Heluter C. Tounoir was a state legislator in Louisiana. Various spellings of his name have been documented. He served in the
Louisiana 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 ...
representing
Pointe Coupee.
He had an unsuccessful 1860 Court of Claims (
Southern Claims Commission
The Southern Claims Commission (SCC) was an organization of the executive branch of the United States government from 1871 to 1880, created under President Ulysses S. Grant. Its purpose was to allow Union sympathizers who had lived in the Southern ...
) case. He served on the standing committee for Contingent Expenses as well as Banks and Banking. He was also appointed to the Public Buildings committee and the Committee on Public Lands and Levees.
At a parish committee of the Republican Party of
Pointe Coupee in May 1870 Tounoir was chosen as the group's president and recommended and nominated as a candidate for state senate.
In October 1870 was chosen along with Stepney Hammond to be the nominees for the House of Representatives.
He was elected along with
Prosper Darinsburg to represent Pointe Coupee in the state house.
He and other legislators signed a January 1872 letter published in the ''
Times Picayune
''The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate'' is an American newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, since January 25, 1837. The current publication is the result of the 2019 acquisition of ''The Times-Picayune'' (itself a result of th ...
'' calling for action after a disposition to remove the Speaker of the House
George W. Carter which resulted in those in opposition to the speaker being arrested by United States marshals.
References
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Date of birth missing
Date of death unknown
Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
People from Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana