The state is precluded from partnerships with banks. The governor is now directly elected by the people, not legislators. The offices of Lt. Governor, State Librarian and State Superintendent of Education are created. The 1845 constitution provides for a system of established public schools, which previous constitutions had not. The University of Louisiana, now Tulane University is established and located in New Orleans.
Mouton retires and is interested in railroad development.
At the National Democratic Convention Mouton walks out with other Deep South Democrats when the motion to allow slave owners to any state is rejected. 1861 Chairman of Louisiana Secession Convention. Defeated in a race for the Confederate Senate. Mouton's son is killed while serving as a Brigadier General of the CSA at the Battle of Mansfield. Union troops use his plantation Ile Copal as a headquarters building.