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Jacques Philippe Villeré was born in Louisiana in 1761 and served as the second governor of the state from 1816 to 1820. During the Battle of the New Orleans, he commanded the First Division of the Louisiana Militia.

Jacques Philippe Villeré (April 28, 1761 – March 7, 1830) was the second Governor of Louisiana after it became a state. He was the first Creole and the first native of Louisiana to hold that office.Early lifeHe was born in 1761 near present-day Kenner, Louisiana, on his maternal grandfather's plantation La Providence.

Jacques Philippe Villere, elected Governor in 1816, was the first native-born governor of Louisiana. He presided over a tremendous increase in population and in the strength of its economy.

J acques Villeré was the first native-born governor of Louisiana, serving from 1816 until 1820. Before Villeré became governor, he was named to the staff of Pierre Clément Laussat, the last French governor, to assist with the colony’s transition from French to American control after the Louisiana Purchase (1803).

Louisiana Gov. Jacques Philippe Villere Terms December 17, 1816 - December 18, 1820 Party Jeffersonian-Republican Born April 28, 1761 Passed March 7, 1830 Birth State Louisiana Family Married to Henriette Fazende; eight children Military Service National Guard About JACQUES P. VILLERE was born in St. John’s Parish, Louisiana on April 28, 1760.

Jacques Philippe Villeré was the second Governor of Louisiana after it became a state. He was the first Creole and the first native of Louisiana to hold that office.

Jacques Philippe Villeré was the first native-born Governor of Louisiana, serving from 1816 to 1820. As a war hero fighting against the British during the Battle of New Orleans and later as an elected official for a state which had just recently joined the United States, Jacques Villeré participated in the vast process known as the ...