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Andre Bienvenue Roman (1795- January 26, 1866) was Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and twice elected Governor of Louisiana.  Governor Andre Roman
Early years
Born near Opelousas, the son of Jacques Etienne Roman of Grenoble, France and Marie Louise Patin, Roman's family later moved to St. James Parish, Louisiana and established a sugar plantation. In 1815, Roman graduates from St. Mary College in Baltimore, Maryland. The following year he marries Aimee Françoise Parent and they have 8 children. St. ...
In 1818, Roman was elected to the Lousiana House of Representatives at the age of 23, and he was elected Speaker in 1822 serving until 1826. He was elected Parish Judge in St. James Parish in 1826. He is again elected to the Louisiana House and is Speaker during the constitutional crisis following the death of Governor Pierre Derbigny in 1828. Pierre Augustin Charles Bourguignon Derbigny (1769-1829) was Governor of Louisiana. ...
In 1830, Roman was elected governor as a Whig candidate. At various points in the race his opponents include the flamboyant Bernard de Marigny, Martin Duralde, son-in-law of Henry Clay and relation of Governor William C.C. Claiborne, and former Governors Jacques Villeré (who died in March before the election) and Armand Beauvais, who resigned as Governor to run. The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. ...
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William Charles Cole Claiborne William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775 - 23 November 1817) was a United States politician, best known as the first U.S. governor of Louisiana. ...
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Results of this election: Andre Roman 3,638; Hamilton 2,701; Armand Beauvais 1,478; David Randall 463
First term as Governor On January 31, 1831, Governor Roman takes hism oath of office during a time of storms, floods, depression and epidemics. During these years of vigorous economic growth, yellow fever killed over 5,000 Louisianans, the number of banks in the state rose from 5 to 11, the Canal Bank builds the New Basin Canal and the Pontchartrain Railroad began locomotive service in 1832. Governor Roman is credited with establishing the state penitentiary system, and the College of Jefferson opens in St. James Parish and the College of Franklin opens in St. Landry Parish. The Louisiana Agricultural Society is organized with Governor Roman as its first president. January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The South Carolina nullification controversy moved Roman and most of Louisiana to back President Andrew Jackson’s stand on national authority over state nullification. The old Charity Hospital building on Canal Street was used as the State House, while 611 Royal was the official residence of the governor after the state government returned from Donaldsonville. The process of nullification may refer to: The Hartford Convention, in which New England Federalists considered secession from the United States of America. ...
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When his term was ended, Governor Roman sought re-election, but he was defeated by Edward Douglass White Sr. another Whig. In 1836, Roman opted to run for the United States Senate and he was defeated by Alexander Mouton. Edward Douglass White, Sr. ...
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In 1838, Roman again seeks election as Governor. His opponent this time is Denis Prieur, the Jacksonian Mayor of New Orleans who lives openly with his quadroon mistress. Roman beat Prieur 7,590 votes to 6,782. Jacksonian democracy refers to the political philosophy of United States President Andrew Jackson and his followers in the new Democratic Party. ...
Second term On February 4, 1839, Roman retakes the governor’s office stressing education and civic improvements. During this administration the first practical impetus on a public education system was established: 600 volumes of Gayarre’s Historical Essay on Louisiana were purchased and distributed among the Parish schools. Appropriations allow copying of parish archives on Louisiana colonial history. Roman createed the Office of State Engineer and advocates opening the passes at the mouth of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ...
Governor Roman serves as the President of the New Orleans Drainage Company which drains the swamps behind the city. The Clinton to Port Hudson Railroad which aids the cotton industry is established as well as an experimental farm in St. James Parish. The state abolished imprisonment for debt. Clinton is a town located in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. ...
Port Hudson, is a small town in Louisiana located about 20 mile northeast of Baton Rouge. ...
With economic crises and panics looming, Roman strives to maintain calm. He vetoes several new bank charters during the most volatile economic period in Antebellum Louisiana (1841-1842). The Bank Act of 1842 replaces the earlier easy credit system with a sounder, more restrictive policy.
Private citizen After his second term in office, Governor Roman returned to his St. James Parish home but remains politically active. In 1845, he is elected Delegate to the state constitutional convention and in 1848 Roman goes to Europe as an agent for Citizens Bank and Consolidated Association of Planters for an extensions of bonds. He is again elected Delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1852.
In 1861, with the Civil War looming, Roman as a delegate to the Louisiana Secession convention opposes secession. The Convention chose secession and Governor Roman is chosen along with John Forsyth and Martin J. Crawford to negotiate a peaceable separation from the United States, but Secretary of State William H. Seward refuses to meet with them. A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power. ...
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During the war Roman loses all his wealth and property. On January 26, 1866 Roman dies while walking down Dumaine Street. He had just accepted an appointment to the office of City Recorder of Deeds and Mortgages from Governor James Madison Wells.
Sources - Louisiana Secretary of State
- Encyclopedia Louisiana
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