page_title: Alexandre Mouton
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Alexandre Mouton / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Portrait du gouverneur de la Louisiane Alexandre Mouton (jeune)
context_page_description: Alexandre Mouton was a United States Senator and the 11th Governor of Louisiana.
context_section_description: He was born in Attakapas district (now Lafayette Parish) into a wealthy plantation-owning Acadian family. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Georgetown College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice in Lafayette Parish.  He married Zelia Rousseau, the granddaughter of Governor Jacques Dupré, and they had 13 children before her death. In 1829, he married Emma Kitchell Gardner; this marriage had six children.
caption: Alexandre Mouton
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