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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Percy D. Saint
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Louisiana]] Attorney General
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1924
| term_end=1932
| preceded=Adolphe V. Coco
| succeeded=Gaston L. Porterlie
| office2=Louisiana State Representative for St. Mary Parish
| term_start2=1916
| term_end2=1917
| preceded2=At-large:<br>
Walter T. Gilmore<br>
Rene H. Himel<br>
George T. Veeder
| succeeded2=I. O. Pecot
| office3=Judge of the 23rd Judicial District of Louisiana
| term_start3=1920
| term_end3=1924
| birth_date=May 8, 1870
| death_date=August 13, 1958 (aged 88)
| birth_place=Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
| death_place=[[New Orleans]], Louisiana
| resting_place=Franklin, Louisiana
| occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Journalist]]
| alma_mater=[[University of Alabama]]<br>
[[Tulane University School of Law]]
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
| spouse=(1) Mary Isabel Thorp Saint<br>
(2) Cora Lee McCardell Saint
| children=Percy DuBose Saint<br>
Mary Isabel Saint (last name unavailable)
}}
'''Percy D. Saint''' (May 8, 1870 – August 13, 1958), was an [[lawyer]] and [[politician]] who served as the [[Louisiana]] state attorney general from 1924 until 1932. He was an intra-party [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] critic of [[Governor]] and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]
==Background==
Saint was born in the small town of Franklin, the seat of government of St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana to John Davidson Saint and the former Ellen Jane DuBose, both natives of [[Alabama]]. He was educated in local private schools and attended the [[University of Alabama]] at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] from 1888 to 1890. He subsequently graduated in 1893 from [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=lahist/>
From a first marriage to the former Mary Isabel Thorp on April 12, 1898, there were no children. On December 7, 1903, he married the former Cora Lee McCardell, daughter of the former Lavinia Pelichet and Thomas McCardell. The couple had a son, Percy DuBose Saint (1908-1974), and a daughter, Mary Isabel. In 1893, Saint was admitted to the bar and served two years as a messenger in the [[United States Congress]]. He began his law practice in his native Franklin, where he edited ''The Franklin Vindicator News'' from 1898 until 1900.<ref name=lahist/>
The Saint House at 303 Main Street in Franklin was built in 1908. On the historic house tour of Franklin, the Saint House is styled in the manner of the Woodcraft movement with columns shingled with overlapping weatherboard. The front gable pediment has a wattle and daub treatment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.franklin-la.org/recreation-walkingtours.php|title=Recreation & Visitor Info|publisher=franklin-la.org|accessdate=April 16, 2011}}</ref>
==Political career===
Saint was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1916 but served only one year before resigning in 1917.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012 (St. Mary Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref> Saint was the district attorney of the 23rd Judicial District from 1907 until 1920. It is unclear if he resigned as district attorney to become state representative from 1916 to 1917 and then returned to the district attorney position or if he was simultaneously district attorney and state representative, a part-time position. Saint was district judge from 1920 to 1924. In 1922, he was assigned to the civil district court in New Orleans.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-s/|title=Saint, Percy|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' by Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
In 1928, Saint was one of the few state officials elected independently of the Long ticket when the [[Huey Long|Louisiana Kingfish]] procured his only term as governor before heading to the U.S. Senate.<ref name=lahist/> As attorney general, Saint faced the legal challenges of the Mississippi Flood of 1927.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.gardendistrictbookshop.com/|author=John M. Barry|title=Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 (1998)|publisher=Garden District Bookshop of [[New Orleans]]|accessdate=April 16, 2011}}</ref>
In other matters relating to his nemesis Long, Attorney General Saint declared that Long should not have dispatched troops to raid [[gambling]] houses in Jefferson Parish in the New Orleans [[suburb]]s without first having declared [[martial law]]. He also ruled that [[impeachment]] proceedings instituted in 1929 by some legislators, including Cecil Morgan ( of [[Shreveport]], against Long were constitutional.<ref name=lahist/> Saint retired from politics in 1932, when Oscar Kelly Allen, Sr. (1882-1936), of Winnfield was elected to succeed Huey Long as governor.<ref name=lahist/>
Saint was a member of the National Attorneys General Association; chairman, national crime commission, and member of the New Orleans and state bar associations. He was affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Masonic lodge.<ref name=lahist/>
==Death==
One of Saint's political speeches was carried in the January 1925 edition of ''Louisiana Historical Quarterly,'' now ''Louisiana History,'' a publication of the Louisiana Historical Association. Saint died in New Orleans and is interred in Franklin.<ref name=lahist/><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses these sources in its sketch of Percy Saint: ''Who Was Who in America,'' V, p. 630; Percy Saint, "Thomas Jefferson and Government by Party," ''Louisiana Historical Quarterly,'' VIII (1925), 41-51;'The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' obituary, August 14, 1958, and the Morgan City Archives in Morgan City, also in St. Mary Parish.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint, Percy}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Newspapers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
| name=Percy D. Saint
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Louisiana]] Attorney General
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1924
| term_end=1932
| preceded=Adolphe V. Coco
| succeeded=Gaston L. Porterlie
| office2=Louisiana State Representative for St. Mary Parish
| term_start2=1916
| term_end2=1917
| preceded2=At-large:<br>
Walter T. Gilmore<br>
Rene H. Himel<br>
George T. Veeder
| succeeded2=I. O. Pecot
| office3=Judge of the 23rd Judicial District of Louisiana
| term_start3=1920
| term_end3=1924
| birth_date=May 8, 1870
| death_date=August 13, 1958 (aged 88)
| birth_place=Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
| death_place=[[New Orleans]], Louisiana
| resting_place=Franklin, Louisiana
| occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Journalist]]
| alma_mater=[[University of Alabama]]<br>
[[Tulane University School of Law]]
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
| spouse=(1) Mary Isabel Thorp Saint<br>
(2) Cora Lee McCardell Saint
| children=Percy DuBose Saint<br>
Mary Isabel Saint (last name unavailable)
}}
'''Percy D. Saint''' (May 8, 1870 – August 13, 1958), was an [[lawyer]] and [[politician]] who served as the [[Louisiana]] state attorney general from 1924 until 1932. He was an intra-party [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] critic of [[Governor]] and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]
==Background==
Saint was born in the small town of Franklin, the seat of government of St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana to John Davidson Saint and the former Ellen Jane DuBose, both natives of [[Alabama]]. He was educated in local private schools and attended the [[University of Alabama]] at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] from 1888 to 1890. He subsequently graduated in 1893 from [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=lahist/>
From a first marriage to the former Mary Isabel Thorp on April 12, 1898, there were no children. On December 7, 1903, he married the former Cora Lee McCardell, daughter of the former Lavinia Pelichet and Thomas McCardell. The couple had a son, Percy DuBose Saint (1908-1974), and a daughter, Mary Isabel. In 1893, Saint was admitted to the bar and served two years as a messenger in the [[United States Congress]]. He began his law practice in his native Franklin, where he edited ''The Franklin Vindicator News'' from 1898 until 1900.<ref name=lahist/>
The Saint House at 303 Main Street in Franklin was built in 1908. On the historic house tour of Franklin, the Saint House is styled in the manner of the Woodcraft movement with columns shingled with overlapping weatherboard. The front gable pediment has a wattle and daub treatment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.franklin-la.org/recreation-walkingtours.php|title=Recreation & Visitor Info|publisher=franklin-la.org|accessdate=April 16, 2011}}</ref>
==Political career===
Saint was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1916 but served only one year before resigning in 1917.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012 (St. Mary Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref> Saint was the district attorney of the 23rd Judicial District from 1907 until 1920. It is unclear if he resigned as district attorney to become state representative from 1916 to 1917 and then returned to the district attorney position or if he was simultaneously district attorney and state representative, a part-time position. Saint was district judge from 1920 to 1924. In 1922, he was assigned to the civil district court in New Orleans.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-s/|title=Saint, Percy|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' by Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
In 1928, Saint was one of the few state officials elected independently of the Long ticket when the [[Huey Long|Louisiana Kingfish]] procured his only term as governor before heading to the U.S. Senate.<ref name=lahist/> As attorney general, Saint faced the legal challenges of the Mississippi Flood of 1927.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.gardendistrictbookshop.com/|author=John M. Barry|title=Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 (1998)|publisher=Garden District Bookshop of [[New Orleans]]|accessdate=April 16, 2011}}</ref>
In other matters relating to his nemesis Long, Attorney General Saint declared that Long should not have dispatched troops to raid [[gambling]] houses in Jefferson Parish in the New Orleans [[suburb]]s without first having declared [[martial law]]. He also ruled that [[impeachment]] proceedings instituted in 1929 by some legislators, including Cecil Morgan ( of [[Shreveport]], against Long were constitutional.<ref name=lahist/> Saint retired from politics in 1932, when Oscar Kelly Allen, Sr. (1882-1936), of Winnfield was elected to succeed Huey Long as governor.<ref name=lahist/>
Saint was a member of the National Attorneys General Association; chairman, national crime commission, and member of the New Orleans and state bar associations. He was affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Masonic lodge.<ref name=lahist/>
==Death==
One of Saint's political speeches was carried in the January 1925 edition of ''Louisiana Historical Quarterly,'' now ''Louisiana History,'' a publication of the Louisiana Historical Association. Saint died in New Orleans and is interred in Franklin.<ref name=lahist/><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses these sources in its sketch of Percy Saint: ''Who Was Who in America,'' V, p. 630; Percy Saint, "Thomas Jefferson and Government by Party," ''Louisiana Historical Quarterly,'' VIII (1925), 41-51;'The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' obituary, August 14, 1958, and the Morgan City Archives in Morgan City, also in St. Mary Parish.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint, Percy}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Newspapers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]