Caesar Antoine Politician

Caesar Carpentier Antoine (1836–1921) was a politician, the third of three African-American Republicans who were elected and served as the Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction. He left office in 1877, the last Republican to hold the lieutenant governorship until 1988. That year Paul Jude Hardy, a former Louisiana Secretary of State and a former Democrat, was elected.Antoine was also a soldier, businessman, and editor.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1836
Birth place
Louisiana , New Orleans , United States
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1921
Place of death
Louisiana , Shreveport Louisiana , Caddo Parish Louisiana , Shreveport Mississippi
Residence
Louisiana

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Office holder

military operations
American Civil War
military branch
United States Army
military rank
Captain (armed forces)
office
Louisiana State Senator from Caddo Parish
13th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
party
Republican Party (United States)

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