LIST OF GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA

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Number of Governors of Louisiana by party affiliation^[1]

Party	Governors
Democratic	40
Republican	8
Democratic-Republican	5
Whig	5
Unionist Democrat	2
National Republican	1

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 ==

No.	Governor		Took Office	Left Office
'1'	Sauvole de la Villantry		1699	1701
'2'	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1701	1713
'3'	Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac		1713	1716
'4'	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1716	1717
'5'	Jean-Michel de Lepinay		1717	1718
'6'	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1718	1724
'7'	Pierre Dugué de Boisbriant		1724	1726
'8'	Étienne Périer		1726	1733
'9'	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1733	1743
'10'	Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal		1743	1753
'11'	Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec		1753	1763
'12'	Jean-Jacques Blaise d’Abbadie		1763	1765
'13'	Charles Philippe Aubry		1765	1766

== France-to-Spain transition period ==

No.	Governor		Took Office	Left Office
'13'	Charles Philippe Aubry		1766	1769
'1'	Antonio de UlloaAppointed by Spain, not recognized by the colony.		1766	1768

== Spanish period ==

No.	Governor		Took Office	Left Office
'2'	Alejandro O'Reilly (Captain General)		1769	1769
'3'	Luis de Unzaga		1770	1777
'4'	Bernardo de Gálvez		1777	1785
'5'	Esteban Rodríguez Miró		1785	1791
'6'	Francisco Luis Hector de Carondelet		1791	1797
'7'	Manuel Gayoso de Lemos		1797	1799
'8'	Sebastian de la Puerta y O'Farril Marquis de Casa Calvo		1799	1801
'9'	Juan Manuel de Salcedo		1801	1803

Contents

Second (interim) French period

First period of U.S. statehood

Governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana

Resumption of U.S. Statehood

Notes

Other high offices held

Living former governors

External link

Second (interim) French period

No.	Governor		Took Office	Left Office
'14'	Pierre Clement de Laussat		1803	1803

== 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.''

No.	Governor		Took Office	Left Office
'1'	William Charles Cole Claiborne		December 20, 1803	April 30, 1812

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===

No.	Name	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
17	Thomas Overton Moore		April 24, 1862	January 25, 1864	Democratic
19	Henry W. Allen		January 25, 1864	June 2, 1865	Democratic	[4]

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) ==

No.	Name	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
21	James Madison Wells		March 4, 1865	June 3, 1867	Unionist Democrat	[6][7]
22	Benjamin Flanders		June 3, 1867	January 8, 1868	Republican	Appointed military governor.[8]
23	Joshua Baker		January 8, 1868	June 27, 1868	Unionist Democrat	[9]

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	[15]
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.

Name	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
		House	Senate
William Charles Cole Claiborne	1803–1816		S	U.S. Representative from Tennessee, Governor of Mississippi Territory
Thomas B. Robertson	1820–1824	H
Henry Johnson	1824–1828	H	S
Edward Douglass White Sr.	1835–1839	H
Alexander Mouton	1843–1846		S
Robert C. Wickliffe	1856–1860			Elected U.S. Representative but was refused his seat
Michael Hahn	1864–1865	H		Elected U.S. Senator ★ but was refused his seat
Benjamin Flanders	1870–1872	H
William P. Kellogg	1873–1877	H	S
Samuel D. McEnery	1881–1888		S
Murphy J. Foster	1892–1900		S
Newton C. Blanchard	1904–1908	H	S
Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.	1908–1912	H		Elected U.S. Senator but denied the seat, preferring to stay governor
Huey Pierce Long	1928–1932		S ★
Edwin W. Edwards	1972–1980, 1984–1988, 1992–1996	H
David C. Treen	1980–1984	H
Buddy Roemer	1988–1992	H

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.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Edwin W. Edwards	1972–1980, 1984–1988, 1992–1996	August 7 1927
David C. Treen	1980–1984	July 16 1928
Buddy Roemer	1988–1992	October 4 1943
Murphy J. Foster, Jr.	1996–2004	July 11 1930

External link

★ Louisiana Secretary of State website

★ Cemetery Memorials by La-Cemeteries