Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jay B. McCallum and the 2nd Circuit Court Of Appeal Judges Join Together for a Portrait Donation Ceremony - Press Release

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<div align="left" style="text-align:center;"><table style="width:100%;background-color:#428bca;"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#428bca" height="21" valign="middle" width="100%"><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">2024 Press Releases</span></strong> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="16%" style="width:1112px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table></div><table style="width:100%;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td width="82" style="text-align:left;width:71px;">CONTACT:&nbsp;</td><td width="253" style="text-align:left;width:1039px;">Trina S. Vincent<br />504-310-2590 </td></tr></tbody></table><div align="left" style="text-align:center;"><table style="width:100%;border-spacing:3px;background-color:#f7ebc6;"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td width="38%" style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#212073;text-transform:uppercase;"><strong>November 22, 2024</strong></span> </td><td width="62%"><p align="right"><span style="color:#212073;"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong></strong>&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><strong>LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JAY B. MCCALLUM AND THE 2ND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL JUDGES <br />JOIN TOGETHER FOR A PORTRAIT DONATION CEREMONY</strong></p><p><strong>New Orleans, LA</strong> &ndash; Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jay B. McCallum will join the Judges of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal and Judicial Administrator/Clerk of Court Robin Jones for a ceremony featuring the donation of a portrait of former Louisiana Governor and Supreme Court Associate Justice Newton Crain Blanchard. The event will take place on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 10:30 am in the Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal courtroom in Shreveport.</p><p>Justice McCallum is accepting the portrait on behalf of the Supreme Court, and it will be on display in the Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. Courthouse on Royal Street in New Orleans.
</p><p>Media coverage is invited.
</p><p>Newton Crain Blanchard, a Louisiana lawyer, politician, and statesman, was born on January 29, 1849, in Boyce, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He was the child of Frances (Crain) and Carey H. Blanchard, both of whom came from pioneer families in north and central Louisiana. Blanchard was a scholar. He attended the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning (the precursor to Louisiana State University), and in 1870 earned a law degree from the University of Louisiana (the precursor to Tulane University). He began his legal career in Shreveport, Louisiana, and soon entered the political arena.</p><p>Blanchard&rsquo;s long career of political service to the State of Louisiana began in 1880, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving until 1893. As a congressman, Blanchard was active in securing legislation for the improvement of the Mississippi River levees. Following that, Blanchard served in the U.S. Senate from 1893 until 1897, when he was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. As Justice Blanchard, he served until 1904. His judicial decisions were marked for their clarity and obvious depth of knowledge of the law and issues before the Court.
</p><p>In 1904, Justice Blanchard was the highly qualified nominee for Governor, to which office he was elected and served for four years. As the 33rd Governor of Louisiana, Governor Blanchard served the state as a reformer. He was responsible for improving the state&rsquo;s weak educational system by pushing for a significant increase to the state appropriation for education, establishing certification of teachers, and doubling the number of high schools in the state. Another notable achievement by Governor Blanchard was making election by popular vote for many state and local officials which had heretofore been governor appointees, including the election of associate justices to the
La. Supreme Court. Finally, Governor Blanchard revised the tax system by lowering property taxes and levying a higher tax on corporate interests.</p><p>After leaving the governorship, Blanchard returned to Shreveport where he resumed his law practice, eventually becoming one of the founding members of Blanchard Walker O&rsquo;Quin &amp; Roberts, now a prominent Shreveport law firm. Blanchard also served on the 1913 Constitutional Convention and was chosen to lead the convention as president.</p><p>In his personal life, Blanchard was first married to Emily Barrett, who predeceased him. They had one daughter, Mary Ethel Blanchard. He later married Charlotte Tracy, with whom he had two sons, James Ashton Blanchard and Newton Crain Blanchard, Jr. Additionally, Blanchard&rsquo;s two nephews, brothers Lal Blanchard and Francis Blanchard, were active and esteemed members of the Shreveport Bar Association.<sup>1</sup></p><p>Congressman/Senator/Justice/Governor Blanchard died in Shreveport in 1922&mdash;a north Louisiana political icon.</p><hr width="20%" align="left" /><p><sup>1</sup> The portrait donors are the grandchildren of Francis Blanchard: Zama Blanchard Dexter, William Blanchard, and Mary Anne Blanchard Selber, who received the portrait as a gift from the Estate of Charles B. Amie. The Blanchards are pleased to donate the portrait of Justice Blanchard to the Louisiana Supreme Court for its historical collection.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em><strong>Louisiana Supreme Court Mission:</strong> To preserve the integrity of the judiciary, to build and maintain public trust, to provide effective and efficient administration of justice in the Supreme Court, to ensure proper administration and performance of all courts under Supreme Court authority, and to ensure the highest professional conduct, integrity, and competence of the bench and bar.</em></p><p><strong>For more information&nbsp;</strong><strong>contact Louisiana Supreme Court Public Information Specialist/Coordinator Trina S. Vincent at <a href="mailto:tvincent@lasc.org">tvincent@lasc.org</a> or (504) 310-2590.</strong> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>-30-</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p>
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