# Charles Parlange

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Charles Parlange Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana In office 1892–1893 Governor Murphy J. Foster Preceded by James Jeffries Succeeded by Hiram R. Lott Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana In office January 15, 1894 – February 4, 1907 Appointed by Grover Cleveland Preceded by Edward Coke Billings Succeeded by Eugene Davis Saunders Member of the Louisiana Senate In office 1880-1885 Personal details Born Charles Parlange (1851-07-23)July 23, 1851 New Orleans, Louisiana Died February 4, 1907(1907-02-04) (aged 55) New Orleans, Louisiana Resting place Metairie Cemetery New Orleans, Louisiana Parent Virginie de Ternant (mother) Education Centenary College read law

**Charles Parlange** (July 23, 1851 – February 4, 1907) was a Louisiana state senator, [United States attorney](/source/United_States_attorney), [Louisiana lieutenant governor](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana) serving under Governor [Murphy J. Foster](/source/Murphy_J._Foster), associate justice of the [Louisiana Supreme Court](/source/Louisiana_Supreme_Court), and [United States district judge](/source/United_States_federal_judge) of the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Louisiana).

## Education and career

Born on July 23, 1851, in [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana),[1] Parlange attended [Centenary College of Louisiana](/source/Centenary_College_of_Louisiana) and [read law](/source/Read_law) in 1873.[1] He entered private practice in [Pointe Coupee Parish](/source/Pointe_Coupee_Parish%2C_Louisiana), Louisiana from 1873 to 1880.[1] He was named United States Commissioner from Louisiana to the [Paris Exposition of 1878](/source/Exposition_Universelle_(1878)) and was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1879.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He was a member of the [Louisiana State Senate](/source/Louisiana_State_Senate) from 1880 to 1885.[1] He was the [United States Attorney](/source/United_States_Attorney) for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1885 to 1889.[1] He resumed private practice in New Orleans from 1889 to 1892.[1] He was the [Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana) from 1892 to 1893.[1] He was an associate justice of the [Supreme Court of Louisiana](/source/Supreme_Court_of_Louisiana) from 1893 to 1894.[1]

## Federal judicial service

Parlange was nominated by President [Grover Cleveland](/source/Grover_Cleveland) on December 11, 1893, to a seat on the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Louisiana) vacated by Judge [Edward Coke Billings](/source/Edward_Coke_Billings).[1] He was confirmed by the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) on January 15, 1894, and received his commission the same day.[1] His service terminated on February 4, 1907, due to his death in New Orleans.[1] He was interred in [Metairie Cemetery](/source/Metairie_Cemetery) in New Orleans.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Family

Parlange was the son of Charles and [Virginie (Trahan) Parlange](/source/Virginie_de_Ternant) of Pointe Coupee Parish.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] During his childhood he resided at [Parlange Plantation](/source/Parlange_Plantation_House) near [New Roads](/source/New_Roads%2C_Louisiana), Louisiana.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He was the uncle of [Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau](/source/Virginie_Am%C3%A9lie_Avegno_Gautreau), better known as Madame X of [John Singer Sargent](/source/John_Singer_Sargent)'s [celebrated portrait](/source/Portrait_of_Madame_X).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-auto_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-auto_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-auto_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-auto_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-auto_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-auto_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-auto_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-auto_1-10) [Charles Parlange](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1386116) at the *[Biographical Directory of Federal Judges](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges)*, a publication of the [Federal Judicial Center](/source/Federal_Judicial_Center).

## Sources

- [Charles Parlange](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1386116) at the *[Biographical Directory of Federal Judges](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges)*, a publication of the [Federal Judicial Center](/source/Federal_Judicial_Center).

Political offices Preceded by James Jeffries Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1892–1893 Succeeded by Hiram R. Lott Legal offices Preceded by Charles E. Fenner Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court 1893–1894 Succeeded by Henry C. Miller Preceded by Edward Coke Billings Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 1894–1907 Succeeded by Eugene Davis Saunders

v t e Lieutenant governors of Louisiana Landry Plauché Farmer Wickliffe C. Mouton Griffin Hyams Pearce Wells Voorhies Dunn Pinchback Antoine Wiltz McEnery Robertson Walton Knobloch Jeffries Parlange Lott Snyder Estopinal Sanders Lambremont Barret F. Mouton Bouanchaud Johnson Simpson Gilbert Cyr Fournet Wingate Noe Long Lindsey M. Mouton Verret Dodd Barham Frazar Aycock Fitzmorris Freeman Hardy Schwegmann Blanco Landrieu Angelle Dardenne Nungesser

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