Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Antoine, Caesar Carpentier |
Birthplace |
New Orleans, LA |
Born |
1836 |
Deceased |
1921 |
Deceased where |
Shreveport, LA |
Notes |
In 1890, he was vice-president of the New Orleans Comite des Citoyens, which mounted an unsuccessful legal challenge to the Louisiana segregation law; the case, Plessy v. Ferguson, went to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896. |
Occupation |
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Louisiana state senate, 1870-72; Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1872-76 |
