Pierre Bossier

Pierre Bossier

Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier (born March 22, 1797 in Natchitoches , Louisiana , †  April 24, 1844 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1843 and 1844 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Pierre Bossier received a private education and then worked as a sugar and cotton planter on his “Live Oaks” plantation. He also became a general in the Louisiana State Militia. Politically, Bossier became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1833 and 1843 he was a member of the Louisiana Senate . During this time there were particularly violent clashes between the supporters of his party and the Whigs in his homeland . In 1839, Bossier killed Francois Gainnie, a local Whig Party politician, in a duel . This incident fueled further tension and eleven more fatal duels over the next two years.

In the congressional elections of 1842 Bossier was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, despite the discussions about his duel in the newly created fourth constituency of Louisiana, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1843. After only 13 months, he died of tuberculosis in the federal capital on April 24, 1824 . His term in Congress , which ran until March 3, 1845, was ended after a by-election of Isaac Edward Morse . Pierre Bossier was first buried in the Congress Cemetery in Washington. His remains were later transferred to Natchitoches and reburied there. In Louisiana, the Bossier Parish was named after him.

Web links

• Pierre Bossier in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Pierre Bossier in the database of Find a Grave (English)