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This is a list of the
governors of
Louisiana, starting with the founding of the first settlement by the
French in
1699 through the present day.
== First
French period ==
== France-to-
Spain transition period ==
| No. | Governor | Took Office | Left Office |
|---|
| '13' | Charles Philippe Aubry | | 1766 | 1769 |
| '1' | Antonio de Ulloa[Appointed by Spain, not recognized by the colony.] | | 1766 | 1768 |
==
Spanish period ==
Second (interim) French period
==
United States territorial period ==
''Note: from
1804 to
1812, what would later become the State of Louisiana was known as the "
Orleans Territory". The contemporary "
Louisiana Territory" was to the north, and did not include modern Louisiana.''
First period of U.S. statehood
| # | Name | Picture | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | William Charles Cole Claiborne | | April 30, 1812 | December 16, 1816 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 2 | Jacques Villeré | | December 16, 1816 | December 18, 1820 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 3 | Thomas B. Robertson | | December 18, 1820 | November 15, 1824 | Democratic-Republican | [2] |
| 4 | Henry S. Thibodaux | | November 15, 1824 | December 13, 1824 | Democratic-Republican | [As president of the state senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.] |
| 5 | Henry Johnson | | December 13, 1824 | December 15, 1828 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 6 | Pierre Derbigny | | December 15, 1828 | October 6, 1829 | National Republican/Anti-Jackson | [Died in office.] |
| 7 | Armand Beauvais | | October 6, 1829 | January 14, 1830 | Whig | [3] |
| 8 | Jacques Dupre | | January 14, 1830 | January 31, 1831 | Whig | |
| 9 | Andre B. Roman | | January 31, 1831 | February 4, 1835 | Whig | |
| 10 | Edward D. White, Sr. | | February 4, 1835 | February 4, 1839 | Whig | |
| 11 | Andre B. Roman | | February 4, 1839 | January 30, 1843 | Whig | |
| 12 | Alexander Mouton | | January 30, 1843 | February 12, 1846 | Democratic | |
| 13 | Isaac Johnson | | February 12, 1846 | January 28, 1850 | Democratic | |
| 14 | Joseph Marshall Walker | | January 28, 1850 | January 18, 1853 | Democratic | |
| 15 | Paul O. Hebert | | January 18, 1853 | January 22, 1856 | Democratic | |
| 16 | Robert C. Wickliffe | | January 22, 1856 | January 23, 1860 | Democratic | |
| 17 | Thomas Overton Moore | | January 23, 1860 | April 24, 1862 | Democratic | |
==
Civil War Era
=Governors of
Confederate-held territory in Louisiana===
Governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana
| No. | Name | Picture | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
|---|
| 18 | George F. Shepley | | July 2, 1862 | March 4, 1864 | Military | |
| 20 | Michael Hahn | | March 4, 1864 | March 4, 1865 | Republican | [5] |
==
Reconstruction Era (Governors subordinate to U.S. military rule) ==
Resumption of U.S. Statehood
| No. | Name | Picture | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
|---|
| 24 | Henry C. Warmoth | | June 27, 1868 | December 9, 1872 | Republican | [10] |
| 25 | P. B. S. Pinchback | | December 9, 1872 | January 13, 1873 | Republican | [As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.] |
| 26 | John McEnery | | January 13, 1873 | May 22, 1873 | Democratic | [The State Returning Board declared John McEnery the winner over William Kellogg in 1872, but a second election board was formed that declared Kellogg the winner. Both men were sworn in to office on the same day by opposing legislatures. After armed skirmishes erupted, President Ulysses S. Grant stepped in, declaring Kellogg the winner on September 20 1873.] |
| 27 | William P. Kellogg | | January 13, 1873 | January 8, 1877 | Republican | |
| 28 | Francis T. Nicholls | | January 8, 1877 | January 14, 1880 | Democratic | [11] |
| 29 | Louis A. Wiltz | | January 14, 1880 | October 16, 1881 | Democratic | |
| 30 | Samuel D. McEnery | | October 16, 1881 | May 20, 1888 | Democratic | [As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.] |
| 31 | Francis T. Nicholls | | May 20, 1888 | May 10, 1892 | Democratic | |
| 32 | Murphy J. Foster | | May 10, 1892 | May 8, 1900 | Democratic | |
| 33 | William W. Heard | | May 8, 1900 | May 10, 1904 | Democratic | |
| 34 | Newton C. Blanchard | | May 10, 1904 | May 12, 1908 | Democratic | |
| 35 | Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. | | May 12, 1908 | May 14, 1912 | Democratic | [12] |
| 36 | Luther E. Hall | | May 14, 1912 | May 9, 1916 | Democratic | |
| 37 | Ruffin G. Pleasant | | May 9, 1916 | May 11, 1920 | Democratic | |
| 38 | John M. Parker | | May 11, 1920 | May 13, 1924 | Democratic | |
| 39 | Henry L. Fuqua | | May 13, 1924 | October 11, 1926 | Democratic | |
| 40 | Oramel H. Simpson | | October 11, 1926 | May 21, 1928 | Democratic | |
| 41 | Huey Pierce Long | | May 21, 1928 | January 25, 1932 | Democratic | [13][14] |
| 42 | Alvin Olin King | | January 25, 1932 | May 10, 1932 | Democratic | |
| 43 | Oscar K. Allen | | May 10, 1932 | January 28, 1936 | Democratic | |
| 44 | James A. Noe | | January 28, 1936 | May 12, 1936 | Democratic | |
| 45 | Richard W. Leche | | May 12, 1936 | June 26, 1939 | Democratic | [16] |
| 46 | Earl K. Long | | June 26, 1939 | May 14, 1940 | Democratic | |
| 47 | Sam H. Jones | | May 14, 1940 | May 9, 1944 | Democratic | |
| 48 | Jimmie H. Davis | | May 9, 1944 | May 11, 1948 | Democratic | |
| 49 | Earl K. Long | | May 11, 1948 | May 13, 1952 | Democratic | |
| 50 | Robert F. Kennon | | May 13, 1952 | May 8, 1956 | Democratic | |
| 51 | Earl K. Long | | May 8, 1956 | May 10, 1960 | Democratic | |
| 52 | Jimmie H. Davis | | May 10, 1960 | May 12, 1964 | Democratic | |
| 53 | John J. McKeithen | | May 12, 1964 | May 2, 1972 | Democratic | |
| 54 | Edwin W. Edwards | | May 9, 1972 | March 10, 1980 | Democratic | |
| 55 | David C. Treen | | March 10, 1980 | March 12, 1984 | Republican | |
| 56 | Edwin W. Edwards | | March 12, 1984 | March 14, 1988 | Democratic | |
| 57 | Buddy Roemer | | March 14, 1988 | January 8, 1992 | Democratic/Republican[17] | |
| 58 | Edwin W. Edwards | | January 8, 1992 | January 8, 1996 | Democratic | |
| 59 | Murphy J. Foster, Jr. | | January 8, 1996 | January 11, 2004 | Republican | |
| 60 | Kathleen Blanco | | January 11, 2004 | ''Incumbent'' | Democratic | [18] |
Notes
1. Table includes both Union and Confederate governors.
2. Resigned to take a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana.
3. As president of the state senate, acted as governor until his senate president term expired.
4. Governor Allen was removed from office and fled to Mexico after the Union took control of Louisiana following the surrender of the Confederacy.
5. Resigned to take a seat in the United States Senate, but was denied his seat, Louisiana having not yet been readmitted to the Union.
6. As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
7. Removed from office by General Phillip Sheridan, who held Wells accountable for the unstable political conditions stemming from the granting of suffrage to blacks.
8. Resigned.
9. Removed from power; when Louisiana was readmitted to the Union, Governor Baker and General Winfield Scott Hancock, who appointed him, were removed from power in the state.
10. Impeached but never convicted; however, Warmoth was still removed from office with 35 days remaining in his term. All charges were later expunged.
11. Francis Nicholls won the 1876 election over Stephen B. Packard, but the Republican-controlled State Returning Board declared Packard the winner. Nicholls took office anyway, and assembled a government that was eventually recognized by the federal government as the proper state government.
12. Elected to the United States Senate but refused the seat, preferring to remain governor.
13. Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate; Governor Long was elected to the Senate in 1930, but did not take office until 1932, preferring to remain in office as governor.
14. Impeached on charges of bribery and corruption, but not convicted.
15. Paul N. Cyr was lieutenant governor under Governor Huey Long, and stated he would take over for governor after Long left for the Senate, but Long demanded Cyr forfeit his office. Alvin Olin King, as president of the state senate, was elevated to lieutenant governor and later governor.
16. Resigned due to a fraud scandal; he was later convicted of mail fraud, and served five years in prison. He was pardoned by President Harry S. Truman in 1953.
17. Roemer was elected as a Democrat in 1987. He switched parties in 1991 and lost re-election.
18. Governor Blanco's term expires in 2007; she is retiring.
Other high offices held
This is a table of congressional, other governorships, and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Louisiana except where noted.
★ denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.
Living former governors
As of August 2007, four former governors were alive, the oldest being
Edwin W. Edwards (1972–1980, 1984–1988, 1992–1996, born 1927). The most recent governor to die was
Jimmie H. Davis (1944–1948, 1960–1964), on
November 5 2000. The most recently-serving governor to die was
John J. McKeithen (1964–1972), on
June 4 1999.
External link
★
Louisiana Secretary of State website
★
Cemetery Memorials by La-Cemeteries
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