# Stephen B. Packard

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Louisiana politician

Stephen B. Packard United States Consul to Liverpool In office July 1878 – July 1885 Preceded by Lucius Fairchild Succeeded by Charles T. Russell 27th Governor of Louisiana In office January 8, 1877 – April 24, 1877 Lieutenant Caesar Antoine Preceded by William P. Kellogg Succeeded by Francis T. Nicholls United States Marshal for the District of Louisiana In office April 16, 1869 – March 3, 1873 Preceded by Francis J. Herron Succeeded by John R. G. Pitkin Personal details Born (1839-04-25)April 25, 1839 Auburn, Maine, U.S. Died January 31, 1922(1922-01-31) (aged 82) Seattle, Washington, U.S. Resting place Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Washington Party Republican Spouse Emma Frances (Steele) Packard Children 9 Profession Attorney Farmer Military service Allegiance United States (Union) Branch/service Union Army Years of service 1861–1865 Rank Captain Unit 12th Maine Infantry Regiment Commands Company B, 12th Maine Infantry Regiment Battles/wars American Civil War

**Stephen Bennett Packard Sr.** (April 25, 1839 – January 31, 1922) was a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) politician in [Reconstruction](/source/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States)-era [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana). He ran for governor in 1876 against [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) opponent [Francis T. Nicholls](/source/Francis_T._Nicholls), and at the end of the election both candidates claimed victory, leaving the matter to be resolved by President [Rutherford B. Hayes](/source/Rutherford_B._Hayes). He was the last Republican to serve as Governor of Louisiana until [Dave Treen](/source/Dave_Treen) took office in 1980.

## Biography

Born in [Auburn, Maine](/source/Auburn%2C_Maine), he attended the village schools and Westbrook Academy. In 1859, at the age of twenty he began the study of law, having previously taught school. He left the law office in 1861 to join the Twelfth Maine Volunteers as first lieutenant and was promoted to captain of Company B. The regiment was assigned to General B. F. Butler's Division, participating in the Louisiana campaign and the captures of New Orleans and Port Hudson. In 1864 Captain Packard served as Judge-Advocate in New Orleans, later joining his regiment which was with Sherman's army.

After the close of the war Captain Packard settled in New Orleans, engaged in the practice of law and in 1867 was elected delegate to the Constitutional Convention and was made chairman of the Board of Registration consisting of seven men who were charged with the duty of administering the civil affairs of the State from the adjournment in April until the inauguration of the State Government in July, 1868. He was appointed United States Marshal for Louisiana in 1869 by President Grant. As delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876, he supported Blaine after it was seen to be impossible to nominate General Grant.

In November 1876, Packard was elected Governor of Louisiana and he was inaugurated in January, 1877. He served only a few months, as machinations surrounding the election results and the settlement of the 1876 presidential election enabled Democrats who favored an end to Reconstruction to take over the state government in April. A committee appointed by the Hayes faction obtained a quorum of members in the so-called Nichols Legislature by breaking up a quorum in the regular State Legislature which supported Governor Packard. This was a part of the arrangement which made Hayes President. In 1878 Governor Packard was appointed Consul to Liverpool, serving until 1885.

Coming to Iowa he purchased a large farm near Marshalltown which he made his permanent home. In 1893 he was a member of the Iowa Commission which had charge of the State exhibit at the World's Exposition. He was also on the Iowa Commission at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha; and was one of the vice-presidents for Iowa at the Pan-American Exposition, and in the same year was elected a member of the State Board of Agriculture.[1]

In 1905, Packard moved to Seattle, where he lived in retirement. He died in Seattle on January 31, 1922, and was buried at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Benjamin F. Gue, [History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century—Stephen B. Packard](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_Iowa_From_the_Earliest_Times_to_the_Beginning_of_the_Twentieth_Century--Stephen_B._Packard) (1903), p. 206.

## External links

- "Stephen B. Packard", *A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography*, Vol. 2 (1988), pp. 625–626

- [Joe Gray Taylor](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe_Gray_Taylor&action=edit&redlink=1), *Louisiana Reconstructed, 1863–1877* (1974)

- David C. Roller and Robert Twyman, *The Encyclopedia of Southern History* (1979)

Party political offices Preceded by William Pitt Kellogg Republican nominee for Governor of Louisiana 1876 Succeeded by Taylor Beattie Political offices Preceded by William P. Kellogg Governor of Louisiana 1877 Succeeded by Francis T. Nicholls

v t e Governors of Louisiana State (1812–1861) Claiborne Villeré Robertson Thibodaux H. Johnson Derbigny Beauvais Dupré Roman White Roman Mouton I. Johnson Walker Hébert Wickliffe Moore Confederate (1861–1865) Moore H. Allen Union (1862–1865) Shepley Hahn Reconstruction (1865–1868) Wells Flanders Baker State (since 1868) Warmoth Pinchback J. McEnery Kellogg Packard Nicholls Wiltz S. McEnery Nicholls M. J. Foster Heard Blanchard Sanders Hall Pleasant Parker Fuqua Simpson H. Long King O. Allen Noe Leche E. Long Jones Davis E. Long Kennon E. Long Davis McKeithen E. Edwards Treen E. Edwards Roemer E. Edwards M. Foster Blanco Jindal J. Edwards Landry

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