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102. Louisiana 1824 Governor
103. Louisiana 1824 Governor, Ballot 2
104. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Ascension Parish
105. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Assumption Parish
106. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Cannes Brutees
107. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, East Baton Rouge Parish
108. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, East Feliciana Parish
109. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Iberville Parish
110. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Lafayette Parish
111. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, New Orleans
112. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Opelousas County
113. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Plaquemine Parish
114. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Pointe Coupee Parish
115. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Saint Bernard Parish
116. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Saint Helena Parish
117. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Saint James Parish
118. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Saint John the Baptist Parish
119. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Saint Martin Parish
120. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Saint Mary Parish
121. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Saint Tammany Parish
122. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, Washington Parish
123. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, West Baton Rouge Parish
124. Louisiana 1824 House of Representatives, West Feliciana Parish
125. Louisiana 1824 State Senate, Cannes Brutees
126. Louisiana 1824 State Senate, Plaquemine Parish
127. Louisiana 1824 State Senate, Saint Bernard Parish
128. Louisiana 1824 State Senate, Saint John the Baptist Parish
129. Louisiana 1824 State Senate, Saint Tammany Parish
130. Louisiana 1824 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
131. Louisiana 1824 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2
132. Louisiana 1824 U.S. House of Representatives, District 3
133. Louisiana 1824 U.S. Senate, Special
134. Louisiana 1824 U.S. Senate, Special
135. Louisiana 1825 U.S. Senate
136. Louisiana 1825 U.S. Senate, Ballot 2
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The State of Louisiana, lying at the mouth of the Mississippi, was so named in honour of Louis XIV in 1682. Louisiana of the seventeenth century extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, and from the Rio Grande and Gulf of Mexico to BritishAmerica. The cession of Louisiana by France to the United States took place on 20 December, 1803, and in 1804, Congress organized the territory of Orléans, which comprised a portion of the great district of Louisiana. In 1806 there were but 350 English-speaking white men in New Orleans. Between 1806 and 1809, 3100 Americans arrived. In 1809-10 came the immigration from the West Indies, due to the Santo Domingo and Haitian negro uprisings. In 1810 the Irish began to come, and they kept coming steadily for over forty years.
In 1811 Congress authorized the inhabitants of the territory to draw up a constitution, with a view to establish a state government. The constitution was adopted in 1812, and immediately thereafter, on 30 April 1812, Congress admitted Louisiana to the Union. Almost simultaneously with her admission, the war with England broke out, and on 8 January 1815, the famous battle of New Orleans, between 12,000 English soldiers under Pakenham and 5000 American recruits under Andrew Jackson, was fought within a few miles of the city of New Orleans, resulting in the overwhelming defeat of the British.