Joseph Aristide Landry
Joseph A. Landry | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | |
Preceded by | Henry Adams Bullard |
Succeeded by | Theodore Gaillard Hunt |
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives | |
In office 1840 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Joseph Aristide Landry (1817-07-10)July 10, 1817 Donaldsonville, Louisiana |
Died | March 9, 1881(1881-03-09) (aged 63) Donaldsonville, Louisiana |
Resting place | Donaldsonville Catholic Cemetery |
Political party | Whig |
Joseph Aristide Landry (July 10, 1817 – March 9, 1881) was a Confederate Civil War veteran who served as 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.
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district 1851 – 1853 | Succeeded by |
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