Jean Baptiste Plauché

Jean Baptiste Plauché
Jean Baptiste Plauché, 1836
Born	28 January 1785
Died	2 January 1860 (aged 74)
Allegiance	United States of America
Rank	Brigadier General, Louisiana Legion
Battles/wars	War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans
Other work	Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

Jean Baptiste Plauché (28 January 1785 – 2 January 1860) was a Louisiana soldier and politician. He was Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, from 1850 to 1853 serving under Governor Joseph M. Walker.

He was married to Mathilde St. Amand (22 October 1791 – 26 October 1840), by whom he had seven children.

In the Battle of New Orleans, Major Plauché headed the Battalion of Orleans (New Orleans city) uniformed militia. At the time (December 1814 – early January 1815), he was just twenty-nine years old.

Camp Plauché, a troop staging area near Harahan, Louisiana, during World War II, was named in his honor.