Joseph Aristide Landry

American politician

Joseph Aristide Landry

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by	Henry Adams Bullard
Succeeded by	Theodore Gaillard Hunt
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
In office 1840

Personal details
Born	(1817-07-10)July 10, 1817 Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Died	March 9, 1881(1881-03-09) (aged 63) Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Political party	Whig

Joseph Aristide Landry (July 10, 1817 – March 9, 1881) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a Whig.

Biography

Joseph Landry was born near Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on July 10, 1817. He attended school in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Political career

He served member of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1840, then elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress, serving from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853.

Later career

After leaving Congress, he was president of the police jury of Ascension Parish in 1861.

Civil War

Before the Civil War, he was first sergeant in the Chasseurs de l'Ascension. During the war, he attached to Company B of the Cannoneers of Donaldsonville, fighting on the side of the Confederacy.

Death and burial

He died near Donaldsonville on March 9, 1881, and is interred in Donaldsonville Catholic Cemetery.

External links

Bio at Congress.gov
Political Graveyard
Joseph Aristide Landry at Find a Grave
Joseph Aristide Landry in the Louisiana Dictionary of Biography — Scroll down to find the Landrys.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Henry Adams Bullard	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district 1851 – 1853	Succeeded by Theodore Gaillard Hunt