Joint Credentials for the State of Louisiana's First Senators, September 3, 1812
On September 3, 1812 Louisiana's legislature elected Jean Noel Destréhan and Allan Bowie Magruder to serve as the new state's first U.S. Senators. Destréhan resigned before being seated and was replaced by Thomas Posey.
Joint Credentials for the State of Louisiana's First Senators, September 3, 1812; Records of the U. S. Senate