About John B. Esnard
Born 1846. John B. Esnard was a politician.
John B. Esnard (1846 – June 2, 1931) was an American politician. Born a slave, he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1868 to 1870.
Biography John B. Esnard was born in 1846, in New Orleans, to a slaveholder, He served during the American Civil War in the Union Army. Along with P. B. S. Pinchback, O. C. Blandin and Auguste Donato Jr., he signed the new constitution but registered protest against Article 99, which they believed went against their Radical Republican support of universal suffrage.
Esnard and Demarest were then elected to represent St. Mary Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives. One source erroneously claims that he represented the Iberia Parish in the Louisiana State Senate from 1870 until 1876.
Esnard was married to Florentine K. Esnard, and had four sons and three daughters. He moved to Los Angeles , dying there on July 2, 1931, aged 84 or 85. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery.
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