Monroe, J. Blanc

Submitted by Mike Miller

J. Blanc Monroe, whose father is Frank Adair Monroe, distinguished Louisiana jurist and former chief justice of the Supreme Court, has himself achieved an enviable position as a lawyer, having practiced for nearly a quarter of a century at New Orleans.

He was born in that city, March 3, 1880, and graduated with the highest honors from Tulane University with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899. He continued his law studies at Tulane, taking his law degree in 1901 and did postgraduate work in the summer sessions of the law school of the University of Michigan. He has practiced at New Orleans since 1901, at first as a member of the firm, Lapeyre, Monroe & Breazeale, then in 1906 as a partner of Harry Hall in Hall & Monroe, and after 1909 as member of the firm, Hall, Monroe & Lemann, of which he was the senior member after 1911. On January 1. 1922, the firm name was changed to Monroe & Lemann and Chief Justice Monroe, who retired in that date, became associated with it as counsel.

Mr. Monroe has handled a large amount of important corporation law work for various companies and has been a leader in his profession in the state generally. He is general solicitor for the New Orleans & Northeastern Railway, general counsel and director of the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway, the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway, and the New Orleans Terminal Company, is division counsel for the Southern Railway and counsel for the Whitney Central National Bank, and Whitney Central Trust & Savings Bank. He is president of the Cummings Moberly Company, Broussard Land Company, and the Gayoso Realty Company and a director of the Whitney Central National Bank, L. & M. Railway Transfer Company, the Railroad Lands Company. the Phoenix Development Company and the Action Mining Company.

Mr. Monroe served on the executive committee of the Louisiana Bar Association from 1915 to 19~O and in May, 1914, became a member of the committee of the State Bar Association for the revision of judiciary. He is a member of the American Bar Association, is secretary and director of the society for the relief of destitute orphan boys, a member of the advisory committee of the Y. M. C. A. and former president of the Alumnae Association of Tulane University. On his scholarship record, he was elected a Phi Beta Kappa and is a member of the social fraternity Sigma Chi. He belongs to the Boston Club, the Country Club, Southern Yacht Club, Civitan Club, the Nine O'clock Club, and Mid-Winter Cotillion Club of New Orleans. He is a democrat and a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church.

Mr. Monroe married February 27, 1908, Miss Mabel Overton Logan, daughter of Dr. Samuel Logan of New Orleans. She graduated in 1901 from Newcomb College of Tulane University, and for one year was a teacher of French at Newcomb. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe have two children Jules Raburn and Malcom Logan Monroe.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 380-381, by Henry E. Chambers. Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.

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Monroe, J. Blanc, lawyer, is a native son of Louisiana. He was born in New
Orleans on the 3d day of March, 1880, and his parents are Judge Frank Adair
Monroe and Alice (Blanc) Monroe. His father is chief justice of the Supreme
court of Louisiana and a personal sketch of him appears elsewhere in this
volume. J. Blanc Monroe was graduated from the high school of Tulane
university in 1895, and from this university he received his degree of A. B.
in 1899, and LL.B. in 1901. From 1902 to 1906 he was quiz-master in the law
school of Tulane university. From the time of his graduation in the law at
Tulane, Mr. Monroe has been in the practice of law in New Orleans. From 1901
he was a member of the law firm of Lapeyre, Monroe & Breazeale, until 1906,
when he became associated with the late Harry Hall, the firm being Hall &
Monroe. In 1909 Mr. Leman was admitted and the firm became Hall, Monroe &
Leman. This law firm is among the leaders of the New Orleans bar, and Mr.
Monroe is numbered among the most successful lawyers of this bar. He is a
director of the V. S. & P. R. R. and the N. O. & N. E. R. R. and is general
counsel for the latter. He is also a director of the United Irrigation & Rice
Milling Co., and is secretary of the board of directors for the Society for
the Relief of Destitute Orphan Boys. Mr. Monroe is a vestryman of Trinity
Episcopal church, and a member of the Louisiana and American bar associations,
and of the Boston, the Country and the Young Men's Gymnastic clubs. In 1908
Mr. Monroe married Miss May Overton Logan, daughter of Dr. Samuel Logan, of
New Orleans. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe have 2 sons, namely, Jules Raburn and
Malcolm Logan Monroe, and with a loyalty to Tulane university, the parents
purpose educating their sons in this university. Mrs. Monroe is a graduate of
Newcomb (class of 1901) in which institution she taught French for one year.

Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 19.
Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.