Henry Adams Bullard

Henry Adams Bullard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district
In office December 5, 1850 – March 3, 1851
Preceded by	Charles Magill Conrad
Succeeded by	Joseph Aristide Landry
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1831 – January 4, 1834
Preceded by	Walter Hampden Overton
Succeeded by	Rice Garland
Personal details
Born	(1788-09-09)September 9, 1788 Pepperell, Massachusetts
Died	April 17, 1851(1851-04-17) (aged 62) New Orleans, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic (3rd Dist.) Whig (2nd Dist.)
Spouse(s)	Sarah Maria Kaiser

Henry Adams Bullard (September 9, 1788 – April 17, 1851) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served two terms as a Democrat and one as a Whig.

Bullard was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard, and studied law in Boston and Philadelphia. In Louisiana, he resided in Natchitoches, where he practiced law,^[1] and in Alexandria,^[2] as well as in New Orleans.

He accompanied General José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois on his military expedition into Spanish Texas in 1813. He was later elected as an anti-Jacksonian to the 22nd and 23rd Congresses, resigned in 1834, and later served as a Whig in the 31st Congress.

Henry A. Bullard was also a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1834–39), Secretary of State of Louisiana (1838–39), a professor of civil law at the new University of Louisiana Law School (1847), and served in the Louisiana House of Representatives (1850). He died in New Orleans and was interred at the Girod Street Cemetery.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

External links

• United States Congress. "Henry Adams Bullard (id: B001049)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 
• Henry Adams Bullard entry at The Political Graveyard
• Henry Adams Bullard at Find a Grave