitted to the bar; served in the Confederate army, first in the Thirteenth Louisiana Regiment and subsequently on the staff of Gen. W. W. Walker; practiced law and engaged in sugar planting after the war; was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1879; was elected to the State senate in 1892; was appointed United States Senator to succeed Randall Lee Gibson, deceased, and took his seat January 7, 1893. He was elected by the legislature in 1894 to fill out the term of Randall Lee Gibson, which expired March 4, 1895, and also to succeed himself for the long term, expiring March 4, 1901.