Jacques Villeré
| Jacques Villeré | |
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| 26th, 2nd since U.S. Statehood Governor of Louisiana | |
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In office December 16, 1816 – December 18, 1820 |
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| Preceded by | William C. C. Claiborne |
| Succeeded by | Thomas B. Robertson |
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| Born | April 28, 1761 Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
| Died | March 7, 1830 (aged 68) Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne Henriette de Fazende |
| Religion | Catholic |
Jacques Phillippe Villeré (April 28, 1761 – March 7, 1830) was the second Governor of Louisiana after it became a state. He was the first Creole and the first native of Louisiana to hold that office.
He was born in 1761 near present-day Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana on his maternal grandfather's plantation La Providence.
His father was Joseph Antoine de Villeré, an official in the French Navy under King Louis XV and later a colonial militia captain in the German Coast area of present-day southeast Louisiana. After France's territory was ceded to Spain in 1763, Joseph became one of the victims of Spanish Governor Alejandro O'Reilly, who was sent by King Carlos III to put down a revolt. Villeré's grandfather, Etienne Roy de Villeré, had accompanied Iberville on the voyage from France to the Gulf coast, late in the 17th century, under Louis XIV.
Jacques' mother was Louise Marguerite de la Chaise, daughter of Jacques de la Chaise and granddaughter, on her mother's side, of the Chevalier Charles Frederick d’Arensbourg.
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