Isaac Sutton

Isaac Sutton was a laborer and state legislator in Louisiana. He represented St. Mary Parish from 1872 to 1876 in the Louisiana House of Representatives and from 1876 to 1880 in the Louisiana Senate.[1]

He and Arthur Antoine were elected to the Louisiana House from the parish in 1872.[2] He was on the committee to investigate the affairs of the New Orleans Gaslight Company and the Committee on Federal Relations.[3] In the senate he served on the committee on Retrenchment and Reform.[4]

References
  1. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 207
  2. Senate, U. S. A. (September 9, 1872). "Senate Documents". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  3. Representatives, Louisiana Legislature House of (September 9, 1872). "Official Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana". The State – via Google Books.
  4. Senate, Louisiana. Legislature (1878). "Official Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Louisiana".


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