Christian Roselius

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Christian Roselius
Duchies of Bremen and Verden (now Germany)
Died	5 September 1873 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
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Christian Roselius (10 August 1803—5 September 1873) was a German-born American lawyer, and educator in

, and served for a term of two years from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

Roselius was born 10 August 1803 near

published in Louisiana. It was called The Halcyon, and, failing to prove remunerative, was abandoned for the study of the law, Roselius supporting himself during this time by teaching.

His legal studies were pursued in company with his friend, Alexander Dimitry, in the office of Auguste Devesac, beginning in December 1826 and terminating in March 1828, at which time he was admitted to practice by the Louisiana Supreme Court, consisting of Judges Martin, Matthews, and Porter. His love of the civil law became a passion, and soon placed him in the front rank and eventually at the head of the Louisiana bar.

In 1841 he was appointed

, which he, however, declined, preferring to remain in the South.

For many years, Roselius was dean of the faculty of the

, of which he was a devoted student. He conversed equally well in English, French, and German.

His house and spacious grounds at Carrollton, a suburb of New Orleans, was noted for its generous hospitality, few persons of distinction visiting New Orleans during the last two decades of his life without being entertained by Roselius, who was a cheery and charming host. His hand and purse were always open to the unfortunate, and one of several visits to his native land was for the sole purpose of aiding some of his less prosperous kinsmen. By 1860, Roselius owned fifteen houses around New Orleans, and possessed nine enslaved black people.^[2]

He died on 5 September 1873 in New Orleans.

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References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Roselius, Christian" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

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Preceded by Etienne Mazureau	Attorney General of Louisiana 1841–1843	Succeeded by Isaac Trimble Preston