Joseph Aristide Landry

For the Canadian politician, see Joseph P. Landry.

Joseph A. Landry
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by	Henry Adams Bullard
Succeeded by	Theodore Gaillard Hunt
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
In office 1840
Personal details
Born	Joseph Aristide Landry (1817-07-10)July 10, 1817 Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Died	March 9, 1881(1881-03-09) (aged 63) Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Resting place	Donaldsonville Catholic Cemetery
Party	Whig

Joseph Aristide Landry (July 10, 1817 – March 9, 1881) was a Confederate Civil War veteran who served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a Whig.

Biography

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Joseph Landry was born near Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on July 10, 1817. He attended school in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Political career

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He served member of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1840, then elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress, serving from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853.

Later career

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After leaving Congress, he was president of the police jury of Ascension Parish in 1861.

Civil War

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Before the Civil War, he was first sergeant in the Chasseurs de l'Ascension. During the war, he attached to Company B of the Cannoneers of Donaldsonville, fighting on the side of the Confederacy.

Death and burial

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He died near Donaldsonville on March 9, 1881, and is interred in Donaldsonville Catholic Cemetery.

See also

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• Landry Tomb

External links

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• Bio at Congress.gov
• Political Graveyard
• Joseph Aristide Landry at Find a Grave
• Joseph Aristide Landry in the Louisiana Dictionary of Biography — Scroll down to find the Landrys.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Henry Adams Bullard	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district 1851 – 1853	Succeeded by Theodore Gaillard Hunt