Joseph Aristide Landry (July 10, 1817 – March 9, 1881) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a Whig. Biography Joseph Landry was born near Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana on July 10, 1817. He attended school in Cape Girardeau, Missouri | Cape Girardeau]], Missouri. Political career He served member of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1840, then elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress, serving from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853. Later career After leaving Congress, he was president of the police jury of Ascension Parish in 1861. Civil War Before the Civil War, he was first sergeant in the Chasseurs de l'Ascension. During the war, he attached to Company B of the Cannoneers of Donaldsonville, fighting on the side of the Confederacy. Death and burial He died near Donaldsonville on March 9, 1881 and is interred in Donaldsonville Catholic Cemetery. See also Landry Tomb External links Bio at Congress.gov Political Graveyard Joseph Aristide Landry in the Louisiana Dictionary of Biography — Scroll down to find the Landrys. 1817 births 1881 deaths Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana 19th-century American politicians People from Donaldsonville, Louisiana Burials at Ascension of our Lord Catholic Church Cemetery (Donaldsonville)