 Jacques Dupre, Acting Governor of Louisiana 1830-1831 Jacques Dupre (1773 - September 14, 1846) was a Lousiana State Representative, State Senator and Acting Governor. September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ...
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Born in New Orleans the eldest son of Laurent Dupre de Terrebonne and Marie Josephe Fontenot, Dupre grew up in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. When he was ten years old, his father died and his mother remarried. New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...
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In 1791, he and his brothers received Royal Spanish grants on Bayou Boeuf. The next year Dupre married Theotoste Roy of Pointe Coupee Parish in Opelousas. They raised seven children on a ranch northwest of Opelousas. Beginning in 1815, Dupre served as a Major in the 16th Regiment of the Louisiana Militia. He saw combat at the Battle of New Orleans along with two of his sons. Pointe Coupee Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ...
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Combatants Great Britain United States Commanders Sir Edward Pakenham†John Lambert Alexander Cochrane Andrew Jackson Strength 8,000 men 3,500-4,000 men Casualties 385 killed 1,186 wounded 484 captured 13 killed 58 wounded 30 captured The Battle of New Orleans, also known as the Battle of Chalmette...
First elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1816, Dupre was re-elected in 1822 and 1824. In 1828, Dupre was elected to the Louisiana Senate. In 1830, Dupre was chosen as President of the Senate when Governor Pierre Derbigny died and Senate President Armand Beauvais assumed the duties of Acting Governor. When Beauvais resigned two months later, Dupre became Acting Governor. He was the second Acting Governor within the year and there was constitutional crisis over the lack of an elected Governor. The result was that a special election was called in 1831. The dispute over who succeeds the governor in case of his death would not be solved until the office of Lt. Governor was created by a new constitution in 1845. Pierre Augustin Charles Bourguignon Derbigny (1769-1829) was Governor of Louisiana. ...
Armand Beauvais, Acting Governor of Louisiana 1828-1829 Armand Julie Beauvais (1783-1843) was a Justice of the Peace, a Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, President of the Louisiana Senate and Governor of Louisiana. ...
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As governor, Dupre oversaw the incorporation of the first railroad, a canal company and a bayou improvement company, the Merchant’s Insurance Company of New Orleans and a company to granulate sugar by a new process. During his administration there is also a prohibition of further immigration of free persons of color into the state and the expulsion of all those who entered since 1825. Also in 1830, the seat of government returned to New Orleans from Donaldsonville. Donaldsonville is a town located in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. ...
Dupre did not run for Governor in 1831 and when Andre B. Roman was elected, Dupre returned to the State Senate where he served 16 more years. Andre Bienvenue Roman (1795- January 26, 1866) was Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and twice elected Governor of Louisiana. ...
On September 14, 1846, Dupre died and was buried in Opelousas. September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ...
1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
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