Excerpt from A History of Who's Who in Louisiana Politics in 1916, Including State Officials, Senators, Representatives, Clerks, Together With a Sketch of All the Governors From 1697 to the Present DateIn presenting this volume to the public it is with a view to recording, at this date, perfectly reliable and accurate data of the men of affairs of the day - 1916.This data has been carefully and painstakingly compiled from the most reliable sources, and has been authenticated by the subject personally, thus, in turning its pages for facts about your friends in Louisiana political activities of 1916, you may be sure of perfect accuracy, a wanting element in too many such volumes.Not only is the statement of fact in the text reliable, but the photographic reproductions are from the camera less than thirty days prior to the publication, the subjects each having made a special setting for use in this book.Within a few short years many of those now active in Louisiana State affairs will nave passed away, and year by year the lines will grow thinner and thinner. Thus it will be found this record, like that of the governors of the State from 1679 to the present day, and which follows in this volume, will be an imperishable and reliable one for the guidance of future generations.Scan this list of past governors, from Sauvolle in 1699 to Pleasant in 1916, and it will be easy to appreciate the value of the work being done in this accurate, dependable record, pictorial and biographical, for the generations to come.To Governor Ruffin G. Pleasant and his administration this volume is dedicated.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.