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|name=John Slidell
|name=John Slidell
|office=[[United States Senator]] from Louisiana
|office=[[United States Senator]] from Louisiana
| term_start 1853
| term_start=1853
| term_end=February 1861
| term_end=February 1861
| preceded=Pierre Soule'
| preceded=Pierre Soule'
| succeeded=William Pitt Kellogg
| succeeded=William Pitt Kellogg
|office2=[[U.S. Representative]] for the 1st congressional district of Louisiana
| office2=[[U.S. Representative]] for the 1st congressional district of Louisiana
| date_start2=1843
| date_start2=1843
| date_end2=1845
| date_end2=1845
'''John Slidell (1793 – July 28, 1871) was an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man, [[attorney]], and [[politician]] in his adopted city of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].
'''John Slidell''' (1793 – July 28, 1871) was an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man, [[attorney]], and [[politician]] in his adopted city of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].
A native of [[New York]], he was a son of John Slidell, Sr., a merchant, and the former Margery Mackenzie. He graduated from [[Columbia University|Columbia College]] in 1810. He settled in New Orleans in 1819. In 1835, he married the former Mathilde Deslonde, and the couple had three children., Alfred, Marie, and Matilda. Slidell's sister, Jane, married t[[United States Navy]] Commodore [[Matthew Perry]]. His brother, Thomas Slidell, was a chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, based in New Orleans. Slidell was engaged in the mercantile business in New York and was admitted to the New York bar. His New Orleans law practice extended from 1819 to 1843.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-s/|title=Slidell, John|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref>
A native of [[New York]], he was a son of John Slidell, Sr., a merchant, and the former Margery Mackenzie. He graduated from [[Columbia University|Columbia College]] in 1810. He settled in New Orleans in 1819. In 1835, he married the former Mathilde Deslonde, and the couple had three children., Alfred, Marie, and Matilda. Slidell's sister, Jane, married t[[United States Navy]] Commodore [[Matthew Perry]]. His brother, Thomas Slidell, was a chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, based in New Orleans. Slidell was engaged in the mercantile business in New York and was admitted to the New York bar. His New Orleans law practice extended from 1819 to 1843.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-s/|title=Slidell, John|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref>