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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Eligius Fromentin
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| date_of_birth =Circa [[1767]]
| place_of_birth =France
| date_of_death =[[October 6]], [[1822]]
| place_of_death =New Orleans, Louisiana
| occupation =U.S. Senator<br/>Federal judge
| religion =Catholic
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'''Eligius Fromentin''' (1767?-[[1822]]) was a lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Senator for Louisiana. After leaving Congress, he was appointed [[U.S. District Court|federal judge]] of West Florida at the time of its [[Transfer of Florida|transfer to the United States]] in [[1821]], but resigned following a confrontation with [[Andrew Jackson]] over the latter's imprisonment of [[José Callava]].
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[[Category:Federal judges|Fromentin, Eligius]] [[Category:Natives of France|Fromentin, Eligius]] [[Category:Catholics|Fromentin, Eligius]]
