Caesar Carpentier Antoine (1836–1921) was a soldier, businessman, editor, and politician in

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. He served as a state senator for

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from 1868 until 1872 when he was elected the third of three

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Republicans to serve as

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of the

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Legacy and honors

*In 2008, C. C. Antoine Celebration was established as an annual event during

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in Shreveport.C.C. Antoine Celebration
website, accessed 7 February 2014 *A tombstone was dedicated at Antoine's gravesite on Memorial Day, 31 May 1999.
, ''Shreveport Times'', n.d., hosted at North Star website, accessed 7 February 2014 *In 1984, a Shreveport park was named for Antoine and a sculpture of him was installed in it. *Antoine's house in Shreveport is a state historic site for preservation.

References

*"Caesar Carpentier Antoine". ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'', Vol. 1 (1988), p. 16 *John W. Blassingame, ''Black New Orleans, 1860-1880'' (1973) *Dorothea Olga McCants, ed., ''Our People and Our History'' (1973) *Charles Vincent, ''Black Legislators in Louisiana during Reconstruction'' (1976) *Rayford W. Logan and Michael R. Winston, eds., ''Dictionary of American Negro Biography'' (1982) {{DEFAULTSORT:Antoine, Caesar 1836 births 1921 deaths Republican Party Louisiana state senators African-American state legislators in Louisiana Politicians from Shreveport, Louisiana Businesspeople from New Orleans Politicians from New Orleans Barbers Lieutenant Governors of Louisiana African Americans in the American Civil War 19th-century American newspaper editors American planters School board members in Louisiana African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era Union Army officers 20th-century African-American people