Emile Honoré

Emile Honoré was a politician in Louisiana who served as Secretary of State of Louisiana and in the Louisiana House of Representatives representing Pointe Coupee Parish between 1868–1870 and 1874–1876.^[1] He was African-American and a Republican. Honoré served on the powerful Ways and Means Committee in the House.^[2][3][4][5]

Honoré become the Secretary of State of Louisiana in 1877 under Republican Governor Stephen B. Packard, which made him the first African-American to have held that position.^[6][7][8][9] However, Packard's election was disputed, and as part of the Compromise of 1877 to resolve the disputed presidential election of 1876, President Rutherford B. Hayes recognized Packard's Democratic opponent, Francis T. Nicholls, as the winner, leading Packard to step down in April.^[10] Will A. Strong promptly took over from Honoré as Secretary of State.^[11]

References

1. "MEMBERSHIP IN THE LOUISIANA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1812 - 2024" (PDF). Louisiana House of Representatives. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
2. VanHuss, Laura Kilcer (2021-05-05). Charting the Plantation Landscape from Natchez to New Orleans. LSU Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-8071-7571-2.
3. Johnson, T. R. (2023-03-02). New Orleans. Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-316-51206-7.
4. Vincent, Charles (2011-01-28). Black Legislators in Louisiana during Reconstruction. SIU Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-8581-2.
5. Vincent, Charles (2011-01-28). Black Legislators in Louisiana during Reconstruction. SIU Press. pp. 74, 82. ISBN 978-0-8093-8581-2.
6. "Emile Honore, Nichols and Packard lock horns again". The Galveston Daily News. 2 February 1877. p. 1.
7. Sollors, Werner (1998). Multilingual America: Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Languages of American Literature. NYU Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8147-8093-0.
8. Congressional Record: Containing the Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1878. p. 1174.
9. Ruffin, Thomas F. (2006-10-15). Under Stately Oaks: A Pictorial History of LSU. LSU Press. pp. 27–28. ISBN 978-0-8071-3211-1.
10. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. D. Appleton and Company. 1878. p. 455. 455.
11. "CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1877" (PDF). Govinfo. Retrieved 2023-09-20.