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Paul Bertus , serving from April 10, 1838, to May 12, 1838, and again from February 7, 1843, to February 26, 1843.
Paul Bertus was the 11th mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ... References Mayors of New Orleans {{NewOrleans-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nueva Orleans) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 according to the 2020 U.S. census, it is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, most populous city in Louisiana and the twelfth-most populous city in the southeastern United States. Serving as a List of ports in the United States, major port, New Orleans is considered an economic and commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast region of the United States. New Orleans is world-renowned for its Music of New Orleans, distinctive music, Louisiana Creole cuisine, Creole cuisine, New Orleans English, uniq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Prieur (mayor)
Denis Prieur (1791 – November 9, 1857) served twice as mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana. He served first as a Jacksonian from May 12, 1828, to April 9, 1838, after which he resigned to become of the mortgage registrar. He ran for governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ... in 1838, but was defeated by former Governor Andre B. Roman. He was again elected mayor, this time running as a Democrat, and served a second time from April 4, 1842, to February 7, 1843. In 1843, Prieur participated in a duel with political adversary and U.S. Senator George A. Waggaman, in which he fatally wounded the senator. SourcesNew Orleans Public Lib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of New Orleans
The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans (french: Maire de La Nouvelle-Orléans) has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the acquisition by the U.S. of of the French province ''La Louisiane'' in 1803. In mayoral elections since 1930, New Orleans has used a two-round system with a preliminary round and a runoff if no candidate reached a majority in the first round. List All mayors of New Orleans since 1872 have been Democrats. Acting military mayors during the Civil War and Reconstruction The following are the Union Army-appointed acting military mayors that served during the military's occupation of the city during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era: See also * New Orleans mayoral elections * Timeline of New Orleans References * * {{New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans ( , , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Genois
Charles Genois (c. 1793 – August 30, 1866) was the Mayor of New Orleans from May 1838 to May 1840. Genois's brief tenure has been characterized as feeble because of an economically stagnant period which followed the boom of his predecessor's term. "It was, however, a model of efficiency and unswerving integrity." Genois's administration dealt with the consequences of the city's heavy borrowing; reforms and improvements were postponed. A major public event of Mayor Genois's term was the January 1840 dedication of the cornerstone for a planned Jackson monument, in the presence of former President Andrew Jackson. The President's visit was occasioned by the 25th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Freret
William Alfred Freret, Sr. (1804 – June 14, 1864) was Mayor of New Orleans from May 10, 1840, to April 4, 1842, and again from February 27, 1843, to May 12, 1844. He was born in New Orleans, and was of mixed English and French descent; his father was an English merchant who settled in New Orleans and married a Creole woman. His father built on the boy's natural mechanical talent, sending him to Europe to be educated in engineering and the mechanical arts. He returned to New Orleans and eventually succeeded to his father's business of compressing cotton for shipment abroad. Under his direction, the Freret Cotton Press Company became the first large industrial firm in New Orleans, and propelled him to public visibility and a political career. Despite his mixed European heritage, he joined the Native American Party, a new political group that sought to limit the influence on public affairs of Creoles and other groups viewed as "foreign." Under it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
