Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny

Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny ( born August 22, 1773 in New Orleans, Louisiana; † March 4, 1833 ibid ) was an American politician ( Democratic- Republican), who represented Louisiana in the U.S. Senate.

As a boy, Charles Bouligny was taught by private tutors. Thereafter, he served with the rank of Ensign in a regiment of the Spanish army, which was under the command of his father; At this time, Louisiana was a Spanish colony. After the area through the Louisiana Purchase had fallen to the United States, Bouligny took in 1803 an American citizen. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar and began to practice as a lawyer in New Orleans.

In 1806 Bouligny held as a deputy in the House of Representatives of the Louisiana Territory, his first political mandate; after which he served as justice of the peace in New Orleans. During the British invasion in the years 1814 and 1815 he worked with the Defence Committee of Louisiana. On November 19, 1824 Charles Bouligny then moved as successor to the retiring Henry Johnson in the U.S. Senate. He remained until March 3, 1829 in Washington DC and was one of the Chairmen of the Agriculture Committee during this time.

After his time in the Senate Bouligny returned to New Orleans, where he died in March 1833. His nephew John Edward Bouligny was also politicians and sat from 1859 to 1861 for Louisiana House of Representatives of the United States.