Charles Parlange (July 23, 1851 – February 4, 1907) was a Louisiana state senator,

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, Louisiana Lieutenant Governor serving under Governor Murphy J. Foster, Associate Justice of the

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, and

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of the

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Education and career

Born on July 23, 1851, in

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, Parlange attended

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and

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in 1873. He entered private practice in

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, Louisiana from 1873 to 1880. He was named United States Commissioner from Louisiana to the Paris Exposition of 1878 and was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1879. He was a member of the

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from 1880 to 1885. He was the

for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1885 to 1889. He resumed private practice in New Orleans from 1889 to 1892. He was the

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from 1892 to 1893. He was an associate justice of the

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from 1893 to 1894.

Federal judicial service

Parlange was nominated by President

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on December 11, 1893, to a seat on the

vacated by Judge Edward Coke Billings. He was confirmed by the

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on January 15, 1894, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on February 4, 1907, due to his death in New Orleans. He was interred in

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in New Orleans.

Family

Parlange was the son of Charles and Virginie (Trahan) Parlange of Pointe Coupee Parish. During his childhood he resided at

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near

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, Louisiana. He was the uncle of

Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (née Avegno; 29 January 1859 – 25 July 1915) was an American-born Parisian socialite, who gained notoriety as the subject of John Singer Sargent's painting ''Portrait of Madame X''. The suggestion of indiscre ...

, better known as Madame X of

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's celebrated portrait.

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