Henry A. Bullard | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromLouisiana's2nd district | |
| In office December 5, 1850 – March 3, 1851 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Magill Conrad |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Aristide Landry |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromLouisiana's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1831 – January 4, 1834 | |
| Preceded by | Walter Hampden Overton |
| Succeeded by | Rice Garland |
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| Born | Henry Adams Bullard (1788-09-09)September 9, 1788 |
| Died | April 17, 1851(1851-04-17) (aged 62) New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
| Resting place | Girod Street Cemetery (until 1959) |
| Party | National Republican (3rd Dist.) Whig (2nd Dist.) |
| Spouse | Sarah Maria Kaiser |
Henry Adams Bullard (September 9, 1788 – April 17, 1851) was a lawyer, slaveholder, and member of theU.S. House of Representatives representing thestate ofLouisiana.[1] He served two terms as aNational Republican and one as aWhig.
Bullard was born inPepperell, Massachusetts, graduated fromHarvard, andstudied law inBoston andPhiladelphia. In Louisiana, he resided inNatchitoches, where hepracticed law,[2] and inAlexandria,[3] as well as inNew Orleans.
He accompanied GeneralJosé Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois on his military expedition intoSpanish Texas in 1813.
He was later elected as ananti-Jacksonian to the22nd and23rd Congresses, resigned in 1834, and later served as aWhig in the31st Congress.
Henry A. Bullard was also a justice of theLouisiana Supreme Court (1834–39) andSecretary of State of Louisiana (1838–39). He was also a professor of civil law at theUniversity of Louisiana Law School (1847) and served in theLouisiana House of Representatives (1850).
He died in New Orleans and was interred at theGirod Street Cemetery. That burying ground was destroyed in 1959 and unclaimed remains were commingled with 15,000 others and deposited beneath Hope Mausoleum, St. John's Cemetery, New Orleans.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Secretary of State of Louisiana 1838–1839 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromLouisiana's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1831 – January 4, 1834 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromLouisiana's 2nd congressional district December 5, 1850 – March 3, 1851 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Alexander Porter Court reconfigured | Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court 1834 – 1839 1840 – 1846 | Succeeded by Pierre Adolphe Rost Court reconfigured |
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