Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls (August 20, 1834 – January 4, 1912) was an American attorney, politician, and soldier who served as a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army, the 28th Governor of Louisiana, and as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. A veteran of the Civil War and a double amputee, Nicholls gained considerable popular support and served two nonconsecutive terms as Governor from 1877 to 1880, and again from 1888 to 1892.
Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls (August 20, 1834 – January 4, 1912) was an American attorney, politician, and soldier who served as a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army, the 28th Governor of Louisiana, and as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. A veteran of the Civil War and a double amputee, Nicholls gained considerable popular support and served two nonconsecutive terms as Governor from 1877 to 1880, and again from 1888 to 1892.
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