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2nd, 6th. Website. Parish of East Baton Rouge. East Baton Rouge Parish ( French: Paroisse de Bâton-Rouge Est; Spanish: Parroquia del Este de Bastón Rojo) is the most populous parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its population was 456,781 at the 2020 census. [ 1] The parish seat is Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capital. [ 2]
In October 2009, Keith Bardwell, a Robert, Louisiana Justice of the Peace, refused to officiate the civil wedding of an interracial couple because of his personal views, in spite of a 1967 ruling by the United States Supreme Court which prohibited restrictions on interracial marriage as unconstitutional. [citation needed] The story was first ...
The East Baton Rouge Parish School System, also known as East Baton Rouge Schools ( EBR Schools) or the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, is a public school district headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The district serves most of East Baton Rouge Parish; it contains 54 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 18 high ...
Artifacts. The Constitution of the Republic of West Florida [ 17] was based largely on the United States Constitution, and divided the government into three branches: executive, judicial, and legislative. The legislature consisted of a Senate and House of Representatives. The Governor was chosen by the legislature.
West Baton Rouge Parish: 121: Port Allen: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Baton Rouge Parish until 1812. French phrase bâton rouge meaning red stick. A red stick was used by local Native Americans to mark the boundaries between tribal territories 28,266: 203 sq mi (526 km 2) West Carroll Parish: 123: Oak Grove, West Carroll ...
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Louisiana since the U.S. Supreme Court 's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. The court held that the denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples is unconstitutional, invalidating Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriage. The ruling clarified conflicting court rulings on whether state officials are ...
Marriage license filings in the York County Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans' Court, Oct. 24-31, 2023:
Larry Jefferson: [47] First African American male elected as a Judge of the Monroe City Court (1990) [ Ouachita Parish, Louisiana] J. Edward "Eddie" Hines, Jr.: [27] [28] First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (1979) Louis Berry: [48] First African American male lawyer in Alexandria ...