André B. Roman
| Andre B. Roman | |
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| 9th Governor of Louisiana | |
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In office January 31, 1831 – February 4, 1835 |
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| Preceded by | Jacques Dupré |
| Succeeded by | Edward D. White |
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In office February 4, 1839 – January 30, 1843 |
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| Preceded by | Edward D. White |
| Succeeded by | Alexandre Mouton |
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| Born | March 5, 1795 near Opelousas, Louisiana |
| Died | January 26, 1866 (aged 70) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Political party |
Whig National Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Aimée Françoise Parent |
| Religion | Catholic |
André Bienvenue Roman (March 5, 1795–January 26, 1866) was Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the ninth U.S. Governor of Louisiana.
Born near Opelousas, the son of Jacques Étienne Roman of Opelousas, Louisiana, and Marie-Louise Patin, Roman's family later moved to St. James Parish and established a sugar cane plantation. In 1815, Roman graduated from St. Mary College in Baltimore, Maryland. The following year he married Aimée Françoise Parent. The couple would have eight children. "A.B." was a member of an aristocratic French Creole family, who first immigrated from Grenoble, France to La Louisiane (today's Louisiana, USA), in 1741.
In 1818, Roman was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives at the age of 23, and he was elected Speaker of the House in 1822, serving until 1826. He was elected Parish Judge in St. James Parish, in 1826. He was again elected to the Louisiana House and was Speaker during the constitutional crisis following the death of Governor Pierre Derbigny in 1828.
In 1830, Roman was elected governor as a Whig candidate. At various points in the race his opponents include the flamboyant Bernard de Marigny, Martin Duralde, son-in-law of Henry Clay and relation of Governor William C.C. Claiborne, and former Governors Jacques Villeré (who died in March before the election) and Armand Beauvais, who resigned his position of Acting Governor to run.
Results of the 1830 special gubernatorial election: André Roman 3,638; W. S. Hamilton 2,701; Armand Beauvais 1,478; David Randall 463
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