Robert Nash Ogden Jr (May 5, 1839 – April 16, 1905Law Notes, June 1905, p 57
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, judge, orator, poet, lawyer and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Robert Nash Ogden Jr was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 5, 1839,Robert Nash Ogden-- Strangers to Us All Lawyers and Poetry
/ref> to Robert Nash Ogden and Frances Sophia Nicholson.Wheeler, William Ogden, Lawrence Van Alstyne, and Charles Burr Ogden. 1907. ''The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants,'' 1640-1906. Philadelphia: Printed for private circulation by J.B. Lippincott Co. pp 360-62, 445-46
/ref> He attended the University of North Carolina for two and a half years.''Chi Psi. 1902. The sixth decennial catalogue'' p. 310
/ref> He studied law under

Frederick Nash Frederick Nash (February 9, 1781 – December 5, 1858) was an American lawyer and jurist from Hillsborough, North Carolina. He served on the North Carolina Supreme Court and was its chief justice from 1852 until his death. Frederick was the son ...

at Hillsboro, North Carolina. During the American Civil War he served under Brigadier General

James Patrick Major James Patrick Major (May 14, 1836 – May 8, 1877) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. US Cavalry service Major graduated 23rd in his class at the United States Military Academy ...

for the Confederate Army with the rank of

. When the war was over he returned to Louisiana and entered politics. After having been elected to the State Legislature, he served as Speaker of the House of Representatives (1880–1884). Then he went on to serve on the Louisiana Court of Appeals in New Orleans for two terms. Ogden was known for his skills as an orator as well as devoting his time to writing works of literature such as ''Who did it? - A novel''(1870)''Who did it? a novel.''(1870) by Robert Nash Ogden--Wright American Fiction 1851-1875-- Indiana University Digital Library Program
/ref> ''Dreams of the past!'' and ''The Light of Thine Eyes''.The Louisiana Book: Selections from the Literature of the State P 574577
/ref> He is the father of author

Edith Ogden Harrison Edith Ogden Harrison (16 November 1862 – 22 May 1955) was a writer of children's books and fairy tales in the early decades of the 20th century. She was the wife of Carter Harrison, Jr., five-term mayor of Chicago. Biography Edith Ogden w ...

and the father-in-law of Chicago mayor,

Carter Harrison Jr. Carter Henry Harrison IV (April 23, 1860 – December 25, 1953) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician who served a total of five terms as mayor of Chicago (1897–1905 and 1911–1915) but failed in his attempt to becom ...

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