Henry A. Bullard
Henry Adams 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 | Pepperell, Massachusetts | September 9, 1788
Died | April 17, 1851 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 62)
Political party | Democratic (3rd Dist.) Whig (2nd Dist.) |
Spouse | Sarah Maria Kaiser |
Henry Adams Bullard (September 9, 1788 – April 17, 1851) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served two terms as a Democrat and one as a Whig.
Bullard 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,[1] and in Alexandria,[2] as well as in New Orleans.
He accompanied General José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois on his military expedition into Spanish Texas in 1813. He 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.
Henry A. Bullard was also a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1834–39), Secretary of State of Louisiana (1838–39), a professor of civil law at the new University of Louisiana Law School (1847), and served in the Louisiana House of Representatives (1850). He died in New Orleans and was interred at the Girod Street Cemetery.
References
- ^ 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
- United States Congress. "Henry A. Bullard (id: B001049)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Henry Adams Bullard entry at The Political Graveyard
- Henry A. Bullard at Find a Grave
- 1788 births
- 1851 deaths
- Harvard University alumni
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- Louisiana Supreme Court justices
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- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana
- People from Pepperell, Massachusetts
- Secretaries of State of Louisiana
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- 19th-century American politicians
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- Burials at Girod Street Cemetery (New Orleans)
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