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This National Historic Landmark, situated on the banks of scenic Bayou Lafourche near Thibodaux, was the residence of two of Louisiana’s foremost political figures: Edward Douglas White, who was governor from 1835 to 1839, and his son, Edward Douglass White, who was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1894 and served as chief justice from 1910 to 1921.
Edward Douglass White was the 9th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, succeeding Melville Weston Fuller. Having served on the Court since 1894, White was the first incumbent Associate Justice to be elevated to Chief Justice. White was nominated for Chief Justice by President William Howard Taft on December 12, 1910.
8 de jun. de 2018 · Edward Douglass White (1845-1921), ninth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is known for his enunciation of the "rule of reason" for interpreting and applying antitrust legislation. Born on Nov. 3, 1845, at the family plantation at Thibodaux, La., Edward Douglass White was the son of a lawyer and sugar planter.
Louisiana. Edward Douglass White was the ninth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the court by President Grover Cleveland on February 19, 1894. Sixteen years later, President William Howard Taft nominated White as Chief Justice. White served in this position from 1910 until his death on May 19, 1921.
Edward D. White was the son of a slaveholding suger planter; he was born and raised in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. White traveled north to college and enrolled briefly in Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland and in Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) in Washington DC. But White's education was cut short by the Civil War.
This National Historic Landmark, situated on the banks of scenic Bayou Lafourche near Thibodaux, was the residence of two of Louisiana’s foremost political figures: Edward Douglas White, who was governor from 1835 to 1839, and his son, Edward Douglass White, who was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1894 and served as chief justice from 1910 to 1921.
He was awarded an honorary degree by Princeton University in 1912. White died in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 1921. This statue of Edward Douglass White was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Louisiana in 1955. White served in the U.S. Senate from 1890-1894 and on the Supreme Court from 1894 until his death in 1921.
