Albin Alexander Provosty | |
Office: | Louisiana State Senator for Avoyelles and Pointe Coupee parishes (now District 17 - Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes) |
Party: | Democrat |
Term Start: | 1912 |
Term End: | 1920 |
Preceded: | Martin Glynn William H. Peterman |
Succeeded: | Albin O. Boyer C. P. Couvillion |
Birth Date: | 17 July 1865 |
Birth Place: | Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, US |
Death Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Residence: | New Roads, Louisiana |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Spouse: | Marie Adele LeDoux Provosty |
Children: | Sidonie Provosty Scott |
Relations: | Nauman Scott (grandson) Jock Scott (politician) (great-grandson) Olivier Provosty (brother) |
Parents: | Auguste and Elisabeth Eliska Labry Provosty[1] |
Albin Alexander Provosty (July 17, 1865 - April 9, 1932)[1] was a lawyer from New Roads, Louisiana, who represented Avoyelles and his native Pointe Coupee parishes in the Louisiana State Senate from 1912 to 1920 in what is now the geographically large District 17 covering all or parts of seven parishes.[2] He was also a district attorney and for several years the publisher of The Pointe Coupee Banner. He lived in a classic home in New Roads with his wife, the former Marie Adele LeDoux (1870-1967).[3]