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Scottish ancestry Politicians in Louisiana

  John Slidell (1793-1871) — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1793. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1829-33; member of Louisiana state legislature, 1830; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1843-45; resigned 1845; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate States Envoy to France, 1861. Scottish ancestry. Slaveowner. Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, July 29, 1871 (age about 78 years). Interment in private or family graveyard.
  Relatives: Son of Margery (Mackenzie) Slidell and John Slidell (1770-1840); brother of Jane Slidell (who married of Matthew C. Perry) and Thomas Slidell; married 1835 to Mathilde Deslonde; uncle of Caroline Slidell Perry (who married August Belmont (1816-1890)); granduncle of Perry Belmont, Emily Hone (who married William Colville Emmet), August Belmont (1853-1924) and Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont.
  Political families: Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Grew-Lyon-Belmont family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The city of Slidell, Louisiana, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  James Stuart Thomson (1868-1945) — also known as J. Stuart Thomson — of Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, La. Born in Bayfield, Ontario, March 4, 1868. Republican. Postmaster at Lake Charles, La., 1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1916, 1920. Scottish ancestry. Died in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, La., May 19, 1945 (age 77 years, 76 days). Interment at Orange Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, La.
  Relatives: Son of James Thomson and Isobel Jane (McLeod) Thomson; married, November 6, 1895, to Marie Euphemie Gallaugher.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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