1925 Biography - Frederick G. Hudson, Jr.

Frederick G. Hudson, Jr. This is a name that has been a prominent one in the legal profession of North Louisiana for a great many years, having been borne by father and son. The elder Hudson died in 1912, leaving a distinguished record as a member of the legal profession and also as a man and citizen.

He was a native of Alabama, and came to Louisiana in 1880. His first location was at Rayville, where he became law partner of the late Judge Potts. The two lawyers subsequently removed to Monroe, and established a firm whose successors are still members of the Ouachita Parish Bar. Frederick Grey Hudson, Sr., was regarded as a scholar not only in the law but in many other fields, and had the special gifts and talents that make a ready and resourceful public leader as well as lawyer. He was admitted to the practice by a special act of the Legislature and for several terms served as district attorney.

His son Frederick Grey Hudson, was born in Monroe in 1885, and had an extended period of educational opportunities preparatory to the real work of his chosen career. His education is the product of several of the leading colleges and universities. He spent several years in Yale University, pursuing the literary and classical course. In 1907 he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia, and in 1909 was granted the Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees by Tulane University at New Orleans. He also studied law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Mr. Hudson since 1910 has been active in the practice of his profession at Monroe. He is a member of the law firm, Hudson, Bernstein & Sholars with offices in the Ouachita Bank Building.

Mr. Hudson is assistant general attorney of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and general counsel of the Arkansas, Louisiana & Missouri Railway. He is vice-president of the Consolidated Ice company, Monroe, assistant secretary and director of the Arkansas, Louisiana & Missouri Railway; director of the Virginia Hotel Co.; president of West Virginia Oil and Gas Company; food administrator, northern Louisiana, 1917-18; colonel on staff of Governor John M. Parker, 1920-24; vice-president Louisiana Bar Association, 1916-1921; president, 1922, and has been a vice-president and member of the Council of the. American Bar Association.

Mr. Hudson is a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity, a Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner, and an Elk, Rotarian and belongs to the following clubs: Yale of New York; Boston and Country Club of New Orleans; Lotus and Riverside Club of Monroe.

In politics he is a Democrat and is a vestryman and member of Grace Episcopal church at Monroe.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from A History of Louisiana, by Henry E. Chambers, published in 1925, volume 2, pages 12-13.