Henry Adams Bullard (September 9, 1788 – April 17, 1851) was a lawyer, slaveholder, and member of the

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representing the

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. Database at He served two terms as a

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and one as a Whig.

Biography

Bullard was born in

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, graduated from

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, and studied law in

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and

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. In Louisiana, he resided in Natchitoches, where he practiced law, and in

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,Henry Adams Bullard
at

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, accessed 21 Nov 2015. as well as in

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. He accompanied General

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on his military expedition into

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in 1813.

Congress

He was later elected as an

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to the 22nd and 23rd Congresses, resigned in 1834, and later served as a Whig in the

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Career

Henry A. Bullard was also a justice of the

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(1834–39) and

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(1838–39). He was also a professor of civil law at the University of Louisiana Law School (1847) and served in the

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(1850).

Death and burial

He died in New Orleans and was interred at the

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. That burying ground was destroyed in 1959 and unclaimed remains were commingled with 15,000 others and deposited beneath Hope Mausoleum, St. John's Cemetery, New Orleans.

References

External links

Henry Adams Bullard entry
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