Joseph Aristide Landry
American politician
Joseph Aristide Landry
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Member of the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
from Louisiana 's 2nd district |
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In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
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Preceded by | Henry Adams Bullard |
Succeeded by | Theodore Gaillard Hunt |
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives | |
In office
1840 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
(
1817-07-10
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July 10, 1817
Donaldsonville, Louisiana |
Died |
March 9, 1881
(1881-03-09)
(aged
63)
Donaldsonville, Louisiana |
Political party | Whig |
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Joseph Aristide Landry (July 10, 1817 – March 9, 1881) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana . He served one term as a Whig .
Biography
Joseph Landry was born near Donaldsonville , Ascension Parish, Louisiana , on July 10, 1817. He attended school in Cape Girardeau , Missouri .
Political career
He served member of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1840, then elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress , serving from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853.
Later career
After leaving Congress, he was president of the police jury of Ascension Parish in 1861.
Civil War
Before the Civil War , he was first sergeant in the Chasseurs de l'Ascension. During the war, he attached to Company B of the Cannoneers of Donaldsonville, fighting on the side of the Confederacy.
Death and burial
He died near Donaldsonville on March 9, 1881, and is interred in Donaldsonville Catholic Cemetery.
See also
External links
- Bio at Congress.gov
- Political Graveyard
- Joseph Aristide Landry at Find a Grave
- Joseph Aristide Landry in the Louisiana Dictionary of Biography — Scroll down to find the Landrys.
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Member
of
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district 1851 – 1853 |
Succeeded by |
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