Background
Fuqua, Henry was born on November 8, 1865 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Son of James Overton and Jeannette M. (Fowles) Fuqua.
Fuqua, Henry was born on November 8, 1865 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Son of James Overton and Jeannette M. (Fowles) Fuqua.
Preparatory education, Magruder’s Collegiate Institute, Baton Rouge. Student Louisiana State University.
Began with corps of engineers on construction of what is now the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, later engaged in bridge building, same road. In hardware business, Baton Rouge, as clerk and traveling man, 9 years. Organizer and manager Fuqua Hardware Company, 1892-1916.
Warden, State Prison of Louisiana, 1916-1924, also including management of three large plantations owned by the State.
Governor of Louisiana, term May 1924-May 1928.
Mason.
Married Laura Matta, June 24, 1890. Children: Matta (Mistress Walter Scott), Henry.