Robert C. Nicholas

Robert Carter Nicholas
United States Senator from Louisiana
In office January 13, 1836 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by	George A. Waggaman
Succeeded by	Alexander Barrow
Personal details
Born	1793 Hanover, Virginia
Died	December 24, 1857 (aged 63–64) Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic

Robert Carter Nicholas (1793 – December 24, 1857) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Hanover, Virginia, he served in the War of 1812 as a captain and major. He attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and moved to Louisiana, where he became a sugar planter in Terrebonne Parish in 1820.

Nicholas was elected as a Jacksonian (later, a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator-elect Charles E.A. Gayarre and served from January 13, 1836, to March 3, 1841. He was Secretary of State of Louisiana from 1843 to 1846, when he resigned; he died in Terrebonne Parish in 1857. Interment was in the Burthe vault, St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans.

Nicholas was a nephew of John Nicholas a U.S. Representative and Wilson Cary Nicholas, a U.S. Senator and Representative, both of Virginia.

Robert Nicholas was the son of George Nicholas (1754–1799) and grandson of Robert Carter Nicholas (1728–1780).

References

• Robert C. Nicholas at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senate
Preceded by George A. Waggaman	United States Senator (Class 2) from Louisiana 1836–1841 Served alongside: Alexander Porter, Alexandre Mouton	Succeeded by Alexander Barrow