Background
Henry M. Hyams was born on March 4, 1806 in Charleston, South Carolina. His father was Samuel Myers Hyams (1766-1843) and his mother, Miriam Levy Hyams (1780-1821).
politician member of the Louisiana State Senate
Henry M. Hyams was born on March 4, 1806 in Charleston, South Carolina. His father was Samuel Myers Hyams (1766-1843) and his mother, Miriam Levy Hyams (1780-1821).
He served as the 7th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 1862 to 1864 under Governor Thomas Overton Moore. He was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1830 and joined the law firm Dunbar and Elgee in Alexandria, Virginia, becoming one of the first Jews living in Alexandria. He also operated a plantation.
He later practised the Law in New Orleans, Louisiana.
He then served as a clerk of the District Court of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. He was elected to the Louisiana State Senate as a Democrat in 1855.
He then served as the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 1862 to 1864. He supported slavery.
Personal life He was an observant Jew.
Isaac Smith Hyams. Koscuisko Ravenkamp Hyams. Hyams, Junior. (1846-1887).
Judith Hyams Douglas (1875-1955).
Death He died on June 25, 1875 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was buried in Lafayette Cemetery in New Orleans.
Indeed, as early as the 1830s, he joined a vigilante to defend the institution of slavery.