Biography of 	MANION, Martin H., Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller August 1998

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Manion, Martin H., lawyer, is a native of New Orleans, where he was 
born Oct. 18, 1874.  Mr. Manion is a son of Martin and Mary 
(Fitzpatrick) Manion.  Both parents are of Irish origin, the father 
being born June 16, 1844, in West Meath, Ireland, and the mother in 
Louisiana, of Irish parentage.  Martin Manion came to New Orleans with 
his mother when he was about 12 years old, and here he began his 
business career when a boy, in the wholesale plumber's supply business, 
finally became manager of the business, and then proprietor.  He 
prospered and remained in the business up to Dec., 1910, when he 
retired.  He now resides at Hammond, La.  He was a Confederate soldier 
and served in the Washington artillery.  Martin H. Manion was reared in 
New Orleans where he attended the public schools, graduating from the 
high school.  He then took a commercial course, after a special course 
in the law at the University of Virginia.  He also took an academic 
course in Tulane university, from which institution he graduated in the 
law in 1899, since which time he has practiced law with success in New 
Orleans.  The previous year he took examination before the supreme 
court and was admitted to practice in Louisiana.  For 6 years Mr. 
Manion served on the Tulane executive committee of the alumni 
association; was president for three years of the New Orleans poll-tax 
association; has served as a member of the board of directors of the 
Progressive Union and subsequently of the Association of Commerce.  In 
1911 Mr. Manion was urged to present his name as a candidate from the 
14th ward for the state legislature, by many leading citizens who knew 
his integrity, progressive and energetic spirit, and he was elected to 
the position.  He served in the legislature which created a tax 
revision commission as a member of which he has creditably served on 
the commission's committees on corporations, and assessments.  He is 
now serving under an appointment from the governor of the state as a 
member of the Employers' Liability commission. 

Notwithstanding his extensive and exacting law practice, Mr. Manion 
has, in a tireless, enthusiastic and courageous way, assumed the duties 
and obligations as a legislator, diligently and faithfully, and 
honestly rendering service in behalf of the people.  Mr. Manion takes 
much pride in his record as president of New Orleans Poll Tax 
association, from 1907 to 1910, during which latter year the poll tax 
payments were 52,000-or near 7,000 more than any previous year, or 
since.  He is a democrat in politics, a Roman Catholic in religion, and 
a progressive and public spirited citizen.  In 1903 Mr. Manion and Miss 
Josephine Keller were united in marriage.  Mrs. Manion is a daughter of 
Mr. Charles Keller of New Orleans.

Source:  Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3,
pp. 82-783.  Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit. D.  Published in 1914, by 
Century Historical Association.