Eligius Fromentin

Eligius Fromentin (* around 1767 in France, † October 6, 1822 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ) was a Roman Catholic priest as well as U.S. Senator for the state of Louisiana.

Biography

Early life

Eligius Fromentin is considered the only senator in U.S. history, of which we know neither the exact year of birth, or place of birth. Confirmed, however, is that he was born in France and was ordained after studying for the Roman Catholic priest. He received his first and only community in Etampes. Probably Fromentin was even born in Etampes. During the French Revolution Fromentin fled from France, emigrated to the U.S., settled first in Pennsylvania and later in Maryland, where he was as a religion teacher at a school job. Today one does not know the reason that led from the church to the exit Fromentin. Anyway, he began to study law and then moved to Louisiana.

Political career

After he had opened his own law firm in New Orleans, he began in 1807 his way in politics when he was appointed at the Orleans Territory to the clerk of the House of Representatives. Five years later, in 1812, was Fromentin secretary of the Constitutional Convention of Louisiana; after which he worked until 1813 as Secretary of the State Senate. On 4 March 1813, he joined the successor to Allan B. Magruder as a senator and represented as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party the state of Louisiana for six years, until March 3, 1819 in Congress. 1821 Fromentin was appointed to the Supreme Judge of the Criminal Court; in May of the same year he should take the same function in the state of Florida. However, he renounced the appointment and returned to his law firm back to New Orleans, where he was a year later, on October 6, 1822, died.