Jean Noel Destréhan
Jean Noel Destréhan (* 1754 in New Orleans , † October 8, 1823 in Destrehan , Louisiana ) was an American politician . He was one of the first two US Senators from the state of Louisiana, but never officially took up his mandate.
After his birth, Jean Noel Destréhan moved with his parents to France , where he also received his education. He returned to Louisiana in 1771, which at that time was still a split colony of Spain and Great Britain . There he married and in 1792 acquired a plantation in St. Charles Parish , which later became known as Destréhan Plantation and is now listed as a cultural monument on the National Register of Historic Places .
Destréhan came to some prosperity as a merchant and planter . He also gained political influence and became a member of the legislature of the Louisiana Territory , the Legislative council , as whose president he served in 1806 and 1811. He was critical of the admission of the territory to the United States; Nevertheless, he took part in the constitutional convention and helped draft the constitution of the new state.
After joining the Union, Destréhan was elected by the state legislature as one of the first two US senators in Louisiana; The second representative of the state was Allan B. Magruder . His term began on September 3, 1812, but he resigned on October 1 of the same year without being officially admitted to the Senate. However, he remained politically active and was a member of the Louisiana Senate from 1812 to 1817 .
However, his focus was primarily on his sugar plantation. There he had strict rule over his slaves , who, however, rebelled against the brutal methods as early as 1811 and took part in the slave revolt on the German Coast , the largest slave revolt in American history. After the revolt was put down, 18 slaves were sentenced to death by a tribunal on the Destréhan Plantation .
The city of Destrehan in St. Charles Parish is named after Jean Noel Destréhan.
Web links
- Jean Noel Destréhan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Biographical data
Class 2: Destréhan | Posey | Brown | Claiborne | Johnson | Bouligny | Livingston | Waggaman | Nicholas | Barrow | Soulé | Downs | Benjamin | Harris | West | Kellogg | Gibson | Caffery | Foster | Ransdell | H. Long | R. Long | Ellender | Edwards | B. Johnston | Landrieu | Cassidy
Class 3: Magruder | Fromentin | Brown | J. Johnston | Porter | Mouton | Conrad | Johnson | Soulé | Slidell | Kellogg | Eustis | Jonas | Eustis | White | Blanchard | McEnery | Thornton | R. Broussard | Guion | Gay | E. Broussard | Overton | Feazel | RB Long | Breaux | Vitter | kennedy
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| SURNAME | Destréhan, Jean Noel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1754 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1823 |
| Place of death | near Destrehan , Louisiana |