Armand Beauvais

Armand Julie Beauvais (September 6, 1783 – November 18, 1843) was a justice of the peace, a Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, President of the Louisiana Senate and the seventh Governor of Louisiana.

Armand Beauvais
7th Governor of Louisiana
In office
October 6, 1829 – January 14, 1830
Preceded byPierre Derbigny
Succeeded byJacques Dupre
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Personal details
Born(1783-09-06)September 6, 1783
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
DiedNovember 18, 1843(1843-11-18) (aged 60)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)Louise Delphine Labatut

He was born September 6, 1783, in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. He was serving as president of the Louisiana Senate, to which he had been elected as a Whig, when Governor Pierre Derbigny was killed. Derbigny was thrown from his carriage on October 6, 1829, ten months into his term as governor. Beauvais served as acting governor for three months and then resigned to run for a full term as governor in the special election of 1830. He ended up placing third in the election with 18% of the vote. Governor Beauvais was then elected to the Louisiana Senate and served until 1834.

Beauvais died in New Orleans in 1843.

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Political offices
Preceded by
David C. Ker		 Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Armand Beauvais
1820–1822

Succeeded by
Andre B. Roman
Preceded by
Pierre Derbigny		 Governor of Louisiana
1829–1830		 Succeeded by
Jacques Dupre
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