Preceded by William Dunbar Role Politician Grandparents Jacob Eustis Name George Jr. | Political party American Party Education Harvard University Succeeded by J. E. Bouligny Parents George Eustis, Sr. | |
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Resting place Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) Spouse(s) Louise Morris Corcoran (1838-1867) Relations Brother: James Biddle Eustis Died March 15, 1872, Cannes, France Children William Corcoran Eustis, Thomas Hitchcock, Sr. | ||
Grandchildren Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. | ||
George Eustis Jr. (September 28, 1828 – March 15, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician.
Biography
He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 28, 1828, the eldest son of George Eustis Sr. (1796–1858) and Clarice Allain. His father was a lawyer who served as a Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. His brother, James Biddle Eustis, was a United States Senator. George Jr. married Louise Morris Corcoran (1838–1867), the daughter of William Wilson Corcoran. They were the parents of two sons, William Corcoran Eustis and George Peabody Eustis, and a daughter, Louise Mary, who married steeplechase horse racing trainer, Thomas Hitchcock.
Eustis graduated from Jefferson College in Convent, Louisiana and obtained a law degree from Harvard University Law School. He was a member of Congress and then later secretary to John Slidell during the Civil War. He became a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Louisiana. He served two terms as a member of the anti-immigration American Party. He was later Secretary of the Confederate mission in Paris.
He died in of Tuberculosis in Cannes, France on March 15, 1872. His body was brought to the United States and interred in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.