Duncan S. Cage (died 1885 at age 60)[1] was a politician in Louisiana. He served as Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.[2] He was a signatory to an act for the indentured servitude of orphans.[3] He served in the Louisiana House in 1865 and 1866.[4]
He was born in Mississippi. Harry Cage was his father and he had several prominent family members. He became a sugar planter in Terrebonne Parish. He raised a company during the Civil War and became a Colonel in the Confederate Army before taking sick during the Siege of Vicksburg when his regilent was captured. He then served on General Kirby Smith's staff.
He married and had 4 sons and 3 daughters. His son Hugh C Cage was lawyer and Citizens' League and later Democratic Party politician who served in the Louisiana Senate.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Fortier, Alcée (September 27, 1914). "Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form". Century historical association – via Google Books.
- ^ "Constitution of the State of Louisiana: Adopted in Convention at ... New Orleans, the Twenty-third Day of July, A.D. 1879". J.H. Cosgrove. September 27, 1879 – via Google Books.
- ^ "America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War". www.digitalhistory.uh.edu.
- ^ Representatives, Louisiana Legislature House of (September 27, 1865). "Official Journal of the Proceedings of House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana at the ... General Assembly ..." – via Google Books.