Person:Thomas Robertson (29)

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Thomas Bolling Robertson
b.27 Feb 1779 Petersburg, Virginia
  1. Thomas Bolling Robertson1779 - 1828
  2. Ann Robertson1792 - 1821
  • HThomas Bolling Robertson1779 - 1828
  • WLelia SkipwithAbt 1804 -
m. 15 Apr 1821
Facts and Events
Name[1] Thomas Bolling Robertson
Gender Male
Birth[1] 27 Feb 1779 Petersburg, Virginia
Occupation[1] From 1812 to 1818 LouisianaMember of U.S. House of Representatives (first congressman from Louisiana).
Occupation[1] From 1819 to 1821 LouisianaAttorney General of Louisiana.
Occupation[1] From 1820 to 1824 LouisianaGovernor of Louisiana. Forced to resign after he proposed moving the capital from New Orleans to Baton Rouge.
Marriage 15 Apr 1821 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisianato Lelia Skipwith
Occupation[1] From 1824 to 1828 LouisianaJudge, U.S. District Court for Western District of Louisiana.
Death[1] 5 Oct 1828 White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, Virginia
Reference Number? Q668779
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Brasseaux, Carl A.; James D. Wilson; Glenn R. (Glenn Russell) Conrad; and Center for Louisiana Studies. A Dictionary of Louisiana biography. (New Orleans, Louisiana: Louisiana Hist. Assn., c1988).