Henry A. Bullard

Henry A. Bullard
Henry A. Bullard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Louisiana's 2nd district
	In office; December 5, 1850 – March 3, 1851
Preceded by	Charles Magill Conrad
Succeeded by	Joseph Aristide Landry
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Louisiana's 3rd district
	In office; March 4, 1831 – January 4, 1834
Preceded by	Walter Hampden Overton
Succeeded by	Rice Garland
Personal details
Born	Henry Adams Bullard; September 9, 1788; Pepperell, Massachusetts, US
Died	April 17, 1851 (aged 62); New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Resting place	Girod Street Cemetery (until 1959)
Political 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 the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana.^[1] He served two terms as a National Republican and one as a Whig.

Biography

Bullard was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard, and studied law in Boston and Philadelphia. In Louisiana, he resided in Natchitoches, where he practiced law,^[2] and in Alexandria,^[3] as well as in New Orleans.

He accompanied General José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois on his military expedition into Spanish Texas in 1813.

Congress

He was later elected as an anti-Jacksonian to the 22nd and 23rd Congresses, resigned in 1834, and later served as a Whig in the 31st Congress.

Career

Henry A. Bullard was also a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1834–39) and Secretary of State of Louisiana (1838–39). He was also a professor of civil law at the University of Louisiana Law School (1847) and served in the Louisiana House of Representatives (1850).

Death and burial

He died in New Orleans and was interred at the Girod 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.

References

^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer (10 January 2022). "More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 May 2024. Database at "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2024-04-29
^ Congressional Biography, accessed 21 Nov 2015.
^ Henry Adams Bullard at The Political Graveyard, accessed 21 Nov 2015.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

United States Congress. "Henry A. Bullard (id: B001049)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Henry Adams Bullard entry at The Political Graveyard

Political offices
Preceded by Alfred E. Forstall	Secretary of State of Louisiana 1838–1839	Succeeded by Levi Pierce
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Walter Hampden Overton	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1831 – January 4, 1834	Succeeded by Rice Garland
Preceded by Charles Magill Conrad	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district December 5, 1850 – March 3, 1851	Succeeded by Joseph Aristide Landry
Legal offices
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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[WaPo-1] Weil, Julie Zauzmer (10 January 2022). "More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 May 2024. Database at "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2024-04-29

[2] Congressional Biography, accessed 21 Nov 2015.

[3] Henry Adams Bullard at The Political Graveyard, accessed 21 Nov 2015.

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v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana
1st district	E. Livingston White H. Johnson White Slidell La Sére St. Martin Dunbar Eustis Bouligny Sypher Lawrence Gibson Hunt St. Martin Wilkinson Meyer Estopinal O'Connor Fernández Hébert Tonry B. Livingston Vitter Jindal Scalise
2nd district	Gurley Thomas Ripley Chinn Dawson la Branche Thibodeaux Conrad Bullard J. A. Landry Hunt Taylor Mann Sheldon Ellis Hahn Wallace Lagan Coleman Lagan Davey Buck Davey Gilmore Dupré Spearing Maloney H. Boggs Maloney H. Boggs L. Boggs Jefferson Cao Richmond Carter
3rd district	Brent Overton Bullard Garland J. Moore Dawson Harmanson Penn Perkins Davidson Newsham Darrall Acklen Darrall Kellogg Gay Price Broussard Martin Montet Mouton Domengeaux Willis Caffery Treen Tauzin Melançon J. M. Landry Boustany Higgins
4th district	Bossier Morse J. Moore Jones Sandidge Landrum Vidal Newsham McCleery Boarman Smith Levy Elam Blanchard Ogden Breazeale Watkins Sandlin Brooks Waggonner Leach Roemer McCrery Fields McCrery Fleming M. Johnson
5th district	Blackburn Morey Spencer Leonard Young King Newton Boatner Baird Ransdell Elder Wilson Mills McKenzie Passman Huckaby McCrery Cooksey Alexander McAllister Abraham Letlow
6th district	Nash E. Robertson Lewis Irion E. Robertson S. Robertson Favrot Wickliffe Morgan Sanders Sr. Favrot Kemp Sanders Jr. Griffith Sanders Jr. Morrison Rarick H. Moore Baker Cazayoux Cassidy Graves
7th district	Pujo Lazaro De Rouen Plauché Larcade Thompson Edwards Breaux Hayes John Boustany
8th district	Aswell Overton Dear Allen G. S. "Doc" Long McSween G. W. Long S. Long G. W. Long C. Long Holloway
At-large	Robertson Butler Johnston Sheridan
Territory	Clark Poydras

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