10 Facts About Nicholas Girod

Nicolas Girod or Nicholas Girod was the fifth mayor of New Orleans, from late in 1812 to September 4,1815.

Nicholas Girod prospered as a commission merchant and owner of extensive property in New Orleans, especially in the American quarter.

Nicholas Girod owned a large number of properties in the area of today's Central Business District, in the vicinity of Girod Street.

Nicholas Girod took office on November 5 of that year and served until September 4,1814; at which date he was re-elected, resigning on September 4,1815.

Nicholas Girod was briefly out of office in his first year, most likely due to illness, before retaking his position.

Nicholas Girod welcomed in General Andrew Jackson who declared martial law upon entering New Orleans in December 1814, having marched overland from present-day southern Alabama and then crossing Lake Pontchartrain.

Nicholas Girod ruled over the city until ending martial law in March 1815.

Nicolas Nicholas Girod died on September 1,1840, at his home located on the corner of Chartres and St Louis streets.

New Orleans was full of excitement in the spring of 1821 when Nicholas Girod remodeled and furnished a house he owned on Chartres Street, which he inherited from Claude Francois Nicholas Girod, which is known as the Napoleon House.

Nicholas Girod was one of the prominent financial sponsors of a plan to rescue Napoleon from his exile in Saint Helena and bring him back to live in New Orleans at the Napoleon House.