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Jacques Phillippe Villere´
2nd
Governor of Louisiana
Preceded by William C. C. Claiborne
Governor by Election
Served from December 17, 1816
Served to December 18, 1820
Left Office by Term ended
Succeeded by Thomas B. Robertson
 
Military French Army
St. Domingue
Caribbean
 
Born April 28, 1761
along German Coast
Louisiana
Died March 7, 1830
Conseil
St. Bernard Parish
Cause Cruel Disease
Age 69
 
Party Democratic-Republican
Education Military School in France
Profession Planter
 
Spouse Jeanne Henriette de Fazende
Children 8
 
Plantation Conseil
St. Bernard Parish
Religion Catholic
Burial St. Louis Cemetery #2

1816-1820

Jacques Phillippe Villeré, a native of Louisiana and the 2nd Governor, died in 1830.  He is interred in St. Louis Cemetery #2 in New Orleans.

In the War of 1812 Villeré was commander of the First Division of the Louisiana Militia.  His only formal education had been two years in a French military academy.  During the war, his Conseil Plantation in the St. Bernard area, was overrun by the British.

Having lost to Claiborne in the first election for governor, Villeré was narrowly elected governor in 1816 in the second election.  With the war over, Villeré became mediator between the factious Creole and American populations.

He retired after his term as governor and returned to his Conseil Plantation in St. Bernard Parish.  The Creole-Anglo turmoil continued and although he was aging, he was pushed to run for governor for the 1824-1828 term.  Henry S. Johnson was elected.

His wife Jeanne died in 1826.  They had raised eight children.  Villeré died in 1830 at age 69 at his Conseil Plantation in St. Bernard Parish.

 


Villeré Tomb

St. Louis Cemetery #2

Square 1 (Between St. Louis & Conti Streets)
Main Aisle, N. Robertson St. side.
About 6 tombs from the Conti St. wall tombs
 Aerial View

 

View - Left Side

JACQUES PHILLIPPE VILLERE

First Native Born Governor of Louisiana

Cette Tombe Renferme Aussi les Restes
Du Vertueux Villere
L'estime de ses Concitoyens fit sa Gloire
L'Union de sa Famille Son Bon Bonheur

VILLERE

Decede le 7 Mars 1830

 

RENE J. GABRIEL VILLERE
Ne le 15 Mai 1785
Decede le 6 Juillet 1852

(The Governor's Son)

View - Right Side

 

FELIX XAVIER VILLERE
Ne le 14 Oct. 1802
Et Mort le 11 Mai 1871

 

DELPHIN VILLERE
Mort le 11 Nov 1833

(Daughter of Edmon Villere & Odile Ramos)
(Granddaughter of Rene J. Gabriel Villere & Eulalie de la Ronde)
(Great-Granddaughter of the Governor)

ALCEE VILLERE
Mort le 20 Nov 1908

 

JACQUES PHILLIPPE
VILLERE

First Native - Born
Governor
of Louisiana

Restored 1972

New Orleans
Archdiocesan
Cemeteries

 


Biographies

News

 Boy Killed at Villeré Funeral
 Grandson Obit
Mini Obit
Villeré  for Governor

Books

  • Jacques Philippe Villeré: First Native-Born Governor of Louisiana by Sidney Louis Villeré
    Old Louisiana Plantation Homes and Family Trees by Herman de Bachelle Seebold

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