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Gayarre, Charles E. A

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, author, was born Jan. 3, 1805, in Louisville, Ky. In 1830 he was elected to the legislature; in 1831 was appointed deputy attorney-general; and in 1833 presiding judge of the city court of New Orleans. In 1835 he was elected a senator in congress. In 1843 he was again returned to the state legislature; and in 1846 was appointed secretary of state, in which capacity he served seven years. His leading works are History of Louisiana; Romance of the History of Louisiana; Spanish Domination in Louisiana; a dramatic novel called The School of Politics; and a work on The Influence of the Mechanic Arts. He died in 1895.