Henry A. Bullard

Henry Adams Bullard (September 9, 1788 – April 17, 1851) was a lawyer, slaveholder, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana.^[1] He served two terms as a National Republican and one as a Whig.

Henry A. Bullard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district
In office December 5, 1850 – March 3, 1851
Preceded by	Charles Magill Conrad
Succeeded by	Joseph Aristide Landry
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1831 – January 4, 1834
Preceded by	Walter Hampden Overton
Succeeded by	Rice Garland
Personal details
Born	Henry Adams Bullard (1788-09-09)September 9, 1788 Pepperell, Massachusetts, US
Died	April 17, 1851(1851-04-17) (aged 62) New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Resting place	Girod Street Cemetery (until 1959)
Political party	National Republican (3rd Dist.) Whig (2nd Dist.)
Spouse	Sarah Maria Kaiser

Biography

Bullard was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard, and studied law in Boston and Philadelphia. In Louisiana, he resided in Natchitoches, where he practiced law,^[2] and in Alexandria,^[3] as well as in New Orleans.

He accompanied General José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois on his military expedition into Spanish Texas in 1813.

Congress

He was later elected as an anti-Jacksonian to the 22nd and 23rd Congresses, resigned in 1834, and later served as a Whig in the 31st Congress.

Career

Henry A. Bullard was also a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1834–39) and Secretary of State of Louisiana (1838–39). He was also a professor of civil law at the University of Louisiana Law School (1847) and served in the Louisiana House of Representatives (1850).

Death and burial

He died in New Orleans and was interred at the Girod Street Cemetery. That burying ground was destroyed in 1959 and unclaimed remains were commingled with 15,000 others and deposited beneath Hope Mausoleum, St. John's Cemetery, New Orleans.