Pierre Bossier

Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier ( born March 22, 1797 in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, † April 24, 1844 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1844 he represented the state of Louisiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Pierre Bossier received a private education and subsequently worked as a sugar and Bauwollpflanzer on his plantation "Live Oaks ". In addition, he was a general in the state militia of Louisiana. Politically Bossier was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1833 and 1843 he was a member of the Senate of Louisiana. During this time, it came into his home to particularly violent clashes between the supporters of his party and the Whigs. In 1839, Francois Bossier killed Gainnie, a local politician of the Whig Party, in a duel. This incident led to further tensions and eleven other duels with fatal outcome during the next two years.

In the congressional elections of 1842 Bossier was elected in spite of discussions about his duel in the newly created fourth electoral district of Louisiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1843. After only 13 months, he died on April 24, 1824 of tuberculosis in the federal capital. His runs until March 3, 1845 legislative session in Congress was terminated after a by-election of Isaac Edward Morse. Pierre Bossier was initially buried in the cemetery Congress in Washington. Later his remains were transferred to Natchitoches and buried there again. In Louisiana, the Bossier Parish was named after him.