# Edwin S. Broussard > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edwin_S._Broussard > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edwin_S._Broussard.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_S._Broussard > Source revision: 1350341636 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American politician (1874–1934) Edwin S. Broussard United States Senator from Louisiana In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933 Preceded by Edward J. Gay Succeeded by John H. Overton Personal details Born (1874-12-04)December 4, 1874 Loreauville, Louisiana, U.S. Died November 19, 1934(1934-11-19) (aged 59) New Iberia, Louisiana, U.S. Resting place St. Peter's Cemetery, New Iberia, Louisiana, U.S. Party Progressive Democratic Spouse Marie Patout ​ ​ (m. 1904⁠–⁠1934)​ Children 6 Relatives Robert F. Broussard (brother) Alma mater Tulane University Law School **Edwin Sidney Broussard Sr.** (December 4, 1874 – November 19, 1934) was a [United States senator](/source/United_States_Senate) from [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana), who served for two terms from March 5, 1921, to March 3, 1933. ## Early life Broussard was born in the village of [Loreauville, Louisiana](/source/Loreauville%2C_Louisiana) on December 4, 1874, to Jean Dorville Broussard, and his wife Anastasie Elizadie Gonsoulin Broussard. He attended [public schools](/source/Public_school_(government_funded)) in [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana). He graduated in 1896 from the [Louisiana State University](/source/Louisiana_State_University) in [Baton Rouge](/source/Baton_Rouge). He taught for two years thereafter in the public schools of Iberia and [St. Martin](/source/St._Martin_Parish) parishes.[1] ## Career At the outbreak of the [Spanish–American War](/source/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War), Broussard volunteered for the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army). A [captain](/source/Captain_(United_States)) in [Cuba](/source/Cuba), in 1898 and 1899, he accompanied the [Taft Commission](/source/Taft_Commission) to the [Philippine Islands](/source/Philippine_Islands) in 1899 and served as an assistant secretary. He returned to the United States in 1900 and graduated the next year from the [Tulane University Law School](/source/Tulane_University_Law_School) in [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans). In 1901, he was admitted to the [bar](/source/Bar_(law)) and established his practice in [New Iberia](/source/New_Iberia%2C_Louisiana), the Iberia Parish [seat of government](/source/County_seat).[1] Broussard was [prosecuting attorney](/source/Prosecuting_attorney) for the Louisiana 19th Judicial District from 1903 to 1908. Between 1914 and 1916, he was affiliated with [Theodore Roosevelt](/source/Theodore_Roosevelt)'s [Progressive Party](/source/Progressive_Party_(United_States%2C_1912)). Broussard opposed the "[Old Regulars](/source/Regular_Democratic_Organization)," the New Orleans Democratic [political machine](/source/Political_machine). Broussard ran unsuccessfully in 1916 for [lieutenant governor](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana) on an intra-party Progressive [ticket](/source/Ticket_(politics)) with [gubernatorial](/source/Governor_of_Louisiana) candidate [John M. Parker](/source/John_M._Parker), another Roosevelt loyalist.[1] In 1920, Broussard defeated [conservative](/source/Conservative_(politics)) former Governor [Jared Y. Sanders, Sr](/source/Jared_Y._Sanders%2C_Sr.) to win the [senate](/source/United_States_Senate) seat vacated two years earlier by his late brother, U. S. Senator [Robert F. Broussard](/source/Robert_F._Broussard). Broussard opposed [Prohibition](/source/Prohibition_in_the_United_States) and introduced legislation that sought to exclude beer and wine from the [Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution](/source/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution). He supported the sugar [tariff](/source/Tariff) and federal [flood control](/source/Flood_control) projects important to his state. Broussard and Sanders both ran again in the [1926 Senate election](/source/1926_United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana). The [Ku Klux Klan](/source/Ku_Klux_Klan) and the Old Regulars rallied against Broussard because of his [Roman Catholicism](/source/Roman_Catholicism), but with strong support from [Louisiana Public Service Commissioner](/source/Louisiana_Public_Service_Commission) (later Governor) [Huey Pierce Long, Jr.](/source/Huey_Pierce_Long%2C_Jr.), Broussard defeated Sanders a second time.[1] In his [autobiography](/source/Autobiography), *[Every Man a King](/source/Every_Man_a_King)*, Long took credit for Broussard's re-election to his second Senate term: "I supported him, and he hasn't a friend in the state who would say that he could have been elected to the Senate in 1926 if it had not been for me."[2] Broussard supported Long's [bid for governor in 1928](/source/1928_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election), but not his [run for senator in 1930](/source/1930_United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana), which occurred during Long's governorship. Broussard had called upon Long as senator-elect to resign as governor and turn over the office to Lieutenant Governor [Paul N. Cyr](/source/Paul_N._Cyr), a former Long ally turned opponent. Long remained senator-elect for more than a year, however, and did not work well with Broussard as his fellow senator. Broussard even began to praise his former opponent, Sanders, whom Long had helped Broussard to defeat. Long by then considered Broussard "a conservative" in the mold of Sanders and favored the more moderate [John Holmes Overton](/source/John_H._Overton) of [Alexandria](/source/Alexandria%2C_Louisiana) in [Rapides Parish](/source/Rapides_Parish%2C_Louisiana) as Broussard's Senate replacement.[2] Broussard was denied renomination in the 1932 Democratic [primary election](/source/Partisan_primary) as a result of Long's preference; the Long faction was accused of [electoral fraud](/source/Electoral_fraud) following Overton's victory in the primaries.[1] After his defeat, Broussard resumed his law practice and tended to the bank and financial affairs in New Iberia, where he died in 1934 and is interred there at St. Peter's Cemetery.[1] He was a member of [The Boston Club](/source/The_Boston_Club) of New Orleans.[3] ## Personal life On June 5, 1904, Broussard married Marie Clair Patout. The couple had six children.[1] [Portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals): - [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:United_States) - [Politics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Politics) - [Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Law) - [Education](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Education) - [Business and Economics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Business_and_Economics) - [Christianity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Christianity) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bio_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bio_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bio_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-bio_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-bio_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-bio_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-bio_1-6) "Edwin Sidney Broussard", *[A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography](https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-b/)*, Vol. 1 (1988), Louisiana Historical Association publication, pp. 113–14. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hpl_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hpl_2-1) [Huey Pierce Long, Jr.](/source/Huey_Pierce_Long%2C_Jr.), *Every Man a King: The Autobiography of Huey P. Long* ([New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans): National Book Club, Inc., 1933), pp. 256-257. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["History of the Boston club, organized in 1841, by Stuart O. Landry"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu09362126&seq=304). - United States Congress. ["Edwin S. Broussard (id: B000895)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000895). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*. Retrieved on May 18, 2009 ## External links - Media related to [Edwin S. Broussard](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Edwin_S._Broussard) at Wikimedia Commons Party political offices Preceded by Edward James Gay Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Louisiana (Class 3) 1920, 1926 Succeeded by John H. Overton U.S. Senate Preceded by Edward James Gay U.S. senator (Class 3) from Louisiana 1921–1933 Served alongside: Joseph E. Ransdell, Huey Pierce Long, Jr. Succeeded by John H. 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