US Congressman. Elected to represent Louisiana's 1st District in the Thirty-Sixth Congress, he served from 1859 to 1861. The nephew of US Senator Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny, he was born and raised in New Orleans, where he was a practicing attorney and local politician. In the mid-1850s, he joined the American Party, an anti-immigrant group nicknamed the "Know-Nothings," and rode a wave of nativist sentiment to victory at the 1858 Congressional election. As a Unionist sympathizer, Bouligny was strongly opposed to the secession of the Southern states, and he was the only member of the Louisiana delegation to remain in Congress after that state seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861. In 1862, after the Union regained control of New Orleans, Bouligny ran for reelection, but was defeated by Benjamin Flanders. Bouligny remained in Washington DC until his death at 40 and was interred at his in-law's plot at Congressional Cemetery.
US Congressman. Elected to represent Louisiana's 1st District in the Thirty-Sixth Congress, he served from 1859 to 1861. The nephew of US Senator Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny, he was born and raised in New Orleans, where he was a practicing attorney and local politician. In the mid-1850s, he joined the American Party, an anti-immigrant group nicknamed the "Know-Nothings," and rode a wave of nativist sentiment to victory at the 1858 Congressional election. As a Unionist sympathizer, Bouligny was strongly opposed to the secession of the Southern states, and he was the only member of the Louisiana delegation to remain in Congress after that state seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861. In 1862, after the Union regained control of New Orleans, Bouligny ran for reelection, but was defeated by Benjamin Flanders. Bouligny remained in Washington DC until his death at 40 and was interred at his in-law's plot at Congressional Cemetery.
Bio by: Bobb Edwards
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John Edward Bouligny, Feb. 17, 1824 – Feb. 20, 1864, Representative, First Congressional District of Louisiana, 1859 – 1861
Gravesite Details
Bronze grave marker is set flush with the ground with a vase hole and plug
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