H._C._Tounoir

H. C. Tounoir

H. C. Tounoir

American politician

Heluter C. Tounoir was a state legislator in Louisiana. Various spellings of his name have been documented.[1][2] He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives representing Pointe Coupee.[3]

He had an unsuccessful 1860 Court of Claims (Southern Claims Commission) case. He served on the standing committee for Contingent Expenses as well as Banks and Banking.[4] He was also appointed to the Public Buildings committee and the Committee on Public Lands and Levees.[5]

At a parish committee of the Republican Party of Pointe Coupee in May 1870 Tounoir was chosen as the group's president and recommended and nominated as a candidate for state senate.[6] In October 1870 was chosen along with Stepney Hammond to be the nominees for the House of Representatives.[7] He was elected along with Prosper Darinsburg to represent Pointe Coupee in the state house.[3]

He and other legislators signed a January 1872 letter published in the Times Picayune calling for action after a disposition to remove the Speaker of the House George W. Carter which resulted in those in opposition to the speaker being arrested by United States marshals.[8][9]

References

  1. [1]
    Lee, Susanna Michele (April 14, 2014). Claiming the Union: Citizenship in the Post-Civil War South. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107015326 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    Mills, Gary B. (April 19, 1994). Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806314419 – via Google Books.
  3. [3]
    "Official Notices - Election results 1870". New Orleans Republican. 14 December 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 11 July 2021.Open access icon
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    Representatives, Louisiana Legislature House of (April 19, 1871). "Official Journal of the Proceedings of House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana at the ... General Assembly ..." – via Google Books.
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    Representatives, Louisiana Legislature House of (April 19, 1872). "Official Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana". The State – via Google Books.
  6. [6]
    "Republican meeting in Pointe Coupee". New Orleans Republican. 22 May 1870. p. 6. Retrieved 11 July 2021.Open access icon
  7. [7]
    "Pointe Coupee, October 1, 1870 (Parish Convention)". New Orleans Republican. 5 October 1870. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2021.Open access icon
  8. [8]
    "Speaker Carter Expelled". The Times-Picayune. 5 January 1872. p. 1. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. [9]
    "H. C. TOUNOIR". January 5, 1872. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.Open access icon
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