Isaac Sutton was a laborer and state legislator in Louisiana. He represented
St. Mary Parish from 1872 to 1876 in the
Louisiana House of Representatives
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and from 1876 to 1880 in the
Louisiana Senate
The Louisiana State Senate (french: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the Louisiana State Legislature, state legislature of Louisiana. All senators serve four-year terms and are assigned to multiple committees.
Composition
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[Freedom's Lawmakers by ]Eric Foner
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Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 207
He and
Arthur Antoine
Arthur Antoine was a state legislator in Louisiana. He represented Saint Mary Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874 along with Isaac Sutton.Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 npage ...
were elected to the Louisiana House from the parish in 1872. He was on the committee to investigate the affairs of the New Orleans Gaslight Company and the Committee on Federal Relations. In the senate he served on the committee on Retrenchment and Reform.
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People from St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
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