U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Cabinet Member. Educated in Teche Country Louisiana, he studied law, admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced to practice law in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a member of the Florida State House of Representatives when elected as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alexander Mouton, serving (1842-43) and elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress, serving (1849-50). In 1850, President Millard Fillmore appointed him the 22nd Secretary of War, serving until 1853. During the Civil War, he was a delegate from Louisiana to the Provisional Confederate Congress, in 1861 and a delegate to the First and Second Confederate Congresses, (1862-64). After the war, he resumed the practice of law until his death at age 73.
U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Cabinet Member. Educated in Teche Country Louisiana, he studied law, admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced to practice law in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a member of the Florida State House of Representatives when elected as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alexander Mouton, serving (1842-43) and elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress, serving (1849-50). In 1850, President Millard Fillmore appointed him the 22nd Secretary of War, serving until 1853. During the Civil War, he was a delegate from Louisiana to the Provisional Confederate Congress, in 1861 and a delegate to the First and Second Confederate Congresses, (1862-64). After the war, he resumed the practice of law until his death at age 73.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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