Biography of Frederick G. Hudson, Jr., Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 12-13, by Henry E. Chambers.
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925. 



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Frederick G. Hudson, Jr.  This is a name that has been a prominent one in
the legal profession of North Louisiana for a great many years, having 
been borne by father and son.  The elder Hudson died in 1912, leaving a 
distinguished record as a member of the legal profession and also as a 
man and citizen.

He was a native of Alabama, and came to Louisiana in 1880.  His first 
location was at Rayville, where he became law partner of the late Judge
Potts.  The two lawyers subsequently removed to Monroe, and established
a firm whose successors are still members of the Ouachita Parish Bar.  
Frederick Grey Hudson, Sr., was regarded as a scholar not only in the law
but in many other fields, and had the special gifts and talents that make
a ready and resourceful public leader as well as lawyer.  He was admitted
to the practice by a special act of the Legislature and for several terms
served as district attorney.

His son Frederick Grey Hudson, was born in Monroe in 1885, and had an
extended period of educational opportunities preparatory to the real work
of his chosen career.  His education is the product of several of the
leading colleges and universities.  He spent several years in Yale
University, pursuing the literary and classical course.  In 1907 he
received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia,
and in 1909 was granted the Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees
by Tulane University at New Orleans.  He also studied law at the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.  Mr. Hudson since 1910 has been
active in the practice of his profession at Monroe.  He is a member of
the law firm, Hudson, Bernstein & Sholars with offices in the
Ouachita Bank Building.

Mr. Hudson is assistant general attorney of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
and general counsel of the Arkansas, Louisiana & Missouri Railway.  He is
vice-president of the Consolidated Ice company, Monroe, assistant secretary
and director of the Arkansas, Louisiana & Missouri Railway; director of the
Virginia Hotel Co.; president of West Virginia Oil and Gas Company; food
administrator, northern Louisiana, 1917-18; colonel on staff of Governor
John M. Parker, 1920-24; vice-president Louisiana Bar Association, 1916-1921;
president, 1922, and has been a vice-president and member of the Council of
the. American Bar Association.

Mr. Hudson is a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity, a Mason, Knight Templar,
Shriner, and an Elk, Rotarian and belongs to the following clubs: Yale of
New York; Boston and Country Club of New Orleans; Lotus and 
Riverside Club of Monroe.

In politics he is a Democrat and is a vestryman and member of Grace Episcopal
church at Monroe.

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