Background
Martin, Whitmell Pugh was born on August 12, 1867 in Assumption Point, Louisiana, United States. Son of Robert Campbell and Margerite Chism (Littlejohn) Martin.
Martin, Whitmell Pugh was born on August 12, 1867 in Assumption Point, Louisiana, United States. Son of Robert Campbell and Margerite Chism (Littlejohn) Martin.
Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1888. Student of University of Virginia Law School, 1891.
Professor chemistry, Kentucky Military Institute, 1889-1890. Chemist, Sugar Land Refinery, Texas, 1890-1891. Removed to Thibodaux, Louisiana, 1892, and admitted to Louisiana Barometer
Superintendent of education, Parish of Lafourche, Louisiana, 1894-1900.
District attorney 20th District, Louisiana, 1900-1906. Judge 20th Judicial District, Louisiana, 1906-1914.
Member 64th to 69th Congresses (1915-1927), 3d Louisiana District. Elected to 64th and 65th Congresses as a Progressive, 66th to 70th as a Democrat.
Mason.
Married Amy Williamson, April. Children: Mistress Amy Williamson Tabor, Whitmell Pugh (deceased), Marshall Leigh, Robert Campbell.