Alexander Mouton

Background

Mouton, Alexander was born on November 19, 1804 in Attakapas County (now Lafayette Parish), Louisiana, United States. Son of Jean and Marie (Bordat) Mouton.

Education

Graduate Georgetown (District of Columbia) College.

Career

10 children including Jean Jacques. Admitted to Louisiana bar, 1825. Owned sugar plantation near Vermillionville (now Lafayette), Louisiana.

Member Louisiana House of Representatives, 1827-1832, 36, speaker, 1831-1832.

Member United States Senate (Democrat) from Louisiana, 1837-1842. Governor Louisiana, 1842-1846.

President Southwestern Railroad Convention, New Orleans, 1852. President Attakapas County vigilance committee to rid area of bandits, 1858.

Delegate from Louisiana to National Democratic Convention, Cincinnati, 1856, Charleston, South Carolina., 1860.

President Louisiana Secession Convention, 1861.

Achievements

• Alexander Mouton has been listed as a noteworthy senator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Louisiana House of Representatives, 1827-1832, 36, speaker, 1831-1832. Member United States Senate (Democrat) from Louisiana, 1837-1842.

Connections

Married Zelia Rousseau, 1826. Married second, Emma Gardner, 1842.

Father:

Jean Mouton

Mother:

Marie (Bordat) Mouton

Spouse:

Zelia Rousseau

Spouse:

Emma Gardner