Biography of 	Monroe, J. Blanc; Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller  January 1998

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Monroe, J. Blanc, lawyer, is a native son of Louisiana.  He was born in New
Orleans on the 3d day of March, 1880, and his parents are Judge Frank Adair
Monroe and Alice (Blanc) Monroe.  His father is chief justice of the Supreme
court of Louisiana and a personal sketch of him appears elsewhere in this
volume.  J. Blanc Monroe was graduated from the high school of Tulane
university in 1895, and from this university he received his degree of A. B.
in 1899, and LL.B. in 1901.  From 1902 to 1906 he was quiz-master in the law
school of Tulane university.  From the time of his graduation in the law at
Tulane, Mr. Monroe has been in the practice of law in New Orleans.  From 1901
he was a member of the law firm of Lapeyre, Monroe & Breazeale, until 1906,
when he became associated with the late Harry Hall, the firm being Hall &
Monroe.  In 1909 Mr. Leman was admitted and the firm became Hall, Monroe &
Leman.  This law firm is among the leaders of the New Orleans bar, and Mr.
Monroe is numbered among the most successful lawyers of this bar.  He is a
director of the V. S. & P. R. R. and the N. O. & N. E. R. R. and is general
counsel for the latter.  He is also a director of the United Irrigation & Rice
Milling Co., and is secretary of the board of directors for the Society for
the Relief of Destitute Orphan Boys.  Mr. Monroe is a vestryman of Trinity
Episcopal church, and a member of the Louisiana and American bar associations,
and of the Boston, the Country and the Young Men's Gymnastic clubs.  In 1908
Mr. Monroe married Miss May Overton Logan, daughter of Dr. Samuel Logan, of
New Orleans.  Mr. and Mrs. Monroe have 2 sons, namely, Jules Raburn and
Malcolm Logan Monroe, and with a loyalty to Tulane university, the parents
purpose educating their sons in this university.  Mrs. Monroe is a graduate of
Newcomb (class of 1901) in which institution she taught French for one year.  

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 19. 
Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.