E. M. Toler
| Enoch McLain "E. M." Toler | |
Louisiana State Senator for
East and West Feliciana parishes | |
| In office 1944–1954 | |
| Preceded by | J. M. Johnson |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Warren Davis Folkes |
| Born | October 29, 1874 Gloster, Amite County Mississippi, USA |
| Died | October 21, 1954 (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Masonic Cemetery in Clinton, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Estelle Jackson Toler (married 1902-1954, his death) |
| Children | Nannie Rae Toler (died in infancy) Dr. Clovis S. Toler |
| Residence | Clinton, East Feliciana Parish |
| Alma mater | Mississippi College Louisville Medical College |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Military Service
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| Service/branch | Mississippi National Guard |
Enoch McLain Toler, known as E. M. Toler (October 29, 1874 – October 21, 1954),[1] was a physician from Clinton, Louisiana, who was from 1944 until his death a decade later the state senator for East and West Feliciana parishes. His tenure corresponded with the administrations of Governors Jimmie Davis, Earl Kemp Long, and Robert F. Kennon.[2]
Biography
Toler was born in Gloster in Amite County in southwestern Mississippi to William Jackson Toler (1854-1927) and Toler's first wife, the former Nancy J. McLain (1854-1901). He graduated from Gloster High School and in 1894 received a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Baptist-affiliated Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. He was an educator and farmer for several years in Cleveland in Bolivar County and Berwick and Gloster in Amite County, before he entered the Louisville Medical College in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1900, he received his M.D. from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. He then practiced in rural Woodland, before relocating to nearby Clinton, Louisiana. From 1905 to 1906, Dr. Toler completed a post-graduate course in microscopical and surgical medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. During World War I, he was the secretary-treasurer of the East Feliciana Parish chapter of the American Red Cross.[3]
Prior to his decade in the Louisiana Senate, Toler, a Democrat, was the coroner of East Feliciana Parish. He was in practice in his later years with his son, Dr. Clovis Toler (1906-1982).[3] He and his wife, the former Estelle Jackson (1885-1966), had two daughters, one of whom died in infancy; the other daughter, Ione Toler Webb (1910-1992), was a schoolteacher who was married to James Oscar Webb (1906-1980). She lost a son, James Toler Webb in 1960, when he was twelve years of age.[4]
Toler was succeeded in the state Senate by Warren Davis Folkes (1898-1997) of St. Francisville, then a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who won the special election for Toler's seat in 1955.[2]
References
- ↑ Dr. Enoch McLain Toler. -findagrave.com. Retrieved on February 5, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024. Louisiana State Senate. Retrieved on February 5, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Henry E. Chambers, A History of Louisiana: Wilderness, Colony, Province, Territory, State, People, Vol. 2, (Chicago and New York City: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925), pp. 259-260.
- ↑ Ione Toler Webb. The Baton Rouge Advocate through findagrave (January 19, 1992). Retrieved on February 5, 2021.
