Charles Parlange

Charles Parlange (July 23, 1851 – February 4, 1907) was a Louisiana state senator, United States Attorney, Louisiana Lieutenant Governor serving under Governor Murphy J. Foster, Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and United States federal judge.

Early life

Parlange was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Charles and Virginie (Trahan) Parlange of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.

He attended Centenary College in Jackson, Louisiana. He read law in 1873 and resided at his family home, Parlange Plantation near New Roads, Louisiana.

Career

Parlange was engaged in the private practice of law in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana from 1873 to 1880. He was named United States Commissioner from Louisiana to the Paris Exposition of 1878 and was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1879. Parlange was elected to the Louisiana State Senate from 1880 to 1885, representing Pointe Coupee Parish and Avoyelles Parish. He resigned his senate seat to become U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1885 to 1889. He was in private practice of law in New Orleans from 1889 to 1892. Elected Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana in 1892, he resigned in 1893 to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Louisiana until 1894.

Parlange was nominated by President Grover Cleveland to be a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on December 11, 1893. This nomination was to a seat vacated by Edward C. Billings. Parlange was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 15, 1894, and he received his commission the same day. Parlange served as a federal judge until his death on February 4, 1907.

He died in New Orleans and was buried there in Metairie Cemetery.