Walter L. Cohen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter L. Cohen

American politician

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1860

Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1930

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Walter L.
Cohen, Sr.
(January 22, 1860 – December 29, 1930) was an African-American Republican politician and businessman in the U.S.
state of Louisiana. The New Orleans native was the son of Bernard Cohen and the former Amelia Bingaman.
Like his better-known compatriot Homer Adolph Plessy, Cohen was a free black prior to passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
He was Catholic by religion, but had some Jewish ancestry, and he noted that he was part of the most-hated ethnic group and most-hated religious group by the resurging Ku Klux Klan.Educated in New Orleans, he was married to the former Antonia Manadé, and the couple had three children: Walter Cohen, Jr., Bernard J.
Cohen, and Margot C.
Farrell.