Edgar Howard Farrar

Edgar Howard Farrar (June 20, 1849 – January 22, 1922) was an American corporate lawyer, political activist, and white supremacist.

Biography He was born at a plantation in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, the son of Thomas Prince Farrar (his parents Martha Farrar and Thomas.) After home schooling during which he was tutored in Greek and Latin, he attended college at the Baton Rouge Collegiate Institute, then earned his master's from the University of Virginia. He studied law at the University of Louisiana and was admitted to the bar in 1872. In 1874 he was married to Lucinda Davis Stamps, the grand niece of Jefferson Davis, and they had seven children. He was a member of the Louisiana state militia up until 1884, attaining the rank of Colonel. Additionally, Farrar was "the leader of the Louisiana disenfranchisement movement".