Lambremont, Hon. Paul M.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 534-535. Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Lambremont, Hon. Paul M., well known attorney, financier, and ex-lieutenant governor of the state of Louisiana, was born at Bayou Goula, Iberville parish, La., July 21, 1864; soil of Dr. Peter M. and Emelie (Breaux) Lambremont, both parents being natives of the locality in which the birth of the son occurred. The paternal great-grandfather came from England at a very early date and located at Baltimore, Md. Later he became a citizen of Louisiana. His wife was a descendant of the noted Hamilton family of Virginia. The maternal grandfather, Joseph L. Breaux, was a relative of Chief Justice Joseph A. Breaux of the Louisiana Supreme court. Dr. Peter M. Lambremont, the father, was a physician and surgeon, and was prominent professionally and in public affairs generally. During the Civil war he served as surgeon-in-chief of the Trans-Mississippi department. It should be stated, too, that the maternal grandmother, Adele de Segur, was a direct descendant of the French nobility. Paul M. Lambremont, the subject of this sketch, was the first of two sons born to his parents, the second being Laurence L. Lambremont, of St. Mary parish. The first named of the brothers attended Jefferson college, Convent, La., and later Tulane university, graduating from the law department of the latter institution in due time. Shortly following his graduation he began practice as an attorney, and within a brief time had attracted general attention because of his evident ability. From early manhood he took a prominent part in public affairs, and has served the people of his locality and the state in a variety of official capacities. He is identified with banking interests and is affiliated with the democratic party. 1890 to 1908 he served as secretary of the board of commissioners of the Pontchartrain Levee district. 1888 to 1892 he served as superintendent of public instruction of St. James parish. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1898, and a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1900 to 1908; president pro-tem of the senate from 1904 to 1908, and lieutenant-governor of Louisiana. Gov. Lambremont is a member of the Roman Catholic church. He is affiliated with the Louisiana Barassociation, is a 4th degree Knight of Columbus, holds a 3rd degree in the United Ancient Order of Druids, is a member of the Order of Red Men, and of the Choctaw Club. In Jan., 1886, Gov. Lambremont was married to Miss. Louisia M. Bourgeois, a daughter of Emile and Lezida (Bertaut) Bourgeois, of St. James parish, where Mrs. Lambremont's father was long regarded as one of the most successful sugar planters of that region. He died in 1896, his wife surviving until 1912. Four children have been born to Gov. and Mrs. Lambremont, as follow: Edward Nelson, now a clerk in the service of the Interstate Trust & Banking Co., New Orleans; John Devince, now a medical student at Tulane university; Virginia, graduate of Sacred Heart academy, class of 1912; Marie Louise, graduate of Sacred Heart academy, class of 1914. Gov. Lambremont has, since leaving office at Baton Rouge, devoted his abilities to the private practice of law at Convent, Lutcher, Plaquemine, and other localities, enjoying a very extended legal clientele in Louisiana.