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[[Columbia University|Columbia College]]

[[Columbia University|Columbia College]]

| death_date=July 28, 1871 (aged 78)​​

| death_date=July 28, 1871 (aged 78)​​

| death_place=[[Isle of Wight]], [[England]]​​<br>​

| death_place=[[Isle of Wight]], [[England]]​​​

| resting_place=Saint-Roman family private cemetery in [[Paris]], [[France]]

| resting_place=Saint-Roman family private cemetery in [[Paris]], [[France]]

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​​

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​​

'''Parents''':<br>​

'''Parents''':<br>​

John and Margery Mackenzie Slidell}}

John and Margery Mackenzie Slidell}}

'''John Slidell''' (1793 &ndash; July 28, 1871) was an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man, [[attorney]], and [[politician]] in his adopted city of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].

'''John Slidell''' (1793 &ndash; 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 [[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>

Slidell was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, ran unsuccessfully in 1828 for the [[United  

Slidell was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, ran unsuccessfully in 1828 for the [[United  

Slidell, a city (2010 population: 27,000) in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an New Orleans, is named in his honor. He died at the age of seventy-eight at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, in [[England]] and is interred at the Saint-Roman family private cemetery near Paris.<ref name=lahist/><ref>'''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses these sources for its article on Slidell:  ''National Cyclopedia of American Biography,'' II; Clayton Rand, ''Stars in Their Eyes'' (1953); ''The Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971'' (1971);  “John Slidell: Louisiana Politician” (Master of Arts thesis, at [[Tuane University]] in 1948); A. L. Diket, ''ohn Slidell and the Community He Represented in the Senate, 1853-1861'' (Ph. D. dissertation at  Louisiana State University, (1958), and Louis M. Sears, ''John Slidell'' (1925).</ref>

Slidell, a city (2010 population: 27,000) in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an New Orleans, is named in his honor. He died at the age of seventy-eight at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, in [[England]] and is interred at the Saint-Roman family private cemetery near Paris.<ref name=lahist/><ref>'''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses these sources for its article on Slidell:  ''National Cyclopedia of American Biography,'' II; Clayton Rand, ''Stars in Their Eyes'' (1953); ''The Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971'' (1971);  “John Slidell: Louisiana Politician” (Master of Arts thesis, at [[Tuane University]] in 1948); A. L. Diket, ''ohn Slidell and the Community He Represented in the Senate, 1853-1861'' (Ph. D. dissertation at  Louisiana State University, (1958), and Louis M. Sears, ''John Slidell'' (1925).</ref>

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