Hewitt Bouanchaud

= Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud (August 19, 1877 - October 17, 1950) =

Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud was born in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana in 1877. Mr. Bouanchaud was elected a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1908. He was reelected in 1912 and 1916. In 1916 Bouanchaud was named Speaker of the House. In 1920 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana as running mate to John M. Parker. Bouanchaud was chosen as president of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention in 1921.

In 1924 Lt. Governor Bouanchaud ran for Governor of Louisiana against Henry L. Fuqua, and Huey P. Long. Bouanchaud and Fuqua received the most votes in the first democratic primary held on January 15, 1924. Fuqua won the gubernatorial election by receiving the most votes in the second democratic primary on February 19, 1924. Hewitt L. Bouanchaud is the brother of longtime Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff Lamartine Bouanchaud. Hewitt is the son of James Alcide Bouanchaud who was Captain of the Pointe Coupee Battery during the civil war. Alcide Bouanchaud later became a District Judge. Hewitt Bouanchaud's nephew, Alicde "Bub" Bouanchaud and his great great nephew Paul Raymond Smith were also elected to the office of Sheriff of Pointe Coupee Parish.

Sources:

Curet, Bernard. "Ponte Coupee: Her Place in History." Acadiana Profile September 1969: 9.