Government, Politics & Law
John Watkins
Democrat John Watkins served as a US representative from northwestern Louisiana from 1905 to 1921.
Antebellum Period
Antebellum Period Index
Art
John Wesley Jarvis
John Wesley Jarvis was as well-known for his eccentric personality and dress as he was for his talent as a portrait and landscape painter.
Government, Politics & Law
Joseph A. Breaux
Joseph A. Breaux served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1904 to 1914.
Music
Joseph Arquier
Composer and cellist Joseph Arquier lived in New Orleans between 1800 and 1804.
Art
Joseph Fortune Meyer
Master potter Joseph Fortune Meyer's classic shapes and consistently high standards are, most likely, the reason that Newcomb College art pottery became internationally famous
Government, Politics & Law
Joseph Marshall Walker
Planter, politician, and Democrat, Joseph Walker served as governor of Louisiana from 1850 until 1853.
Art
Joseph Rusling Meeker
Although not a Louisiana resident, landscape painter Joseph Rusling Meeker is well known for his bayou swamp scenes.
Government, Politics & Law
Judah P. Benjamin
Judah P. Benjamin was one of the nineteenth-century South’s most prominent attorneys and statesmen.
History
Judaism in Louisiana
Jewish people have greatly contributed to Louisiana’s culture and economy as philanthropists, civic and educational leaders, business owners, and art patrons.
Art
Jules Lion
Jules Lion, a French-born mulatto, was a master lithographer and one of the most distinguished African American artists in antebellum New Orleans.
Business & Industry
Julien de Lalande Poydras
Julien de Lalande Poydras was a Point Coupée Parish plantation owner, banker, political leader, and philanthropist who was a pivotal figure in the early history of Louisiana.
Art
Julien Hudson
Julien Hudson was the first professional African American portraitist in the South.
