Guillaume Louis DeBuys (July 19, 1798 – May 24, 1856) was a member of the

Louisiana State House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 repr ...

. A veteran of the

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It bega ...

, DeBuys was born near

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

and served as Speaker of the Louisiana House in 1839-1841 and later participated in the gubernatorial election of 1846, when was defeated by

Isaac Johnson Isaac Johnson (November 1, 1803 – March 15, 1853) was a US politician and the 12th Governor of the state of Louisiana. Born on his father's plantation "Troy" near St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish, Johnson was the fourth son of Jo ...

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Guillaume Louis DeBuys
1798 births 1856 deaths Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives Speakers of the Louisiana House of Representatives American military personnel of the War of 1812 19th-century American legislators Louisiana Whigs {{Louisiana-politician-stub