# Philip H. Gilbert > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Philip_H._Gilbert > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Philip_H._Gilbert.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_H._Gilbert > Source revision: 1350117365 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American politician (1870–1932) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Philip H. Gilbert" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Philip Henri Gilbert District Attorney of the Louisiana 27th Judicial District In office 1908–1916 District Judge of the 27th Judicial District In office 1916–1920 District Judge of the 23rd Judicial District In office 1928–1932 Louisiana State Senator for Assumption, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes In office 1924–1930 Preceded by Robert B. Butler Clay J. Dugas Succeeded by Harvey Peltier, Sr. 32nd interim Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana In office 1926–1928 Governor Oramel H. Simpson Preceded by Oramel H. Simpson Succeeded by Paul N. Cyr Personal details Born (1870-10-25)October 25, 1870 Napoleonville, Louisiana, US Died October 18, 1932 (aged 61) Napoleonville, Louisiana Party Democratic Spouse Ella Marie Savoie Gilbert (married 1894-1932, his death) Relations Risley C. "Pappy" Triche, Jr. (grandson) Judge Jane M. Triche-Milazzo (great-granddaughter) Children 8 **Philip Henri Gilbert** (October 25, 1870 – October 18, 1932) was a [lawyer](/source/Lawyer) and [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) [politician](/source/Politician) from [Napoleonville](/source/Napoleonville%2C_Louisiana) in [Assumption Parish](/source/Assumption_Parish%2C_Louisiana) in [South Louisiana](/source/South_Louisiana). Gilbert was the [district attorney](/source/District_attorney) of the Louisiana 27th Judicial District from 1908 to 1916 and judge of the same district from 1916 to 1920. As the [President of the Louisiana State Senate](/source/President_of_the_Louisiana_State_Senate) from 1924 to 1926, Gilbert succeeded to the [lieutenant governorship](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana) on an interim basis until the expiration of the regular term in 1928. ## Early years Gilbert was instrumental in the construction of St. Anne's Catholic Church in Napoleonville, he was a church trustee and a founding member of his local chapter of the Catholic men's organization, the [Knights of Columbus](/source/Knights_of_Columbus). Until he was sixteen years old, Gilbert attended the public and private schools of Assumption Parish. In 1905, he began his studies at the [Tulane University Law School](/source/Tulane_University_Law_School) in [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans), from which he obtained a [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) degree. On January 24, 1894, Gilbert married Ella Marie Savoie. The couple had eight children. ## Political offices Gilbert ran unsuccessfully for [lieutenant governor](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana) in 1920 against [Hewitt Bouanchaud](/source/Hewitt_Bouanchaud), who was elected along with [John M. Parker](/source/John_M._Parker) as [governor](/source/Governor_of_Louisiana). From 1924 to 1930, he was the state senator for Assumption, [Lafourche](/source/Lafourche_Parish%2C_Louisiana), and [Terrebonne](/source/Terrebonne_Parish%2C_Louisiana) parishes in what was then the 12th District. He was the [Senate President](/source/President_of_the_Louisiana_State_Senate) from 1926 to 1928 and the [Senate President Pro Tempore](/source/President_of_the_Louisiana_State_Senate) from 1928 to 1930.[1] Gilbert was also the assistant clerk for the 1908 Louisiana Constitutional Convention and a member of the 1921 Louisiana Constitutional Convention. After the death of Governor [Henry L. Fuqua](/source/Henry_L._Fuqua) in 1926, Lieutenant Governor [Oramel H. Simpson](/source/Oramel_H._Simpson) succeeded to the governor's office, and Gilbert as president of the state senate became the interim lieutenant governor until his abbreviated term expired in 1928. On May 16, 1929, as the Senate President Pro Tempore, Gilbert, a loyal supporter of the new governor, [Huey Pierce Long, Jr.](/source/Huey_Pierce_Long%2C_Jr.), was the first to sign the [round robin](/source/Round-robin_(document)) to announce that the two-thirds state Senate majority could not be obtained for Long's conviction of the [impeachment](/source/Impeachment_in_the_United_States) voted by the [Louisiana House of Representatives](/source/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives). Long called his friend "a splendid scholar and parliamentarian. ... The intense hate of my enemies toward me has been a matter of frequent comment. It is more than offset, however, by the loyalty of friends."[2] In 1928, Gilbert became judge of the Louisiana 23rd Judicial District, a post that he held until his death. Gilbert was also a delegate to the [1916 Democratic National Convention](/source/1916_Democratic_National_Convention), which [re-nominated](/source/Nomination) [U.S. President](/source/U.S._President) [Woodrow Wilson](/source/Woodrow_Wilson) and [Vice President](/source/Vice_President_of_the_United_States) [Thomas R. Marshall](/source/Thomas_R._Marshall). ## Business Gilbert was the president of the Lula Company, Inc., which operates the Lula Plantation in Assumption Parish. This firm operated its own [sugar](/source/Sugar) refinery. He was president of the Avon Planting Company, Ltd., which operated the Avon Plantation, near Napoleonville. He served as president of the Bank of Assumption which opened its doors for business in Napoleonville in 1901. [Portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals): - [Biography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography) - [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:United_States) - [Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Law) - [Politics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Politics) - [Business and Economics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Business_and_Economics) - [Christianity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Christianity) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Membership of the Louisiana State Senate since 1880"](http://www.senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/EAHSenatorList1880ForwardJan2012.pdf) (PDF). senate.la.gov. Retrieved January 20, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [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. 168-171. Political offices Preceded by Oramel H. Simpson Interim Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Philip Henri Gilbert 1926-1928 Succeeded by Paul N. Cyr Preceded by Robert B. Butler Clay J. Dugas Louisiana State Senator for Assumption, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes Philip Henri Gilbert 1924-1930 Succeeded by Harvey Peltier, Sr. 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Philip H. Gilbert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_H._Gilbert) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_H._Gilbert?action=history)). 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