History of Franklin, (Saint Mary Parish) Louisiana United States of America

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Murphy James Foster, governor of Louisiana, was born at Franklin, on the Teche, in the parish of St. Mary, La., Jan. 12, 1849; son of Thomas J. and Martha (Murphy) Foster; and grandson of Levi Foster and Zeide (Demaret) Foster, and of John and Emma (Taylor) Murphy. From the high school at Franklin he went to Washington and Lee university, Virginia, and after two sessions there, to Cumberland university, Lebanon, Tenn., where he was graduated in 1870. Returning to Louisiana he was graduated from the law school of the Tulane university in 1871 and practised his profession in his native village. He served continuously in the state senate, 1880-92. He declined the position of associate justice of the supreme bench offered to him by Governor Nicholls in 1890. During the contest with the Louisiana state lottery company, he was the acknowledged leader of the anti-lottery forces in the legislature. The anti-lottery party elected him governor in 1892, and the Democrats in 1896. He was elected U.S. senator in 1901.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Andrew Price, representative, was born at Chatsworth Plantation, near Franklin, St. Mary's parish, La., April 2, 1854; son of James B. and Mary (Murphy) Price, and grandson of M. A. and Maria (Barry) Price and of John B. and Lucy (Brashear) Murphy. He was graduated from the law department of Cumberland university, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1875, and at Washington university, St. Louis, Mo., LL.B., in 1877; practised law in St. Louis, Mo., 1877-80, and in 1880 engaged in sugar planting at Thibodaux, La. He was married, Juno 26, 1879, to Anna M., daughter of Edward James and Levinia (Hynes) Gay of St. Louis Plantation, near Plaquemine, La. He was a member of the Democratic state central committee, 1884-88; a delegate to the Democratic national convention of 1888, and a Democratic representative from the third Louisiana district in the 51st congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father-in-law, and was re-elected to the 52d, 53d and 54th congresses, serving, 1889-97. He served as a delegate-at-large to the constitutional convention of the state of Louisiana held in New Orleans in 1898.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor