| 1773 February 12 |
Born in New Orleans, eldest son of Laurent Dupre di Terrebonne and Marie Josephe Fontenot, residing in St. Landry Parish. |
| 1783 | Father dies, mother remarries a rich rancher. |
| 1791 | Dupre and his brothers receive royal Spanish grants on Bayou Boeuf. |
| 1792 May 19 |
Marries Theotoste Roy of Pointe Coupee in Opelousas. They will have seven children. |
| 1810 | Becomes a successful cattleman on a ranch northwest of Opelousas. |
| 1815 | Serves as a Major in the 16th Regiment of the Louisiana Militia at the Battle of New Orleans. Two of his sons also serve. |
| 1816 | Elected to the Louisiana House and is re-elected in 1822 and 1824. |
| 1828 | Elected to the Louisiana Senate. |
| 1830 January 14 |
Elected as President of the State Senate over Armand
Beauvais and assumes governor’s seat to finish the remainder of
Derbigny’s term. The dispute over who succeeds the governor in case of his death will be solved when the office of Lt. Governor is created by a new constitution in 1845. As governor Dupré oversees the incorporation of the first railroad, a canal company and a bayou improvement company, the Merchant’s Insurance Company of New Orleans and a company to granulate sugar by a new process. During his administration there is also a prohibition of further immigration of free persons of color into the state and the expulsion of all those who entered since 1825. Also in 1830 the seat of government returns to New Orleans from Donaldsonville. |
| 1831 | Resigns as President of the Senate, but will serve 16 more years in the State Senate. |
| 1832 | Serves as a Whig (anti-Jacksonian) elector in the Presidential contest of 1832. He will repeat this job in 1836, 1840, 1844. |
| 1846 September 14 |
Dies and is buried in Opelousas. |