Arnaud Beauvais
American politician (1783-1843)
Arnaud Julie Beauvais (September 6, 1783 – November 18, 1843), also known as Armand Beauvais, or Arnaud Jules Beauvais, was the seventh Governor of Louisiana, as well as member and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and member and President of the Louisiana State Senate. His governorship oversaw little change, aside from the transition of the capital of Louisiana being moved from New Orleans to Donaldsonville. He worked as a merchant and plantation owner, as well.
Biography
Early life
Arnaud Beauvais was born on September 6, 1783, in Pointe Coupee Parish to slaveholding, wealthy, parents Pierre Charles St. James Beauvais and Marie Françoise Richer. He was the youngest of eight siblings and received limited education in the form of private tutoring. By 1806, he purchased a plantation from his widowed mother and a slave. His plantation included eleven arpents (2,112 feet) of frontage land on the Mississippi River. In 1810, he married Louise Delphine Labatut.
A French Louisianian, he was Catholic.
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