Jules A. Masicot (born 1837/8) was a state legislator in Louisiana. 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 ...
and
Louisiana State Senate
The Louisiana State Senate (french: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All senators serve four-year terms and are assigned to multiple committees.
Composition
The Louisiana State Senate is compose ...
and at the state's 1868 constitutional convention.
Biography
Masicot was born 1837/8 in Louisiana and was educated with four years at college.
He served in the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment (Confederate), 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War as a lieutenant.
During the New Orleans massacre of 1866 he was inside the Mechanics' institute but escaped unharmed.
In 1868 Masicot served in the state constitutional convention and was elected recorder for the third district. He was the sheriff of the New Orleans, Orleans Parish from 1869 until 1870.
Masicot 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 ...
from 1868 until 1872 and in the
Louisiana State Senate
The Louisiana State Senate (french: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All senators serve four-year terms and are assigned to multiple committees.
Composition
The Louisiana State Senate is compose ...
from 1872 until 1876,
as a Republican Party (United States), Republican.
He served as Chairman of the Committee on Engrossment and Enrolment.
The Democrats were accused of election fraud in 1872 against Masicot and other Republicans.
See also
* African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
Notes
* His surname was spelt with only one s (''Masicot'') in contemporaneous documents
however the Louisiana House of Representatives records
and Eric Foner's "Freedom’s Lawmakers" list as Massicot.
References
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1830s births
Date of death unknown
Louisiana sheriffs
Republican Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Republican Party Louisiana state senators
African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era
People of Louisiana in the American Civil War
Politicians from New Orleans
African-American state legislators in Louisiana
19th-century American politicians