Henry S. Thibodaux
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| 28th; 4th after U.S. Statehood. Governor of Louisiana | |
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In office November 15, 1824 – December 13, 1824 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas B. Robertson |
| Succeeded by | Henry Johnson |
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| Born | 1761 to 1769 Albany, New York |
| Died | October 23, 1827 Thibodaux, Louisiana |
| Political party | National Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Felicité Bonvillain Bridgette Marie Bélanger |
| Children | 8 including Henry Claiborne Thibodaux and Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux |
| Religion | Catholic |
Henry Schuyler Thibodaux (1769 – October 23, 1827) was a planter and politician, who served one month in 1824 as the fourth Governor of Louisiana. At the time that Governor Thomas B. Robertson resigned in 1824 to accept appointment as a federal judge, Thibodaux was President of the State Senate and succeeded him as Acting Governor, until Henry Johnson was elected.
Thibodaux's birth and parents are shrouded in mystery. He is thought to have been born either in Albany, New York, or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Alexis Thibodeaux and Marie Anne Blanchard of Nicolet, Quebec, Acadian refugees who were expelled from their homeland by the British after they defeated the French in the Seven Years' War (known as the French and Indian War in North America). Thibodaux was orphaned (his family was thought to have been deported from Pennsylvania) and adopted by General Philip Schuyler, an American Revolutionary War hero. Thibodaux spent his childhood in the United States and is believed to have been sent to Scotland in the 1780s for his education.
After returning to the United States, Thibodaux moved to Louisiana in 1794, while it was under nominal control of the Spanish for several more years. He first settled on what was known as the "Acadian coast" of the Mississippi River, in St. James Parish.
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