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Henry Clay Warmoth (May 9, 1842 – September 30, 1931) was an American attorney and veteran Civil War officer in the Union Army who was elected governor and state representative of Louisiana. A Republican, he was 26 years old when elected as 23rd Governor of Louisiana , one of the youngest governors elected in United States history.
He entered politics in 1865, winning election to Congress, but was denied a seat. After the 1868 Constitutional Convention revised the minimum age provision for state office holders, Warmoth, who was twenty-six at the time, was elected governor on April 17, 1868.
12 de out. de 2009 · Henry Clay Warmoth papers, 1798-1953. Creator: Warmoth, Henry Clay, 1842-1931. View finding aid. Abstract: Henry Clay Warmoth, Louisiana governor, 1868-1872, and later owner of Magnolia Plantation, was born in Illinois in 1842. During the Civil War, he was lieutenant.
How He Became Governor: Elected in 1868. Career after Term: Collector of Customs; published memoirs. Died: September 30, 1931 in New Orleans. Henry Clay Warmoth epitomizes the corruption of Louisiana politics during Reconstruction and at other times as well.
How He Became Governor: Elected in 1868. Career after Term: Collector of Customs; published memoirs. Died: September 30, 1931 in New Orleans. Henry Clay Warmoth epitomizes the corruption of Louisiana politics during Reconstruction and at other times as well.
30 de nov. de 2016 · Henry Clay Warmoth was Republican governor of Louisiana at a pivotal moment in the state’s history: the first years of Radical Reconstruction (1868–1872). His administration bore the full brunt of the reactionary forces of Counter-Reconstruction spearheaded by the Knights of the White Camellia (KWC), the terrorist arm of the state Democratic Party.
A memoir of the ambitious life and controversial political career of Louisiana governor Henry Clay Warmoth (1842-1931), War, Politics, and Reconstruction is a firsthand account of the...
