Louis St. Martin
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Louis St. Martin was a Louisiana politician.
He first was elected to the Louisiana state house of representatives in 1840. However he then held a federal appointment for much of the mid-1840s. He was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
1846-1850.
In 1850 he was elected a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana
in its First District, which at the time encopassed part of New Orleans and everything east of the city but south of Lake Ponchartrain. At this point he only served one term in Congress. He was a Democrat.
In 1852 he did not run for reelection and then went into business ventures. About this time he served as an election commissioner for the city of New Orleans.
He was elected to Congress in 1864, but Congress refused to accept the reconstruction of Louisiana as it stood then and refused to seat any members of Congress from the state. St. Martin was again elected to the Forty-first Congress, but the house ruled the election invalid, and St. Martin was not returned by the latter election to that congress that allowed for Universal Male Suffrage in the state. In 1884, when the vote had again been essentially restricted to only white males in Louisiana, St. Martin was returned to the house, representing the First District which had virtually the same boundaries it had had when he was first sent to congress more than 30 years before. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1852, 1868, 1876 and 1880.
St. Martin was born in St. Charles Parish and died in New Orleans.
The long hiatus between St. Martin's two terms can be partially explained by the intervening Civil War
.
He first was elected to the Louisiana state house of representatives in 1840. However he then held a federal appointment for much of the mid-1840s. He was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Louisiana House of Representatives
The Louisiana House of Representatives is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Louisiana. The House is composed of 105 Representatives, each of whom represents approximately 42,500 people . Members serve four-year terms with a term limit of...
1846-1850.
In 1850 he was elected a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
in its First District, which at the time encopassed part of New Orleans and everything east of the city but south of Lake Ponchartrain. At this point he only served one term in Congress. He was a Democrat.
In 1852 he did not run for reelection and then went into business ventures. About this time he served as an election commissioner for the city of New Orleans.
He was elected to Congress in 1864, but Congress refused to accept the reconstruction of Louisiana as it stood then and refused to seat any members of Congress from the state. St. Martin was again elected to the Forty-first Congress, but the house ruled the election invalid, and St. Martin was not returned by the latter election to that congress that allowed for Universal Male Suffrage in the state. In 1884, when the vote had again been essentially restricted to only white males in Louisiana, St. Martin was returned to the house, representing the First District which had virtually the same boundaries it had had when he was first sent to congress more than 30 years before. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1852, 1868, 1876 and 1880.
St. Martin was born in St. Charles Parish and died in New Orleans.
The long hiatus between St. Martin's two terms can be partially explained by the intervening Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
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