- Etienne Mazureau
Étienne Mazureau (1777-1849) was born in
France , he moved toLouisiana early in life and had a distinguished career as alawyer , serving three times as Attorney General of Louisiana and asSecretary of State of Louisiana .He was living in New Orleans by 1805 [ [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/history/directory/1805demo.txt| 1805 Directory of New Orleans] ] and was married to Aimee Grima and had at least two children: Adolphe and
Clara Mazureau who was the subject of a portrait byJacques Guillaume Lucien Amans .Mazureau was described as being " [o] f a medium size, compactly built, with flashing dark eyes, intensely black hair, and a brown complexion, he is a perfect specimen of the Southern type, as if to the manner and to the manor born." [The New Orleans Bench and Bar 1832. "Harper's" new monthly magazine. / Volume 77, Issue 462, November 1888)]
He appears in
Alexis de Tocqueville 's "Democracy in America " in which he discusses with Tocqueville his views on life in Louisiana, the condition of slaves and other issues. [ [http://www.tocqueville.org/la2.htm| www.tocqueville.org] ]Mazureau was a law partner with
Edward Livingston and practiced law inNew Orleans . In 1815, he was appointed the second Attorney General of the State of Louisiana and served for two years. In 1817, Mazureau was appointed Secretary of State of Louisiana, serving until 1821. He was then appointed Attorney General again in 1821 and remained in that position until 1824. His third and final term as Attorney General was from 1833-1841.He died in New Orleans in 1849.
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