John Edward Bouligny

John Edward Bouligny

John Edward Bouligny (born February 5, 1824 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † February 20, 1864 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Bouligny, whose uncle Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny was a member of the United States Senate from 1824 to 1829 , attended public schools in his homeland. After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar, he began to work in his new profession in New Orleans. There he also held a number of local offices. He joined the American Party in the 1850s .

In the congressional election of 1858 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of Louisiana, where he succeeded George Eustis on March 4, 1859 . His time in Congress was shaped by the arguments and discussions in the immediate run-up to the civil war . Bouligny was a loyal supporter of the Union and an opponent of secession . He was the only congressman from Louisiana who, after his home state left the Union on January 26, 1861, served his congressional mandate until the end of the legislature on March 3, 1861.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives ended, Bouligny stayed in the north and never returned to Louisiana. He died on February 20, 1864 at the age of 40 in Washington and was buried in the local convention cemetery.

Web links

• John Edward Bouligny in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Edward Bouligny in the database of Find a Grave (English)