H. C. Tounoir

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. 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. 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. "Official Notices - Election results 1870". New Orleans Republican. 14 December 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 11 July 2021.open access
  4. 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.
  5. 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. "Republican meeting in Pointe Coupee". New Orleans Republican. 22 May 1870. p. 6. Retrieved 11 July 2021.open access
  7. "Pointe Coupee, October 1, 1870 (Parish Convention)". New Orleans Republican. 5 October 1870. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2021.open access
  8. "Speaker Carter Expelled". The Times-Picayune. 5 January 1872. p. 1. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. "H. C. TOUNOIR". January 5, 1872. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.open access
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