Pierre Menard

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Pierre Menard was an early 19th-century American politician and fur trader who became a prominent leader in the Illinois Territory and later the state of Illinois.

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instanceOf American pioneer
fur trader
person
politician
burialPlace Randolph County, Illinois NERFINISHED
child François Menard
multiple other children
countryOfBirth Canada
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1766-10-07
dateOfDeath 1844-06-13
endTime 1822 (term as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois)
ethnicGroup French Canadian
familyName Menard
givenName Pierre
hasPart Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site
honorific namesake of Menard County, Illinois
knownFor fur trade activities in the Mississippi and Illinois River regions
participation in the Illinois statehood process
role in early governance of Illinois Territory
languagesSpoken English
French
memberOf Democratic-Republican Party
notableResidence Pierre Menard House, near Kaskaskia, Illinois
notableWork leadership in the Illinois Territory
service as first Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
occupation fur trader
merchant
politician
participatedIn Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1818
governance of Illinois Territory
partOf early 19th-century American frontier leadership
placeOfBirth near Montreal, Quebec
placeOfDeath Randolph County, Illinois NERFINISHED
positionHeld Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
member of the Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1818
member of the Illinois Territorial Legislature
president of the Illinois Territorial Council
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Kaskaskia, Illinois
Randolph County, Illinois NERFINISHED
spouse Angélique Saucier
Thérèse Godin
startTime 1818 (term as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois)
workLocation Illinois Territory
Kaskaskia, Illinois
Mississippi River valley
surface form: Mississippi River Valley

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