Robert C. Nicholas

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Robert Carter Nicholas

United States Senator from Louisiana
In office January 13, 1836 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by	George A. Waggaman
Succeeded by	Alexander Barrow
Personal details
Born	1793 Hanover, Virginia
Died	December 24, 1857 (aged 63–64) Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic

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 was the son of George Nicholas (1754–1799) and grandson of Robert Carter Nicholas (1728–1780).

References

Robert C. Nicholas at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senate
Preceded by George A. Waggaman	U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Louisiana 1836–1841 Served alongside: Alexander Porter, Alexandre Mouton	Succeeded by Alexander Barrow

v t e United States Senators from Louisiana

Class 2	Destréhan Posey Brown Claiborne Johnson Bouligny Livingston Waggaman Nicholas Barrow Soulé Downs Benjamin Harris West Kellogg Gibson Caffery Foster Ransdell H. Long R.M. Long Ellender Edwards J.B. Johnston Landrieu

Class 3	Magruder Fromentin Brown J.S. Johnston Porter Mouton Conrad Johnson Soulé Slidell Kellogg Eustis Jonas Eustis White Blanchard McEnery Thornton R. Broussard Guion Gay E. Broussard Overton Feazel R.B. Long Breaux Vitter

Persondata
Name	Nicholas, Robert
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1793
Place of birth	Hanover, Virginia
Date of death	December 24, 1857
Place of death	Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

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