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About Fulwar Skipwith
Fulwar Skipwith was an American soldier, diplomat, politician and farmer. A veteran of the American Revolutionary War, he served as a U.S. Consul in Martinique, and later as the U.S. Consul-General in France. He was instrumental in negotiating the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, was the first and only governor of the Republic of West Florida in 1810, and was a founding member of the Agricultural Society of Baton Rouge.
Everything about Fulwar Skipwith →- Occupation
- diplomat, politician, consul
- Position held
- member of the State Senate of Louisiana
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 21, 1765
- Died
- January 7, 1839