Henry Adams Bullard (September 9, 1788 – April 17, 1851) was a lawyer, slaveholder, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana.[1] He served two terms as a National Republican and one as a Whig.
Henry A. Bullard | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district | |
| In office December 5, 1850 – March 3, 1851 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Magill Conrad |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Aristide Landry |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1831 – January 4, 1834 | |
| Preceded by | Walter Hampden Overton |
| Succeeded by | Rice Garland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Adams Bullard September 9, 1788 Pepperell, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | April 17, 1851 (aged 62) New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
| Resting place | Girod Street Cemetery (until 1959) |
| Political party | National Republican (3rd Dist.) Whig (2nd Dist.) |
| Spouse | Sarah Maria Kaiser |
Biography
editBullard was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard, and studied law in Boston and Philadelphia. In Louisiana, he resided in Natchitoches, where he practiced law,[2] and in Alexandria,[3] as well as in New Orleans.
He accompanied General José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois on his military expedition into Spanish Texas in 1813.
Congress
editHe was later elected as an anti-Jacksonian to the 22nd and 23rd Congresses, resigned in 1834, and later served as a Whig in the 31st Congress.
Career
editHenry A. Bullard was also a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1834–39) and Secretary of State of Louisiana (1838–39). He was also a professor of civil law at the University of Louisiana Law School (1847) and served in the Louisiana House of Representatives (1850).
Death and burial
editHe died in New Orleans and was interred at the Girod Street Cemetery. That burying ground was destroyed in 1959 and unclaimed remains were commingled with 15,000 others and deposited beneath Hope Mausoleum, St. John's Cemetery, New Orleans.
References
edit- ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer (10 January 2022). "More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 May 2024. Database at "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2024-04-29
- ^ Congressional Biography, accessed 21 Nov 2015.
- ^ Henry Adams Bullard at The Political Graveyard, accessed 21 Nov 2015.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
External links
edit- United States Congress. "Henry A. Bullard (id: B001049)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Henry Adams Bullard entry at The Political Graveyard
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