# Clay Knobloch

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American politician

**Henry Clay Knobloch**, also spelled **Knoblock**, (November 25, 1839 – May 19, 1903) was the 19th [lieutenant governor of Louisiana](/source/Lieutenant_governor_of_Louisiana) from 1885 to 1889 serving under Governor [Samuel D. McEnery](/source/Samuel_D._McEnery).

## Early life and Civil War

Knobloch was from [Thibodaux, Louisiana](/source/Thibodaux%2C_Louisiana) and he served in the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War) as Sergeant of Company I of the 26th Louisiana Infantry in the [Confederate](/source/Confederate_States_of_America) Army. In 1867, Knobloch married Flavia Knight.

## Political career

Knobloch was a supporter of the [McEnery](/source/Samuel_D._McEnery) faction of the Louisiana [Democratic Party](/source/United_States_Democratic_Party). In 1884 Knobloch ran for and was elected Lieutenant Governor but he was defeated in the Democratic Primary when he ran for reelection in 1888. He lost to [James Jeffries](/source/James_Jeffries_(Louisiana_politician)) who was affiliated with the [Nicholls](/source/Francis_T._Nicholls) faction of the party, even losing his own parish. He blamed his defeat in [Lafourche Parish](/source/Lafourche_Parish) on State Senator E.A. O'Sullivan who represented the Parish in the legislature. In February 1889 they came to blows on the streets of Thibodaux and one week later Knobloch challenged O'Sullivan to a [duel](/source/Duel). They met on the dueling grounds at the Oaks in New Orleans on March 1, 1889, with O'Sullivan choosing swords as the method for the duel. When the parties were assembled at the Oaks, it was determined that the ground was too wet with dew to allow sword fighting and after a brief parley, the dispute was resolved without violence.[1]

## Death

Knobloch was shot and killed on May 18, 1903, in downtown [Thibodaux, Louisiana](/source/Thibodaux%2C_Louisiana) by barber James Cherault. Evidence from a preliminary hearing showed the men quarreled over a woman, and Cherault shot Knobloch in self-defense.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["O'Sullivan Chose Swords"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/03/02/109793026.pdf) (PDF). *New York Times*. March 2, 1889. Retrieved May 9, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Knobloch and Barber Quarreled over Woman"](https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1903-05-20/ed-1/seq-1.pdf) (PDF). *Washington Times*. May 20, 1903. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

## External links

- [Clay Knobloch](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15944754) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

Political offices Preceded by George L. Walton (D) Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1884–1888 Succeeded by James Jeffries (D)

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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