Samuel A. LeBlanc, I

Samuel Albert LeBlanc (August 29, 1886 – July 8, 1955) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from December 12, 1949 to December 31, 1954.

Born at Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, to Col. Joseph E. LeBlanc and Camille (Dugas) LeBlanc, both natives of the same parish, and the latter being the daughter of Eloi F. X. Dugas, LeBlanc was the tenth of 11 children. He attended a private school in the locality in which he was born until attaining his eleventh year, when he entered Jefferson College, at Convent, Louisiana, graduating from that institution with the class of 1904.

On August 7, 1912, LeBlanc married Miss Elmire Lafaye, a daughter of J. Henry and Cecilia (Russeau) Lafaye, of New Orleans. They had a son, Samuel A. LeBlanc II, whose own son, Sam A. LeBlanc III, was also a prominent figure in Louisiana politics.