politician
John Baptiste Charles Lucas.
US Representative from Pennsylvania (1758-1842)
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About John Baptiste Charles Lucas
John Baptiste Charles Lucas was a French-born member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. After meeting Benjamin Franklin, Lucas was so inspired—and so impatient with class injustices in France—that he sailed to America. Armed with a letter of introduction from Franklin, Lucas was made a federal land grant judge by Thomas Jefferson, then elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He eventually resigned and moved to St. Louis, reportedly in part because he and his wife, Anne, missed French society.
Everything about John Baptiste Charles Lucas →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States, France
- Born
- August 14, 1758
- Died
- August 17, 1842