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James Biddle Eustis was born in the city of New Orleans. He was the fifth child of Judge George Eustis and Clarisse Allain Eustis, and a brother of George Eustis, secretary to the Confederate legation at Paris during the Civil War.
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James Biddle Eustis was born in the city of New Orleans. He was the fifth child of Judge George Eustis and Clarisse Allain Eustis, and a brother of George Eustis, secretary to the Confederate legation at Paris during the Civil War.
His education was obtained in the schools of his native city and at Harvard College, where the degree of LL. B. was conferred upon him in 1854.
Two years later he was admitted to the Louisiana bar, and began practise in New Orleans.
At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Eustis entered the Confederate service.
He first served as judge-advocate on the staff of General Magruder, commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department, but after a year was transferred to the staff of General Joseph E. Johnston, with whom he served to the end of the struggle.
During Reconstruction, he was an outstanding leader of the Louisiana Democrats.
In 1872 he was nominated for Congress as a candidate-at-large, but was left off by a fusion of tickets.
He was elected in this year, however, to the lower house of the state legislature, and in 1874 to the state Senate.
While in the legislature he most vigorously opposed the repudiation of the state debts.
In January 1876, the legislature elected him United States senator to fill an unexpired term, but in that day of factions and rival legislatures in Louisiana the election was contested, and it was not until December 10, 1877, that he was declared duly elected and permitted to take his seat.
During his second term in the Senate, in opposing many of the official acts of President Cleveland, Eustis followed the example of many Southern Democrats.
It is said that he carried his opposition to a point where he incurred the personal resentment of the President.
When both were temporarily in political retirement, however, there was a reconciliation; and when Cleveland was again a presidential candidate, in 1892, Eustis gave him strong support in the North and East, where he was in great demand on account of his superior ability as an orator.
At the end of his ambassadorship he practised law in New York City.
He was a member of Tammany Hall, and, as long as health permitted, was active in the work of that organization.
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admitted to the Louisiana bar
He was elected in this year, however, to the lower house of the state legislature, and in 1874 to the state Senate
United States senator to fill an unexpired term
He was a member of Tammany Hall, and, as long as health permitted, was active in the work of that organization.
On September 3, 1857, he married Ellen Buckner, the daughter of a prominent Louisiana planter.
