Edouard Bermudez

[3] Born in New Orleans,[4] Bermudez "was a Creole,—that is, a native-born Louisianian,—of ancient and distinguished Spanish descent".

[5] He attended Boyer's School in New Orleans,[1] and received a classical education at Spring Hill College, Alabama, where he graduated in the year 1851.

[1] After the war, Bermudez was elected an assistant city attorney in 1866,[4] but was removed from this position by General Philip Sheridan the following year "as an impediment to Reconstruction".

[1] Bermudez then returned to private practice, also mentoring young attorneys including Edward Douglass White, who went on to become Chief Justice of the United States.

[1] He died at his home in New Orleans at the age of 60,[4] due to heart disease,[1] less than six months after completing his service on the court.