Charles Homer Mouton

Charles Homer Mouton (December 8, 1823 – March 16, 1912) was an American politician and judge from Louisiana. In 1856, he served as the fifth lieutenant governor of Louisiana.

Early life Charles Homer Mouton was born on December 8, 1823, in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, to Julie (née Latiolais) and Charles Mouton. He was descended from Acadians who were expelled from their land. His grandfather Jean Mouton was a founder of Vermilionville (later Lafayette, Louisiana). He was a nephew of Alexandre Mouton, governor of Louisiana. He studied law in the office of Cornelius Voorhies in St. Martinville and was admitted to the bar in 1842.

Career Mouton formed the Lafayete law firm Voorhies & Mouton with Voorhies. He resigned from the office on February 26, 1859, due to the senate not allowing his appointment of a conference committee and subsequently electing the committee. In his resignation speech, he stated that the senate had no "confidence in [his] impartiality and capacity [as] presiding officer". After his resignation, he was replaced by William F. Griffin, the president pro tempore of the state senate who completed his unfinished term until 1860. He opposed the Louisiana lottery.

In 1878, Mouton moved to St. Martinville. He practiced law there and served as district attorney of St. Martinville and Iberia until 1900. His son Julian was a state legislator and judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals. He owned slaves on his plantation prior to the Civil War. During the Civil War, Union General Nathaniel P. Banks occupied the house while passing through. The house was later purchased by Sterling Mudd, nephew of Samuel Mudd. In 1960, the house was added to the National Register.

Mouton died on March 16, 1912, at his home in Lafayette.