Mouton, Alexander, 1804-1885. Letter, 1874 May 1. 1 letter. Location: Misc. Alexander Mouton was a representative for Lafayette Parish in the Louisiana Legislature (1828-1837), a U.S. Senator for Louisiana (1837-1842), governor of Louisiana (1842-1846), and president of the Louisiana state secession convention in 1861. Mouton at Ile Copal Plantation near Lafayette, La., briefly recounts his political career and muses that he may be the only surviving senator from Andrew Jackson's administration. Mss. 4130.