H. Garland Dupré Explained

Henry Garland Dupré
Office1:Member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district
Term Start1:November 8, 1910
Term End1:February 21, 1924
Preceded1:Samuel Louis Gilmore
Office2:Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Term Start2:1908
Term End2:1910
Preceded2:Joseph W. Hyams
Succeeded2:Lee Emmett Thomas
Office3:Louisiana State Representative from District 14 (Orleans Parish)
Term Start3:1900
Term End3:1910
Preceded3:Dr. Stewart L. Henry
Succeeded3:Martin Henry Manion
Birth Date:28 July 1873
Birth Place:Opelousas, St. Landry Parish
Louisiana, USA
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Resting Place:Catholic Cemetery in Opelousas
Residence:Opelousas, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
Parents:Laurent and Marie Celeste Garland Dupré
Party:Democrat
Alma Mater:Tulane University
Tulane University Law School
Occupation:Lawyer

Henry Garland Dupré (July 28, 1873  - February 21, 1924)[1] was from 1910 to 1924 a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, based about New Orleans, Louisiana.

Born in Opelousas in St. Landry Parish in south Louisiana, Dupré attended public schools and graduated in 1892 from Tulane University in New Orleans and thereafter the Tulane University Law School. In 1895, he was admitted to the bar and began his law practice in New Orleans.

He served as assistant city attorney of New Orleans from 1900 to 1910. During that same period, he was the District 14 member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish. He was House Speaker from 1908 to 1910.[2] In 1908, he chaired the Louisiana Democratic State Convention.

Dupré was elected to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel Louis Gilmore. He was reelected to the Sixty-second and the six succeeding Congresses and served from November 8, 1910, until his death in Washington, D.C., on February 21, 1924. He is interred at the Catholic Cemetery in his native Opelousas.

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  1. Web site: Henry Garland Dupré. findagrave.com. March 9, 2015.
  2. Web site: Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016. legis.la.gov. July 13, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141213130242/https://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2016.pdf. December 13, 2014.