Robert C. Nicholas
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Robert Carter Nicholas (1793 - December 24, 1857) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Hanover, Virginia, he served in the War of 1812 as a captain and major. He attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and moved to Louisiana, where he became a sugar planter in Terrebonne Parish in 1820.
Nicholas was elected as a Jacksonian (later, a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator-elect Charles E.A. Gayarre and served from January 13, 1836, to March 3, 1841. He was secretary of state of Louisiana from 1843 to 1846, when he resigned; he died in Terrebonne Parish in 1857. Interment was in the Burthe vault, St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans.
Nicholas was a nephew of John Nicholas, a U.S. Representative and Wilson Cary Nicholas, a U.S. Senator and Representative, both of Virginia.
- Robert Nicholas should not be confused with his father Robert Carter Nicholas (Virginia) who was involved in the House of Burgesses.
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| Preceded by George A. Waggaman |
United States Senator (Class 2) from Louisiana 1836–1841 Served alongside: Alexander Porter, Alexander Mouton |
Succeeded by Alexander Barrow |
