Trasimond Landry (16 December 1795 – 1 October 1873) was an American politician. Between 1846 and 1850 he served as Lieutenant Governor of

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

Life

Trasimond Landry was born in

Ascension Parish, Louisiana Ascension Parish (french: Paroisse de l'Ascension, es, Parroquia de Ascensión) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 126,500. Its parish seat is Donaldsonville. The parish was created ...

which was then known as ''Post of Lafourche des Chitimachas''. During 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 ...

he served in various functions in the Louisiana Militia. Later he became a planter who owned several sugar plantations on both banks of the Mississippi River. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...

and became a member of the

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

, which was founded by Jackson in 1828. Between 1824 and 1831 Landry held a seat 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 in 1832 he was elected to the

State Senate A state legislature in the United States is the legislative body of any of the 50 U.S. states. The formal name varies from state to state. In 27 states, the legislature is simply called the ''Legislature'' or the ''State Legislature'', whil ...

. In 1828 and 1836 he was a delegate to the

Democratic National Convention The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 ...

s. In 1846 Trasimond Landry was elected to the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. He served in this function between 1846 and 1850 when his term ended. In this function he was the deputy of Governor

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 ...

and he presided over the State Senate. During the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

Landry was a Colonel of the Militia. He died on 1 October 1873 in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana of an attack of dengue.

References

External links

Online Sketch on Landry

Louisiana Historical Association
The Donaldsonville Chief (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, October 4, 1873, page 2 {{DEFAULTSORT:Landry, Trasimond 1795 births 1873 deaths 19th-century American politicians Lieutenant Governors of Louisiana Louisiana Democrats People from Ascension Parish, Louisiana