Biography of Monroe, J. Blanc Orleans Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller September 2000 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** J. Blanc Monroe, whose father is Frank Adair Monroe, distinguished Louisiana jurist and former chief justice of the Supreme Court, has himself achieved an enviable position as a lawyer, having practiced for nearly a quarter of a century at New Orleans. He was born in that city, March 3, 1880, and graduated with the highest honors from Tulane University with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899. He continued his law studies at Tulane, taking his law degree in 1901 and did postgraduate work in the summer sessions of the law school of the University of Michigan. He has practiced at New Orleans since 1901, at first as a member of the firm, Lapeyre, Monroe & Breazeale, then in 1906 as a partner of Harry Hall in Hall & Monroe, and after 1909 as member of the firm, Hall, Monroe & Lemann, of which he was the senior member after 1911. On January 1. 1922, the firm name was changed to Monroe & Lemann and Chief Justice Monroe, who retired in that date, became associated with it as counsel. Mr. Monroe has handled a large amount of important corporation law work for various companies and has been a leader in his profession in the state generally. He is general solicitor for the New Orleans & Northeastern Railway, general counsel and director of the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway, the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway, and the New Orleans Terminal Company, is division counsel for the Southern Railway and counsel for the Whitney Central National Bank, and Whitney Central Trust & Savings Bank. He is president of the Cummings Moberly Company, Broussard Land Company, and the Gayoso Realty Company and a director of the Whitney Central National Bank, L. & M. Railway Transfer Company, the Railroad Lands Company. the Phoenix Development Company and the Action Mining Company. Mr. Monroe served on the executive committee of the Louisiana Bar Association from 1915 to 19~O and in May, 1914, became a member of the committee of the State Bar Association for the revision of judiciary. He is a member of the American Bar Association, is secretary and director of the society for the relief of destitute orphan boys, a member of the advisory committee of the Y. M. C. A. and former president of the Alumnae Association of Tulane University. On his scholarship record, he was elected a Phi Beta Kappa and is a member of the social fraternity Sigma Chi. He belongs to the Boston Club, the Country Club, Southern Yacht Club, Civitan Club, the Nine O'clock Club, and Mid-Winter Cotillion Club of New Orleans. He is a democrat and a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church. Mr. Monroe married February 27, 1908, Miss Mabel Overton Logan, daughter of Dr. Samuel Logan of New Orleans. She graduated in 1901 from Newcomb College of Tulane University, and for one year was a teacher of French at Newcomb. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe have two children Jules Raburn and Malcom Logan Monroe. A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 380-381, by Henry E. Chambers. Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.