Edward Henry Durell

Edward Henry Durell (July 14, 1810 – March 29, 1887) was the 25th Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Education and career Born on July 14, 1810, in the Governor Wentworth House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Durell attended Phillips Exeter Academy, then graduated from Harvard University in 1831, and read law in 1834. He was fluent in German, French and Spanish. He entered private practice in Pittsburg, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana from 1835 to 1854. He was a member of the New Orleans City Council in 1854. He resumed private practice in New Orleans. He was President of the Bureau of Finance in New Orleans from 1862 to 1863. He was the 25th Mayor of New Orleans in 1863. Durell was a member of the Republican Party. Federal judicial service