Background
Breazeale, Hopkins Payne was born on October 16, 1886 in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States. Son of Hopkins Payne and Cammila (Lachs) Breazeale.
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Hopkins Payne Breazeale
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Bachelor of Arts, Louisiana Northeastern College, 1905. Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1910.
Career
Teacher, 1905-1907; admitted to Connecticut bar, 1910, Louisiana bar, 1911, since practiced in Baton Rouge. Senior member Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson. United States referee in bankruptcy, 1919-1945.
City attorney, Baton Rouge, 1924-1945.
Director, attorney Fidelity National Bank. Member Judicial Council 5th Circuit Court of Appeals since 1945.
Achievements
Membership
Member Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson. Member Judicial Council 5th Circuit Court of Appeals since 1945. Member of Executive Committee Baton Rouge Community Chest and United Givers, Public Affairs Research Council Louisiana.
Member, secretary board appeals Selective Service System Northern 2, 1940-1947.
Served as captain 358th infantry 90th Division, United States Army, World War I. Member American, Baton Rouge (president 1935-1936), Louisiana State (president 1931-1932) bar associations, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, American Judicature Society, American Legion (charter.
Mason, Elk (past exalted ruler). Clubs: Baton Rouge Country (past president), City (Baton Rouge).
Connections
Married Nita Sims, November 22, 1916. Children: Hopkins Payne, Nita Sims (Mistress Maurice J. Wilson), Robert P. School.
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Nationality
American