Estopinal, Albert (Gen.);  St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
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Estopinal, Gen. Albert, member of Congress, representing the First
Congressional district of Louisiana, was born in St. Bernard parish, La., Jan.
30, 1845.  He is a member of the honored and well known Estopinal family of
St. Bernard parish, where he was reared and educated in the public schools,
later attending private schools in New Orleans. He left school at the outbreak
of the Civil war and enlisted in the Confederate army, in which he served
first in the 28th Louisiana Volunteer regiment, under Col. Allen Thomas, and
after the siege of Vicksburg, in the 22d Louisiana regiment, under Col. I. W.
Patton, surrendering to Gen. Canby at Meridian, Miss., in March, 1865.  In
1872 he was elected sheriff of St. Bernard parish, and reelected in 1874.  He
was elected a representative in the lower house of the general assembly in
1876 and again in 1878; was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional
convention in 1879; elected to state senate in 1880 and served until 1900,
when he was elected lieutenant-governor of the state, serving 4 years.  The
next position of honor to which he was elected was that of congressman.  In
1868 Gen. Estopinal married Miss Eliska Legier, of New Orleans.  He is the
father of 9 sons.

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp.
151-1528.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century
Historical Association.