Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny

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Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny

Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (born August 22, 1773 in New Orleans , Viceroy New Spain , †  March 4, 1833 ibid) was an American politician ( Democratic Republican Party ) who represented the state of Louisiana in the US Senate .

As a boy, Charles Bouligny received instruction from private tutors. He then served with the rank of Ensign in a regiment of the Spanish Army, which was under the command of his father; at that time Louisiana was a Spanish colony. After the area fell to the United States through the Louisiana Purchase , Bouligny took American citizenship in 1803. He then studied law , was inducted into the bar and began practicing as a lawyer in New Orleans.

In 1806 Bouligny held his first political mandate as a member of the House of Representatives for the Louisiana Territory ; then he acted as justice of the peace in New Orleans. During the British invasion in 1814 and 1815, he served on the Louisiana Defense Committee. On November 19, 1824 Charles Bouligny then moved into the US Senate as the successor to the resigned Henry Johnson . He remained in Washington, DC until March 3, 1829 , during which time he was, among other things, Chairman of the Agriculture Committee .

After serving in the Senate, Bouligny returned to New Orleans, where he died in March 1833. His nephew John Edward Bouligny also became a politician and sat for Louisiana in the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861 .

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SURNAME Bouligny, Charles Dominique Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Democratic Republican Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1833
Place of death New Orleans , Louisiana