Allan B. Magruder

Allan Bowie Magruder

United States Senator from Louisiana
In office September 3, 1812 – March 4, 1813
Preceded by	(none)
Succeeded by	Eligius Fromentin
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Personal details
Born	1775 Kentucky
Died	April 16, 1822 (aged 46–47) Opelousas, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Allan Bowie Magruder (1775 – April 16, 1822) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Kentucky in 1775, he attended the common schools, pursued an academic course, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1796 and practiced in Lexington, Kentucky. He moved to Louisiana to practice law. He was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Magruder was elected as one of Louisiana's first two Senators to Congress. He was a Democratic-Republican and served from September 3, 1812, to March 4, 1813. After his brief tenure in the Senate, he resumed the practice of law and died in Opelousas, Louisiana in 1822.

References

United States Congress. "Allan B. Magruder (id: M000056)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

Allan Bowie Magruder entry at The Political Graveyard

U.S. Senate
Preceded by None	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Louisiana 1812–1813 Served alongside: Jean N. Destréhan, Thomas Posey, James Brown	Succeeded by Eligius Fromentin

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

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 77900226 LCCN: n88660646 US Congress: M000056 IATH: w68g8zrm

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