Ladislas Lazaro

Ladislas Lazaro
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 7th district
In office March 4, 1913 – March 30, 1927
Preceded by	Arsène Pujo
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of the Louisiana Senate
In office 1908-1912
Personal details
Born	(1872-06-05)June 5, 1872 Ville Platte, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	March 30, 1927(1927-03-30) (aged 54) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Old City Cemetery, Ville Platte, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party	Democratic

Ladislas Lazaro (June 5, 1872 – March 30, 1927) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Louisiana.

Born near Ville Platte, Evangeline (then St. Landry) Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of Marie Denise Ortego, a daughter of one of Ville Platte’s founding Hispanic families, and Alexandre Lazaro Biladinoviz, a Roma immigrant from the town of Risan (in what is now Montenegro), who came to America aboard a ship from Russia as a stowaway.^[1] Lazaro attended public and private schools and Holy Cross College, New Orleans, Louisiana. He was graduated from Louisville (Kentucky) Medical College in 1894 and practiced his profession in Washington, Louisiana, until 1913.

He became interested in agricultural pursuits. He served as president of the parish school board for four years. He also served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1908 to 1912.

Lazaro was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1927. He became the second Hispanic American ever to chair a standing committee in the U.S. House of Representatives when he was named chairman of the Enrolled Bills Committee in 1915.^[1] He was interred in the Old City Cemetery, Ville Platte, Louisiana.

See also

• List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress
• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

External links

• United States Congress. "Ladislas Lazaro (id: L000153)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.