Joseph Aristide Landry (July 10, 1817 – March 9, 1881) was a member of the

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representing the

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. He served one term as a Whig.

Biography

Joseph Landry was born near Donaldsonville,

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on July 10, 1817. He attended school in Cape Girardeau, Missouri , Cape Girardeau,

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Political career

He served member of the

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in 1840, then elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress, serving from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853.

Later career

After leaving Congress, he was president of the police jury of Ascension Parish in 1861.

Civil War

Before the Civil War, he was first sergeant in the Chasseurs de l'Ascension. During the war, he attached to Company B of the Cannoneers of Donaldsonville, fighting on the side of the Confederacy.

Death and burial

He died near Donaldsonville on March 9, 1881 and is interred in Donaldsonville Catholic Cemetery.

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