Lovell Harrison Rousseau

Lovell Harrison Rousseau

Lovell Harrison Rousseau (born August 4, 1818 in Stanford , Lincoln County , Kentucky , †  January 7, 1869 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) was an American officer and politician . Between 1865 and 1867 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lovell Rousseau attended public schools in his homeland. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1841, he began to practice in Bloomfield ( Indiana ) in this profession. There he also embarked on a political career. Between 1844 and 1845 he was an MP in the Indiana House of Representatives . He then took part in the Mexican-American War as a captain . Rousseau was also a member of the Indiana Senate from 1847 to 1849 . In 1849 he returned to Kentucky where he worked as a lawyer in Louisville . He also served in the Kentucky Senate from 1860 to 1861 .

During the civil war , Rousseau rose to the position of major general of the volunteers in the Union's army . He was involved in the Battle of Shiloh , the Battle of the Stones River and the Battle of the Chickamauga , among others . In the congressional election of 1864 he was elected as a Unionist in the fifth constituency of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Robert Mallory on March 4, 1865 . His tenure in Congress was exceptional. After it because of political differences with the deputies Josiah Bushnell Grinnell in Iowa had come to a violent attack by Rousseau on Grinnell, Rousseau was reprimanded by the Congress government. Thereupon he resigned his mandate. At the same time, he ran successfully again in the by-election for the seat of parliament that he had vacated. After he was re-elected, he was able to continue the suspended legislative period until March 3, 1867.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Rousseau continued his military career. He was transferred to Alaska in 1867 . There he played an important role in the transition of this area from Russia to the United States. He then became the commander of the Louisiana Military District , based in New Orleans . There he commanded the Union forces that remained as occupation troops after the civil war. He held this post until his death on January 7, 1869. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia .

Web links

• Lovell Harrison Rousseau in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lovell Harrison Rousseau in the database of Find a Grave (English)