Joachim Octave Fernandez

August 14, 1896 (age 81)

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

In 1930, however, Fernández defected to the camp of Walmsley"s enemy, Governor Huey Pierce Long, Junior. He became Long"s Ninth Ward political boss and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1930 with Long"s support. He lost his seat in 1940 to reform candidate Felix Edward Hébert, a former journalist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune Fernández was a delegate to the Louisiana state constitutional convention in 1921, which wrote the document to govern his state until 1975. He was an alternate delegate to the 1936 Democratic National Convention, which renominated the Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt-John Nance Garner ticket. In his forties, Fernández served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant commander during World World War World War II After his congressional service, Fernández was the United States. collector of internal revenue in New Orleans. In the election of 1946, Fernández briefly served as the reform candidate against Mayor Robert Maestri, but he withdrew from the race at the last minute after Maestri offered to pay his campaign expenses. Maestri was unseated, however, by the reformers" choice, deLesseps Story Morrison.

Joachim Octave Fernandez

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Background

A son of Octave Gonzales Fernández and the former Mary Benson, he was born, lived, and died in New Orleans.

Career

In 1930, however, Fernández defected to the camp of Walmsley"s enemy, Governor Huey Pierce Long, Junior. He became Long"s Ninth Ward political boss and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1930 with Long"s support. He lost his seat in 1940 to reform candidate Felix Edward Hébert, a former journalist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune

Fernández was a delegate to the Louisiana state constitutional convention in 1921, which wrote the document to govern his state until 1975.

He was an alternate delegate to the 1936 Democratic National Convention, which renominated the Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt-John Nance Garner ticket.

In his forties, Fernández served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant commander during World World War World War II After his congressional service, Fernández was the United States. collector of internal revenue in New Orleans. In the election of 1946, Fernández briefly served as the reform candidate against Mayor Robert Maestri, but he withdrew from the race at the last minute after Maestri offered to pay his campaign expenses.

Maestri was unseated, however, by the reformers" choice, deLesseps Story Morrison.

Membership

Like all other members of his state"s congressional delegation at the time of his tenure, Fernández was a Democrat. He began his political career as a member of the Old Regular political machine. He was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1924 to 1928 and the State Senate from 1928 to 1930 at the time of the administration of Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley.

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