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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana">Lieutenant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Wood_Farmer" title="William Wood Farmer">W.W. Farmer</a><br />Robert C. Wickliffe</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Marshall_Walker" title="Joseph Marshall Walker">Joseph M. Walker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Wickliffe" title="Robert C. Wickliffe">Robert C. Wickliffe</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1818-12-12</span>)</span>December 12, 1818<br /><a href="/wiki/Plaquemine" class="mw-redirect" title="Plaquemine">Plaquemine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 29, 1880<span style="display:none">(1880-08-29)</span> (aged 61)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bayou_Goula,_Louisiana" title="Bayou Goula, Louisiana">Bayou Goula, Louisiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">(1) Marie Coralie Wills Vaughn <br /> (2) Penelope Lynch</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">West Point</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Paul Octave Hébert's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Signature_of_Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert.png/128px-Signature_of_Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Signature_of_Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert.png/192px-Signature_of_Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Signature_of_Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert.png/256px-Signature_of_Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert.png 2x" data-file-width="1589" data-file-height="452" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281848%E2%80%931851%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281848%E2%80%931851%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281848%E2%80%931851%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281848%E2%80%931851%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281848%E2%80%931851%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281848%E2%80%931851%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1840–1845, 1847–1848 (USA)<br />1861–1865 (CSA)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Colonel">Lieutenant Colonel</a> (USA)<br /><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_General_(CSA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier General (CSA)">Brigadier General (CSA)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Contreras" title="Battle of Contreras">Battle of Contreras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Churubusco" title="Battle of Churubusco">Battle of Churubusco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Molino_del_Rey" title="Battle of Molino del Rey">Battle of Molino del Rey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chapultepec" title="Battle of Chapultepec">Battle of Chapultepec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Mexico_City" title="Battle for Mexico City">Battle for Mexico City</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg" title="Siege of Vicksburg">Siege of Vicksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Milliken%27s_Bend" title="Battle of Milliken's Bend">Battle of Milliken's Bend</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Paul Octave Hébert</b> (December 12, 1818 – August 29, 1880) was a soldier and politician who served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Louisiana">14th Governor of Louisiana</a> from 1853 to 1856. A veteran of the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican-American War</a>, he later served as a <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_General_(CSA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier General (CSA)">brigadier general</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate States Army</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hébert was born in <a href="/wiki/Iberville_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Iberville Parish">Iberville Parish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> on December 1818. In 1836, he graduated at the top of his class at Jefferson College. He then attended the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> at West Point, where he matriculated with <a href="/wiki/William_T._Sherman" class="mw-redirect" title="William T. Sherman">William T. Sherman</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_H._Thomas" class="mw-redirect" title="George H. Thomas">George H. Thomas</a> before graduating at the top of his class.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HTO_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HTO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_engineer">State engineer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: State engineer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1845, Hébert resigned from the army<sup id="cite_ref-Warner131_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Warner131-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after being appointed Chief Engineer of the State of Louisiana by Governor <a href="/wiki/Alexandre_Mouton" title="Alexandre Mouton">Alexandre Mouton</a>. He was reappointed by Governor <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Johnson_(politician)" title="Isaac Johnson (politician)">Isaac Johnson</a> in 1846, but he resigned in March, 1847 to fight in the Mexican–American War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mexican–American_War"><span id="Mexican.E2.80.93American_War"></span>Mexican–American War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mexican–American War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert.jpg/220px-Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="399" /></a><figcaption>Paul Hébert graduated <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Military_Academy_top-ranking_graduates" title="List of United States Military Academy top-ranking graduates">top of his class</a> from West Point in 1840.</figcaption></figure> <p>On March 3, 1847, Hébert accepted a commission as a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">lieutenant colonel</a> of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_U.S._Infantry_Regiment_(The_Old_Guard)" title="3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)">U.S. 3rd Infantry Regiment</a>, and then on April 9, 1847, he was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/14th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="14th Infantry Regiment (United States)">U.S. 14th Infantry Regiment</a>. As a lieutenant colonel of the U.S. 14th Infantry Regiment he fought at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Contreras" title="Battle of Contreras">Contreras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Churubusco" title="Churubusco">Churubusco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Molino_del_Rey" class="mw-redirect" title="Molino del Rey">Molino del Rey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chapultepec" title="Chapultepec">Chapultepec</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a>. At Molino del Rey he was honored by General <a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott" title="Winfield Scott">Winfield Scott</a> and was brevetted a <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">colonel</a> for bravery. He was cited for gallantry at Chapultepec and Mexico City. Discharged on July 25, 1848, in New Orleans, Colonel Hébert entered politics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He ran as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> for the State Senate in 1849. He lost the election by nine votes. Following this he returned to his sugar plantation in Iberville. In 1851, Governor <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Marshall_Walker" title="Joseph Marshall Walker">Joseph Marshall Walker</a> appointed Hébert a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition" class="mw-redirect" title="The Great Exhibition">Industrial Exhibition</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. </p><p>The next year, a division among Iberville Parish <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whigs</a> gave him a seat at the 1852 Louisiana Constitutional Convention which adopted a new state constitution that was strongly pro-Whig. As a result, Governor Walker resigned early and an election was called. Since <a href="/wiki/John_Slidell" title="John Slidell">John Slidell</a>, the leader of one faction of Louisiana Democrats was focusing on his campaign for the U.S. Senate, the Democrats turned to Hébert as their nominee for governor. He campaigned against some features of the new constitution, called for internal improvements, reform of the state militia, a banking system by general laws and redemption in specie of all paper money. Running against Judge Bordelon, a Whig from <a href="/wiki/St._Landry_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Landry Parish">St. Landry Parish</a>, Hébert garnered 17,334 votes to Bordelon's 15,781. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Term_as_governor">Term as governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Term as governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hébert took the oath as Governor and guided the legislature towards improvements in water commerce and railroad construction. He also established the Louisiana Seminary of Learning at <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Louisiana" title="Alexandria, Louisiana">Alexandria</a> which would later become <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a>. Hébert also instituted a state library, reorganized the <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_States)" title="Militia (United States)">militia</a>, improved <a href="/wiki/Charity_Hospital_(New_Orleans)" title="Charity Hospital (New Orleans)">Charity Hospital</a> and organized the efforts against <a href="/wiki/Yellow_fever" title="Yellow fever">yellow fever</a> of 1853. </p><p>Nationalism and the rise of the <a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Know Nothing Party">Know Nothing Party</a> or American Party was a feature of Louisiana politics in the 1850s. Whig newspapers tried to discredit Hébert by starting rumors of his allegiance with the Know Nothings. He still appointed some Whigs to minor offices and some Know Nothings to lucrative posts. He was considered very independent in his appointments and many Democrats were disenchanted with him toward the end of his administration. Hébert was mentioned as a possible candidate for the U.S. Senate, but John Slidell was not vulnerable to an intraparty challenge. </p><p>During his administration Hébert saw four major railroads incorporated in Louisiana including the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Jackson_and_Great_Northern" title="New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern">New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern</a> Railroad. Hébert sought to connect every part of Louisiana to New Orleans by rail. He also built levees and sought land reclamation projects. In 1855, Hébert promoted and the legislature passed a tax of on all property to support the public school system which is open only to whites between the ages of six and sixteen. With his term at an end, Governor Hébert retired to his <a href="/wiki/Plantations_in_the_American_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Plantations in the American South">plantation</a> as a planter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civil_War">Civil War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert_01.jpg/220px-Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="415" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert_01.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="594" /></a><figcaption>Hébert in military uniform</figcaption></figure> <p>With rising tension between North and South, President <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> was elected in December, 1860. Governor <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Overton_Moore" title="Thomas Overton Moore">Thomas Overton Moore</a> appointed Hébert to the military board to reorganize militia and defenses in the New Orleans area. He was appointed as a colonel of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_Louisiana_Artillery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st Louisiana Artillery (page does not exist)">1st Louisiana Artillery</a>. After <a href="/wiki/Secession" title="Secession">secession</a> on April 1, 1861, Hébert was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">brigadier general</a> in the Louisiana Militia. In August, he was commissioned a brigadier general in the Provisional Army of the Confederacy but was not given an active position. Later he would have a command of Louisiana troops and in the Trans-Mississippi Department. Also on May 21, 1861, his first wife Marie Coralie Hébert died. He later married Penelope Lynch Andrews, daughter of John Andrews of Iberville Parish. </p><p>In 1862, General Hébert was posted to the Department of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" title="Jefferson Davis">Jefferson Davis</a> dismissed him as military commander of Texas on October 10 for imposition of martial law and harsh measures in enforcing conscription.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later participated in the defense of <a href="/wiki/Vicksburg,_Mississippi" title="Vicksburg, Mississippi">Vicksburg</a>. He saw battle in June, 1863, at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Milliken%27s_Bend" title="Battle of Milliken's Bend">Battle of Milliken's Bend</a> in Louisiana. After that, he was again posted in Texas, where he was at the time the war ended. Hébert returned to his Louisiana plantation and received a pardon from President <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postwar">Postwar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was active in the politics of <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction era of the United States">Reconstruction</a> supporting the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Liberal Republican Party (United States)">Liberal Republican</a> movement and accepted a minor appointment in New Orleans. In 1872, Hébert endorsed <a href="/wiki/Horace_Greeley" title="Horace Greeley">Horace Greeley</a> and opposed the Louisiana "Custom House" Republican faction. He supported Republican Governor <a href="/wiki/Henry_C._Warmoth" title="Henry C. Warmoth">Henry C. Warmoth</a>. Governor <a href="/wiki/William_P._Kellogg" class="mw-redirect" title="William P. Kellogg">William P. Kellogg</a> appointed him to the Board of State Engineers in 1873 and the Board of U.S. Engineers for Mississippi River Commission in 1874. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1876" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1876">presidential election of 1876</a>, Governor Hébert changed political allegiance back to the Democrats. He died on April 29, 1880, and was buried in St. Paul Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Bayou_Goula,_Louisiana" title="Bayou Goula, Louisiana">Bayou Goula, Louisiana</a>. Encroachment of the Mississippi River caused many individuals to be reinterred. Governor Hébert's remains, and those of his first wife, Marie Coralie Hébert, were interred at St. Raphael Cemetery in Point Pleasant, near <a href="/wiki/Plaquemine" class="mw-redirect" title="Plaquemine">Plaquemine</a>, LA. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hébert married twice. He married Coralie Wills Vaughn on August 3, 1842, with whom he had five children. Cora preceding him in death, and he married Penelope Andrews. They had another five children.<sup id="cite_ref-HTO_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HTO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hébert died in New Orleans of cancer on August 29, 1880. He was buried in Louisiana, near Bayou Goula.<sup id="cite_ref-HTO_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HTO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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(January 1, 1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hebert-paul-octave">"Paul Octave Hébert"</a>. Handbook of Texas Online<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 26,</span> 2025</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Paul+Octave+H%C3%A9bert&rft.series=Handbook+of+Texas+Online&rft.date=1995-01-01&rft.aulast=Cutrer&rft.aufirst=Thomas+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tshaonline.org%2Fhandbook%2Fentries%2Fhebert-paul-octave&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Octave+H%C3%A9bert" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Warner131-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Warner131_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Ezra_J._Warner_(historian)" title="Ezra J. Warner (historian)">Warner, Ezra J.</a> <i>Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders</i>. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8071-0823-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8071-0823-9">978-0-8071-0823-9</a>. p. 131.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcCaslin" class="citation web cs1">McCaslin, Richard B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jig01">"Great Hanging of Texas"</a>. <i>Handbook of Texas Online</i>. Texas State Historical Association<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 25,</span> 2025</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Generals+in+Gray%3A+Lives+of+the+Confederate+Commanders&rft.place=Baton+Rouge&rft.pub=Louisiana+State+University+Press&rft.date=1959&rft.au=Warner%2C+Ezra+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgeneralsingray0000unse%2Fpage%2F130%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Octave+H%C3%A9bert" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Eicher, John H., and <a href="/wiki/David_J._Eicher" title="David J. Eicher">David J. Eicher</a>, <i>Civil War High Commands</i>. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8047-3641-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8047-3641-1">978-0-8047-3641-1</a>.</li> <li>Sifakis, Stewart. <i>Who Was Who in the Civil War</i>. New York: Facts On File, 1988. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8160-1055-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8160-1055-4">978-0-8160-1055-4</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131003122113/http://www.knowla.org/entry/936/%26view%3Dsummary">Paul Octave Hebert, <i>Encyclopedia of Louisiana</i></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9432954">Paul Hébert</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.la-cemeteries.com/Governors/Hebert,%20Paul%20Octave/Hebert,%20Paul%20Octave.shtml">Cemetery Memorial</a> by La-Cemeteries<sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged August 2012">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Marshall_Walker" title="Joseph Marshall Walker">Joseph Marshall Walker</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Louisiana">Governor of Louisiana</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1852_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election" title="1852 Louisiana gubernatorial election">1852</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Wickliffe" title="Robert C. 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