Olivier O. Provosty (August 3, 1852 – August 3, 1924) was a justice of the

Louisiana Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Louisiana (french: Cour suprême de Louisiane) is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orlea ...

from March 16, 1901, to December 30, 1922, serving as chief justice from January 2, 1922, until the end of his service. Born in

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,''Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana'' (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., ''The Louisiana Historical Quarterly'' (1922), p. 123-124. Provosty was educated at the Poydras Academy, and at

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. He was a district attorney from 1873 to 1876, and served in the

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from 1888 to 1892, and as a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1898. He was a referee in bankruptcy from 1898 to 1901. Provosty died in his home in New Orleans on his 72nd birthday. He was survived by a son and four daughters."Justice Provosty Dies Sunday At His New Orleans Home", ''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser'' (August 4, 1924), p. 1.

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