Alexandre Mouton was a United States senator and the 11th Governor of Louisiana.
12 Facts About Alexandre Mouton
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Alexandre Mouton was born in Attakapas district into a wealthy plantation-owning Acadian family.
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Alexandre Mouton pursued classical studies and graduated from Georgetown College.
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Alexandre Mouton studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice in Lafayette Parish.
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Alexandre Mouton married Zelia Rousseau, the granddaughter of Governor Jacques Dupre, in 1826; they had 5 children before her death in 1837, one of whom died in infancy.
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Alexandre Mouton was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1828,1832, and 1836, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress.
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Alexandre Mouton sold state-owned steamboats, equipment and slaves used to remove the Red River Raft in 1834 under Governor Roman.
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Alexandre Mouton supported the call for a constitutional convention, removal of property qualifications for suffrage and office holding, and the election of all local officials and most judges.
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Alexandre Mouton was president of the State secession convention in 1861 and an unsuccessful candidate to the Confederate Senate.
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Alexandre Mouton was an active supporter of the Confederacy, devoting a large amount of his wealth to the cause.
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Alexandre Mouton's daughter married Confederate Major General Franklin Gardner, whose older sister became his own second wife.
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Alexandre Mouton is buried in the cemetery at St John's Cathedral.