U.S. Congressman. He studied law, was admitted to the bar of Maryland, moved to Louisiana in 1809 and opened a law practice. There President Madison appointed him as Deputy Attorney General for the western district of the Territory of Orleans. In 1822, he was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and as an Adams to the Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses, serving until 1829. After his term, he was a founding member of Louisiana's Whig Party and resumed the practice of law until his death at age 64. His son Joseph L. Brent, was a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, during the Civil War.
U.S. Congressman. He studied law, was admitted to the bar of Maryland, moved to Louisiana in 1809 and opened a law practice. There President Madison appointed him as Deputy Attorney General for the western district of the Territory of Orleans. In 1822, he was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and as an Adams to the Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses, serving until 1829. After his term, he was a founding member of Louisiana's Whig Party and resumed the practice of law until his death at age 64. His son Joseph L. Brent, was a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, during the Civil War.
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