Estopinal was elected to Congress upon the death of Adolph Meyer . In the spring of 1919 , he died in office , just a few months into his sixth term . His tenure corresponded with the administrations of Theodore Roosevelt , William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson . He served on the Naval Affairs Committee . In 1912 , he was an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention , which met in Baltimore , Maryland , and nominated the successful Woodrow Wilson-Thomas Marshall ticket , a slate which easily prevailed in heavily Democratic Louisiana and nationwide as well . At the convention , Estopinal was a member on the Committee on Rules and Order of Business
Democratic National Convention
1912 Democratic National Convention
Albert Estopinal