Nicholas Girod

Nicholas Girod
Tomb of Nicolas Girod at Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans.
Mayor of New Orleans
In office
October 8, 1812 – November 5, 1812
Preceded byCharles Trudeau
Succeeded byFrançois Joseph LeBreton Dorgenois
In office
December 5, 1812 – September 4, 1815
Preceded byFrançois Joseph LeBreton Dorgenois
Succeeded byAugustin de Macarty
Personal details
BornApril 1751, France
Cluses, Kingdom of Sardinia
DiedSeptember 1, 1840 (aged 89)
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Political partyDemocratic-Republican

Nicolas Girod (French spelling) or Nicholas Girod (April 1751—September 1840)[1] was the fifth mayor of New Orleans, from late in 1812 to September 4, 1815.[2] He was the first mayor of the city after Louisiana entered into the Union as a state.

  1. ^ Tomb of Nicolas Girod
  2. ^ Eric J. Brock (1999). New Orleans. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-0223-5.