. A history of Louisiana . ial troubles—Progress of the sugar industry—Documents relating to Louisiana in thearchives at Paris—Constitutional Convention—Encouragement of literarytalent—Libraries in New Orleans in 1846—Reorganization of the LouisianaHistorical Society—Growth of Louisiana as an American State. NDRE BIENVENU ROMAN belonged to a family established inLouisiana about 1740. He was bornin St. Landry parish on March 5,1795. His father, Jacques Roman,was a native of Louisiana and raisedimmense herds of cattle in the vastprairies of the Attakapas country. He moved to parish when
. A history of Louisiana . ial troubles—Progress of the sugar industry—Documents relating to Louisiana in thearchives at Paris—Constitutional Convention—Encouragement of literarytalent—Libraries in New Orleans in 1846—Reorganization of the LouisianaHistorical Society—Growth of Louisiana as an American State. NDRE BIENVENU ROMAN belonged to a family established inLouisiana about 1740. He was bornin St. Landry parish on March 5,1795. His father, Jacques Roman,was a native of Louisiana and raisedimmense herds of cattle in the vastprairies of the Attakapas country. He moved to parish when his son was a child, and becamea successful sugar-planter. Andre Bienvenu Roman waseducated at St. Marys College, Baltimore. After hisgraduation in 1815 he bought a sugar plantation in theparish of St. James, and married in 1816. He was electedto the House of Representatives in 1818, was Speakerof that body four years, then parish judge two years, andagain Speaker of the House in 1830. After serving four 217. 218 A HISTORY OF LOUISIANA [issi years as governor, from 1831 to 1835, A. B. Roman wasreelected to that office and served from 1839 to displayed good judgment and unflinching firmness,and was, without doubt, one of the ablest governors ofLouisiana. After his second term, Governor Roman re-turned to his plantation and refused to reenter was, however, a member of the Constitutional Con-ventions of 1845 and 1852, and of the Secession Con-vention of 1861. He was not a secessionist, but he re-mained loyal to the State and was one of the three peacecommissioners sent to Washington by the ConfederateGovernment in 1861. After the Civil War GovernorRoman was appointed recorder of deeds and mort-gages in New Orleans, and he died there suddenly whilewalking in the street, on January 26, 1866. W. says of him:1 Of all the Creole population, Roman was, at this time, the most prominent and themost talented. In very early life he was electe
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