Armand Beauvais

Infobox Governor


order = 7th
office = Governor of Louisiana
term_start = 1829
term_end = 1830
lieutenant = none
predecessor = Pierre Derbigny
successor = Jacques Dupre
birth_date = birth date|1783|9|6|mf=y
birth_place = Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
death_date = 1843
death_place = New Orleans, Louisiana
party = Whig
spouse = Louise Delphine Labatut
religion = Catholic

Armand Julie Beauvais (1783-1843) 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 Governor of Louisiana.

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, 1828, 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. He did not ultimately contest the election, and André Bienvenue Roman was elected unopposed. Governor Beauvais was then elected to the Louisiana Senate until 1834.

Beauvais died in New Orleans in 1843.

ources

* [http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/365/Default.aspx State of Louisiana - Biography]
* [http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2008.pdf Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives 1812 - 2008]
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=0b15e3b499f66010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Governors Association]