Julius Benjamin Nachman, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
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Julius Benjamin Nachman.  Among the younger members of the legal fraternity 
in Rapides Parish, one who has come rapidly to the front in recent years is 
Julius Benjamin Nachman, whose offices are located at Alexandria, in the 
Commercial Bank Building.  Although only five years have passed since he 
ommenced practice, he already holds a place high in the esteem and confidence 
of a large and influential clientele, and that this is shared by his fellow 
citizens was evidenced in 1924 when he was elected to his present position of 
city judge.

Judge Nachman was born at Galveston, Texas, in 1899, and is a son of W. B. and 
Flora (Lehman) Nachman, natives respectively of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and 
Galveston, Texas.  They resided for a number of years at Galveston, but in 1900 
settled at Alexandria, where Mr. Nachman was connected with the Standard Oil 
Company for eighteen years, and died in 1922.  He became one of the well-known 
and influential citizens of Alexandria, where his death occurred, and for three 
years served as alderman.  He was a member of the Jewish Synagogue, as is Mrs. 
Nachman, who survives him.  They became the parents of three children: L. R., a 
West Point graduate, now in the Limited States Army with the rank of lieutenant, 
stationed at San Antonio, Texas; Julius Benjamin; and Amy, who makes her home 
with her mother and is unmarried.

Julius Benjamin Nachman was still an infant when brought by his parents to Alexandria, 
and here he acquired his early education in the grade and high schools.  Subsequently 
he attended the State University, where he pursued a course in the law and in 1920 was 
graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.  At that the he commenced the practice 
of his profession, in which he has made rapid advancement, already having a large and 
influential clientele, his offices being situated in the Commercial Bank Building, 
he is known as a ready, thorough and reliable attorney, equally at home in all branches 
of his calling.  He holds membership in the various law bodies and observes the best 
and highest ethics of his calling.  A democrat in his political allegiance, in 1924 
he was elected city Judge, a position which he has since filled with credit to himself 
and to the entire satisfaction of the people of the community.  Judge Nachman is a 
Mason, a member of New Orleans Consistory, and is an Elk and has passed the chairs 
in the Knights of Pythias.  He is unmarried.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 329, by Henry E. Chambers.  Published by The 
American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.