Joseph A. Landry | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromLouisiana's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Adams Bullard |
| Succeeded by | Theodore Gaillard Hunt |
| Member of theLouisiana House of Representatives | |
| In office 1840 | |
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| Born | Joseph Aristide Landry (1817-07-10)July 10, 1817 |
| Died | March 9, 1881(1881-03-09) (aged 63) |
| Resting place | Donaldsonville Catholic Cemetery |
| Party | Whig |
Joseph Aristide Landry (July 10, 1817 – March 9, 1881) was a Confederate Civil War veteran who served as a member of theU. S. House of Representatives representing thestate ofLouisiana. He served one term as aWhig.
Joseph Landry was born nearDonaldsonville,Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on July 10, 1817. He attended school inCape Girardeau,Missouri.
He served member of theLouisiana House of Representatives in 1840, then elected as a Whig to theThirty-secondCongress, serving from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853.
After leaving Congress, he was president of the police jury ofAscension Parish in 1861.
Before theCivil War, he was first sergeant in the Chasseurs de l'Ascension. During the war, he attached to Company B of the Cannoneers of Donaldsonville, fighting on the side of the Confederacy.
He died near Donaldsonville on March 9, 1881, and is interred in Donaldsonville Catholic Cemetery.
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