Louis E. McWhorter, of this
sketch, acquired an excellent education
in the common schools of Greenbrier
County and the Lewisburg Academy.
For a time he read law under the in-
struction of his able father and Judge-
H. C. McWhorter, president of the-
Supreme Court of Appeals, and then
entered the law department of the Uni-
versity of \^irginia, at Charlottesville
and obtained his license to practice law
January 30, 1882. He was admitted
to the bar, but did not engage in the
active practice of his profession until
in 1886, when he entered into partner-
ship with Judge H. C. Mc^\'horter of
the Supreme Court of Api)eals, the
partnership lasting until 1897, when H.
C. McWhorter was elected judge of
the Supreme Court. Our subject then
entered into partnership with Isaac
Loewenstein and the firm is recognized
as one of the strongest in Southern
West Virginia. Both partners are men
of rare ability, the younger one l>eing
a graduate of the State University at
Morgantown. The firm of McWhor-



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ter & Loewenstein make a specialty of
chancery and commercial law. L. E.
McWhorter has resided in Charleston,
West Virginia since 1878.
On June 27, 1883, Mr. McWhorter
was married to Emma M. Champe,
who is a daugliter of Sewall and Ala-
meda Champe, honored residents of
Kanawa County. The religious con-
nection of the family is with the Meth-
odist Church in which our subject is
a trustee and steward; for seven years
he was superintendent of the State
street Methodist Episcopal Sunday-
school. In politics he is a stanch Re-
publican. He is one of the public spirit-
ed citizens of Charleston and has served
as president of the Board of Education
and in other municipal organizations.
