- Edward James Gay (1878-1952)
:"For the member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana, see
Edward James Gay (1816-1889) ."Edward James Gay (May 5 ,1878 -December 1 ,1952 ) was aUnited States Senator fromLouisiana . Born on Union Plantation inIberville Parish , he attended Pantops Academy (Charlottesville, Virginia ) the Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, New Jersey ), andPrinceton University inPrinceton, New Jersey . He engaged in sugar production and the cultivation of various agricultural products. He was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1904 to 1918.Gay was elected on
November 5 , 1918, as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofRobert F. Broussard and served fromNovember 6 , 1918, toMarch 3 ,1921 ; he declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1920. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Coast and Insular Survey (Sixty-fifth Congress). Gay was president of a manufacturing company and of the Lake Long Drainage District in Iberville Parish; he died inNew Orleans in 1952. Interment was inMetairie Cemetery in New Orleans.Edward James Gay (1816-1889), his grandfather, had been a
United States Representative from Louisiana.References
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state=Louisiana
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before=Walter Guion
after=Edwin S. Broussard
years=November 6 ,1918 , toMarch 3 ,1921
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