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I have read three versions of this man's life. His early years seem to be confused; one article says he went to Terre Haute and became a barber. Another says he became a cabin boy in Cincinnati, and a third says he became a cabin boy on River boats, and later became a steward on a riverboat plying the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

Two articles refer to his election to Congress ( this article does not do so) that would be a major piece of information, if true. One article says he served as both a Representative and as a U.S. Senator, but another says he was not allowed to take his seat as such. This article says he was a U.S. Marshall, a piece of history omitted by other biographies. This article says he was an attorney in Washington, D.C., but makes no mention of his political life there. All this tends to throw questions onto the authenticity of this man's history. It is factual that he became governor of Louisiana, following the impeachment of his predecessor, but for a short time. It is probable that he was instrumental in the founding of Southern University, one of the country's largest historically black universities in existence today. But it does him no justice to fabricate information about the man just to make him look more important than he really was. RC

Was he interred in Metarie, Louisiana, or in Metarie Cemetary? Metarie Cemetary happens to be in the city of New Orleans, not in Metarie. Trivally, -- Infrogmation 05:42 May 13, 2003 (UTC)

One of the external links merely says "Metairie" with no qualification; the other states "Metairie Ridge Cemetary in New Orleans." It looks like the latter is more credible. SCCarlson 03:56 May 15, 2003 (UTC)