succeeded death_date death_place birth_place imagesize jr/sr party profession preceded term birth_date spouse image article_title state name
solomon w. downs john slidell 26 march 1870 new orleans , louisiana , us castillon-en-couserans , france 200px united states senator democrat politician , lawyer alexander barrow henry johnson january , 1847 march 3 , 1849 & ndash ; april 21 11 , 1853 , 1847 & ndash ; march 3 31 august 1801 henrietta armantine mercier psoule.jpg pierre soulé
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pierre soulé

pierre soulé -lrb- august 31 , 1801march 26 , 1870 -rrb- was an attorney , politician and diplomat from louisiana during the mid-19th century .
serving as a united states senator from 1849 to 1853 , he resigned to accept appointment as u.s. minister to spain , a post he held until 1855 .
he is likely best known for his role in writing the 1854 ostend manifesto , part of an attempt by southern slaveholders to gain support for the us to annex cuba to the united states .
some southern planters wanted to expand their territory to the caribbean and into central america .
the manifesto was roundly denounced , especially by anti-slavery elements , and soulé was personally criticized .
born and raised in france , soulé was exiled for revolutionary activities .
he moved to great britain and then the united states , where he settled in new orleans and became an attorney , later entering politics .
