claim: Caleb McLaughlin was born in the year of the dragon 2001.
evidence: Jacques Dupre -LRB- February 12 , 1773 -- September 14 , 1846 -RRB- was a Louisiana State Representative , State Senator and the eighth Governor .. Louisiana. Louisiana. eighth Governor. List of Governors of Louisiana. Born in New Orleans the eldest son of Laurent Dupre de Terrebonne -LRB- or , Dupre d'Arbonne -RRB- and Marie Josephine Fontenot , Dupre grew up in St. Landry Parish , Louisiana .. New Orleans. New Orleans. Louisiana. Louisiana. When he was ten years old , his father died and his mother remarried .. In 1791 , he and his brothers received Royal Spanish grants on Bayou Bœuf .. Spanish. Spain. grants. Land grant. Bayou. Bayou. Bœuf. Boeuf River. The next year Dupre married Theotiste Roy of Pointe Coupee Parish , in Opelousas .. Pointe Coupee Parish. Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Opelousas. Opelousas, Louisiana. They raised seven children on a ranch northwest of Opelousas .. Opelousas. Opelousas, Louisiana. Beginning in 1815 , Dupre served as a Major in the 16th Regiment of the Louisiana Militia .. Louisiana. Louisiana. Major. Major ( United States ). He saw combat at the Battle of New Orleans along with two of his sons .. New Orleans. New Orleans. Battle of New Orleans. Battle of New Orleans. First elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1816 , Dupre was re-elected in 1822 and 1824 .. Louisiana House of Representatives. Louisiana House of Representatives. Louisiana. Louisiana. In 1828 , Dupre was elected to the Louisiana State Senate .. Louisiana. Louisiana. Louisiana State Senate. Louisiana State Senate. In 1830 , Dupre was chosen as President of the Senate when Governor Pierre Derbigny died , and Senate President Armand Beauvais assumed the duties of Acting Governor .. Armand Beauvais. Armand Beauvais. President of the Senate. President of the Louisiana State Senate. Pierre Derbigny. Pierre Derbigny. When Beauvais resigned two months later , Dupre became Acting Governor .. He was the second Acting Governor within the year and there was a constitutional crisis over the lack of an elected Governor .. The result was that a special election was called in 1831 .. The dispute over who succeeds the governor in case of his death would not be solved until the office of Lieutenant Governor was created in a new constitution in 1845 .. As governor , Dupre oversaw the incorporation of the first railroad , a canal company , a bayou improvement company , the Merchants Insurance Company of New Orleans , and a company to granulate sugar by a new process .. New Orleans. New Orleans. During his administration there was also a prohibition of further immigration of free persons of color into the state and the expulsion of all those who entered since 1825 .. free persons of color. free persons of color. Also in 1830 , the seat of government returned to New Orleans from Donaldsonville .. New Orleans. New Orleans. Donaldsonville. Donaldsonville. Dupre did not run for Governor in 1831 and when Andre B. Roman was elected , Dupre returned to the State Senate where he served 16 more years .. Andre B. Roman. Andre B. Roman. He served another stint as President of the Senate during 1838 .. President of the Senate. President of the Louisiana State Senate. On September 14 , 1846 , Dupre died and was buried in Opelousas .. Opelousas. Opelousas, Louisiana