This is a list of the Governors of Louisiana (French: Gouverneurs de Louisiane), from acquisition by the United States in 1803 to the present day. For earlier governors of Louisiana see List of colonial governors of Louisiana.
| Governor of Louisiana
Gouverneurs de Louisiane | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Style | The Honorable |
| Residence | Louisiana Governor's Mansion |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once[1] |
| Precursor | Governor of Orleans Territory |
| Inaugural holder | William C. C. Claiborne |
| Formation | April 30, 1812 |
| Deputy | Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana |
| Salary |
US$130,000 per year (2013)[2] |
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Territory of Orleans (1804–1812)Edit
In 1803, Europe was about to become involved in a continental war. The French Empire, led by Napoleon, had begun an aggressive expansionist policy which challenged the interests of United Kingdom. When the Haitian Revolution, with British support, overthrew the French colonial rule on that island, the French Empire began reorganizing its military. To finance this, Napoleon sold the colony of Louisiana to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. From 1804 to 1812, the lower area, which would eventually become the modern state, was known as the "Territory of Orleans". The vast area to the north and west of the Mississippi River was called the "Louisiana Territory".
| Governor | Governorship | Previous office | Party | Appointer(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 [3] |
|
William C. C. Claiborne 1772/75–1817 (Aged 42/45) |
December 20, 1803 – April 30, 1812 |
Governor of Mississippi Territory (1801–1803) |
Democratic-Republican | Thomas Jefferson | ||
| James Madison | ||||||||
State of Louisiana (1812–present)Edit
| # | Governor | Governorship | Previous office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
William C. C. Claiborne 1772/75–1817 (Aged 42/45) |
April 30, 1812 – December 16, 1816 |
Governor of Orleans Territory (1803–1812) |
Democratic-Republican | (1812) |
Office not established | ||
| 2 | 
|
Jacques Villeré 1761–1830 (Aged 68) |
December 16, 1816 – December 18, 1820 |
Major General of the Louisiana militia (1803–1816) |
Democratic-Republican | (1816) | |||
| 3 | 
|
Thomas B. Robertson 1779–1828 (Aged 49) |
December 18, 1820 – November 15, 1824 |
Attorney General of Louisiana (1818–1820) |
Democratic-Republican | (1820) | |||
| 4 | 
|
Henry S. Thibodaux 1769–1827 (Aged 57/58) |
November 15, 1824 – December 13, 1824 |
President of the Louisiana State Senate (1823–1826) |
Democratic-Republican | ||||
| 5 | 
|
Henry Johnson 1783–1864 (Aged 80) |
December 13, 1824 – December 15, 1828 |
U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1818–1824) |
Democratic-Republican | (1824) | |||
| 6 | 
|
Pierre Derbigny 1769–1829 (Aged 60) |
December 15, 1828 – October 6, 1829 (Died in office) |
Secretary of State of Louisiana (1820–1828) |
National Republican | (1828) | |||
| 7 | 
|
Armand Beauvais 1783–1843 (Aged 60) |
October 6, 1829 – January 14, 1830 |
Speaker of the Louisiana State House (1820–1822) |
National Republican | ||||
| 8 | 
|
Jacques Dupré 1773–1846 (Aged 73) |
January 14, 1830 – January 31, 1831 |
Louisiana State Representative (1816–1824) |
National Republican | ||||
| 9 | 
|
Andre B. Roman 1795–1866 (Aged 70) |
January 31, 1831 – February 4, 1835 |
Speaker of the Louisiana State House (1828–1830) |
National Republican | (1830) | |||
| 10 | 
|
Edward D. White Sr. 1795–1847 (Aged 52) |
February 4, 1835 – February 4, 1839 |
U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 1st District (1829–1834) |
Whig | (1834) | |||
| (9) |
|
Andre B. Roman 1795–1866 (Aged 70) |
February 4, 1839 – January 30, 1843 |
Governor of Louisiana (1831–1835) |
Whig | (1838) | |||
| 11 | 
|
Alexandre Mouton 1804–1885 (Aged 80) |
January 30, 1843 – February 12, 1846 |
U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1837–1842) |
Democratic | (1842) | |||
| 12 | 
|
Isaac Johnson 1803–1853 (Aged 49) |
February 12, 1846 – January 28, 1850 |
Judge in the 3rd State Circuit (1839–1846) |
Democratic | (1846) | Trasimond Landry | ||
| 13 | 
|
Joseph M. Walker 1784–1856 (Aged 71) |
January 28, 1850 – January 18, 1853 |
State Treasurer of Louisiana (1846–1849) |
Democratic | (1849) | Jean Baptiste Plauché | ||
| 14 | 
|
Paul Octave Hébert 1818–1880 (Aged 61) |
January 18, 1853 – January 22, 1856 |
Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Army (1840–1845) |
Democratic | (1852) | William W. Farmer January 18, 1853 – October 29, 1854 (Died in office) | ||
| Robert C. Wickliffe October 30, 1854 – January 22, 1856 | |||||||||
| 15 | 
|
Robert C. Wickliffe 1819–1895 (Aged 76) |
January 22, 1856 – January 23, 1860 |
Lt. Governor of Louisiana (1854–1856) |
Democratic | (1855) | Charles H. Mouton January 22, 1856 – 1859 | ||
| William F. Griffin 1859 – January 23, 1860 | |||||||||
| 16 | 
|
Thomas O. Moore 1804–1876 (Aged 72) |
January 23, 1860 – January 25, 1864 |
Louisiana State Senator (1856) |
Democratic (Southern) |
(1859) | Henry M. Hyams | ||
| 17 & 18 | 
|
Henry W. Allen 1820–1866 (Aged 45) |
January 25, 1864 – June 2, 1865 |
Brigadier General of the Confederate States Army (1861–1864) |
Democratic (Southern) |
(Confederacy) (1863) |
Benjamin W. Pearce | ||
|
George F. Shepley 1819–1878 (Aged 59) |
July 2, 1862 – March 4, 1864 |
Colonel of the Union Army (1861–1862) |
Republican | N/A (Union) |
Office vacant | |||
| 19 | 
|
Michael Hahn 1830–1886 (Aged 55) |
March 4, 1864 – March 4, 1865 |
U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd District (1862–1863) |
Republican | (Union) (1864) |
James Madison Wells | ||
| 20 [4] |
|
James Madison Wells 1808–1899 (Aged 91) |
March 4, 1865 – June 3, 1867 |
Lt. Governor of Louisiana (1864–1865) |
Republican | (1865) | Albert Voorhies | ||
| 21 | 
|
Benjamin Flanders 1816–1896 (Aged 80) |
June 3, 1867 – January 8, 1868 |
U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 1st District (1862–1863) |
Republican | Office vacant June 3, 1867 – June 27, 1868 | |||
| 22 | 
|
Joshua Baker 1799–1885 (Aged 86) |
January 8, 1868 – June 27, 1868 |
Captain of the United States Cavalry (1846–1851) |
Democratic | ||||
| 23 | 
|
Henry C. Warmoth 1842–1931 (Aged 89) |
June 27, 1868 – December 9, 1872 |
None | Republican | (1868) | Oscar Dunn June 27, 1868 – November 22, 1871 (Died in office) | ||
| Pinckney Pinchback November 23, 1871 – December 9, 1872 | |||||||||
| 24 | 
|
Pinckney Pinchback 1837–1921 (Aged 84) |
December 9, 1872 – January 13, 1873 |
Lt. Governor of Louisiana (1871–1872) |
Republican | Office vacant | |||
| 26 | 
|
William P. Kellogg 1830–1918 (Aged 87) |
May 22, 1873 – January 8, 1877 |
U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1868–1872) |
Republican | (1872) | Caesar Antoine | ||
| 28 | 
|
Francis T. Nicholls 1834–1912 (Aged 77) |
April 24, 1877 – January 14, 1880 |
Brigadier General of the Confederate States Army (1861–1865) |
Democratic | (1876) | Louis A. Wiltz | ||
| 29 | 
|
Louis A. Wiltz 1843–1881 (Aged 38) |
January 14, 1880 – October 16, 1881 (Died in office) |
Lt. Governor of Louisiana (1877–1880) |
Democratic | (1879) | Samuel D. McEnery | ||
| 30 | 
|
Samuel D. McEnery 1837–1910 (Aged 73) |
October 16, 1881 – May 20, 1888 |
Lt. Governor of Louisiana (1880–1881) |
Democratic | William A. Robertson October 16, 1881 – December 24, 1881 | |||
| George L. Walton December 24, 1881 – May 20, 1884 | |||||||||
| (1884) | Clay Knobloch May 20, 1884 – May 20, 1888 | ||||||||
| (28) |
|
Francis T. Nicholls 1834–1912 (Aged 77) |
May 20, 1888 – May 10, 1892 |
Governor of Louisiana (1877–1880) |
Democratic | (1888) | James Jeffries | ||
| 31 | 
|
Murphy J. Foster 1849–1921 (Aged 72) |
May 10, 1892 – May 8, 1900 |
Louisiana State Senator (1880–1892) |
Democratic | 21 (1892) |
Charles Parlange May 10, 1892 – December 11, 1893 | ||
| Hiram R. Lott December 11, 1893 – June 2, 1895 (Died in office) | |||||||||
| (1896) | Robert H. Snyder June 2, 1895 – May 8, 1900 | ||||||||
| 32 | 
|
William W. Heard 1853–1926 (Aged 73) |
May 8, 1900 – May 10, 1904 |
Louisiana State Auditor (1892–1900) |
Democratic | (1900) | Albert Estopinal | ||
| 33 | 
|
Newton C. Blanchard 1849–1922 (Aged 73) |
May 10, 1904 – May 12, 1908 |
Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1897–1903) |
Democratic | (1904) | Jared Y. Sanders Sr. | ||
| 34 | 
|
Jared Y. Sanders Sr. 1869–1944 (Aged 75) |
May 10, 1908 – May 14, 1912 |
Lt. Governor of Louisiana (1904–1908) |
Democratic | (1908) | Paul M. Lambremont | ||
| 35 | 
|
Luther E. Hall 1869–1921 (Aged 52) |
May 14, 1912 – May 9, 1916 |
Appellate Judge in the 2nd State Circuit (1906–1911) |
Democratic | (1912) | Thomas C. Barrett | ||
| 36 | 
|
Ruffin Pleasant 1871–1937 (Aged 66) |
May 9, 1916 – May 11, 1920 |
Attorney General of Louisiana (1912–1916) |
Democratic | (1916) | Fernand Mouton | ||
| 37 | 
|
John M. Parker 1863–1939 (Aged 76) |
May 11, 1920 – May 13, 1924 |
None | Democratic | (1920) | Hewitt Bouanchaud May 11, 1920 – February 19, 1924 | ||
| Delos R. Johnson February 19, 1924 – May 13, 1924 | |||||||||
| 38 | 
|
Henry L. Fuqua 1865–1926 (Aged 60) |
May 13, 1924 – October 11, 1926 (Died in office) |
Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (1916–1924) |
Democratic | (1924) | Oramel H. Simpson | ||
| 39 | 
|
Oramel H. Simpson 1870–1932 (Aged 62) |
October 11, 1926 – May 21, 1928 |
Lt. Governor of Louisiana (1924–1926) |
Democratic | Philip H. Gilbert | |||
| 40 | 
|
Huey Long 1893–1935 (Aged 42) |
May 21, 1928 – January 25, 1932 |
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner for 5th District (1922–1926) |
Democratic | (1928) | Paul N. Cyr May 21, 1928 – March 4, 1931 | ||
| Alvin Olin King March 4, 1931 – January 25, 1932 | |||||||||
| 41 | 
|
Alvin O. King 1890–1958 (Aged 67) |
January 25, 1932 – May 10, 1932 |
Lt. Governor of Louisiana (1931–1932) |
Democratic | Office vacant | |||
| 42 | 
|
Oscar K. Allen 1882–1936 (Aged 53) |
May 10, 1932 – January 28, 1936 (Died in office) |
Chairman of the Louisiana Highway Commission (1928–1930) |
Democratic | (1932) | John B. Fournet May 10, 1932 – January 2, 1935 | ||
| James A. Noe January 2, 1935 – January 28, 1936 | |||||||||
| 43 | 
|
James A. Noe 1890–1976 (Aged 85) |
January 28, 1936 – May 12, 1936 |
Lt. Governor of Louisiana (1935–1936) |
Democratic | Office vacant | |||
| 44 | 
|
Richard W. Leche 1898–1965 (Aged 66) |
May 12, 1936 – June 26, 1939 |
Appellate Judge in the 4th State Circuit (1934–1936) |
Democratic | (1936) | Earl Long | ||
| 45 | 
|
Earl Long 1895–1960 (Aged 65) |
June 26, 1939 – May 14, 1940 |
Lt. Governor of Louisiana (1936–1939) |
Democratic | Coleman Lindsey | |||
| 46 | 
|
Samuel H. Jones 1897–1978 (Aged 80) |
May 14, 1940 – May 9, 1944 |
Assistant District Attorney in the 14th Judicial District (1925–1934) |
Democratic | (1940) | Marc M. Mouton | ||
| 47 | 
|
James H. Davis 1899–2000 (Aged 101) |
May 9, 1944 – May 11, 1948 |
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner for 5th District (1942–1944) |
Democratic | (1944) | J. Emile Verret | ||
| (45) |
|
Earl Long 1895–1960 (Aged 65) |
May 11, 1948 – May 13, 1952 |
Governor of Louisiana (1939–1940) |
Democratic | (1948) | William J. Dodd | ||
| 48 | 
|
Robert F. Kennon 1902–1988 (Aged 85) |
May 13, 1952 – May 8, 1956 |
Judge in the 2nd State Circuit (1945–1952) |
Democratic | (1952) | Charles E. Barham | ||
| (45) |
|
Earl Long 1895–1960 (Aged 65) |
May 8, 1956 – May 10, 1960 |
Governor of Louisiana (1948–1952) |
Democratic | (1956) | Lether Frazar | ||
| (47) |
|
James "Jimmie" Davis 1899–2000 (Aged 101) |
May 10, 1960 – May 12, 1964 |
Governor of Louisiana (1944–1948) |
Democratic | (1959–60) | Clarence Aycock | ||
| 49 | 
|
John McKeithen 1918–1999 (Aged 81) |
May 12, 1964 – May 9, 1972 |
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner for 3rd District (1955–1964) |
Democratic | (1963–64) | |||
| (1967) | |||||||||
| 50 | 
|
Edwin Edwards August 27, 1927 |
May 9, 1972 – March 10, 1980 |
U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 7th District (1965–1972) |
Democratic | (1971–72) | James Fitzmorris Jr. | ||
| (1975) | |||||||||
| 51 | 
|
Dave Treen 1928–2009 (Aged 81) |
March 10, 1980 – March 12, 1984 |
U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 3rd District (1973–1980) |
Republican | (1979) | Robert L. Freeman | ||
| (50) |
|
Edwin Edwards August 27, 1927 |
March 12, 1984 – March 14, 1988 |
Governor of Louisiana (1972–1980) |
Democratic | (1983) | |||
| 52 | 
|
Buddy Roemer October 4, 1943 |
March 14, 1988 – January 13, 1992 |
U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th District (1981–1988) |
Democratic[a] | (1987) | Paul Hardy | ||
| (50) |
|
Edwin Edwards August 27, 1927 |
January 13, 1992 – January 8, 1996 |
Governor of Louisiana (1984–1988) |
Democratic | (1991) | Melinda Schwegmann | ||
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Mike Foster July 11, 1930 |
January 8, 1996 – January 12, 2004 |
Louisiana State Senator (1988–1996) |
Republican | (1995) | Kathleen Blanco | ||
| (1999) | |||||||||
| 54 | 
|
Kathleen Blanco December 15, 1942 |
January 12, 2004 – January 14, 2008 |
Lt. Governor of Louisiana (1996–2004) |
Democratic | (2003) | Mitch Landrieu January 12, 2004 – May 3, 2010 | ||
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Bobby Jindal June 10, 1971 |
January 14, 2008 – January 11, 2016 |
U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 1st District (2005–2008) |
Republican | (2007) | |||
| Scott Angelle May 3, 2010 – November 22, 2010 | |||||||||
| Jay Dardenne November 22, 2010 – January 11, 2016 | |||||||||
| (2011) | |||||||||
| 56 | 
|
John Bel Edwards September 16, 1966 |
January 11, 2016 – Incumbent |
Louisiana State Representative (2008–2015) |
Democratic | (2015) | Billy Nungesser | ||
- Notes
† Murdered/Died in office
Other high offices heldEdit
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 another office.
| Governor | 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 | ||
| Alexandre Mouton | 1843–1846 | S | ||
| Robert C. Wickliffe | 1856–1860 | Louisiana Lieutenant Governor, 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 | ||
| P. B. S. Pinchback | 1872–1873 | Acting Lieutenant Governor, Elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate but was refused his seat.[6] | ||
| William P. Kellogg | 1873–1877 | H | S | |
| Samuel D. McEnery | 1881–1888 | S | Louisiana Lieutenant Governor | |
| Murphy J. Foster | 1892–1900 | S | ||
| Newton C. Blanchard | 1904–1908 | H | S | |
| Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. | 1908–1912 | H | Louisiana Lieutenant Governor, Elected U.S. Senator but denied the seat, preferring to stay governor | |
| Oramel H. Simpson | 1926–1928 | Louisiana Lieutenant Governor | ||
| Huey Pierce Long | 1928–1932 | S* | Elected to the Senate in 1930, but did not take the seat until the election of his hand-picked successor was ensured | |
| Edwin W. Edwards | 1972–1980 1984–1988 1992–1996 |
H | ||
| David C. Treen | 1980–1984 | H | ||
| Buddy Roemer | 1988–1992 | H | ||
| Kathleen Blanco | 2004–2008 | Louisiana Lieutenant Governor (1996–2004) | ||
| Bobby Jindal | 2008–2016 | H | ||
Living former U.S. governors of LouisianaEdit
As of May 2018[update], there are five former U.S. governors of Louisiana who are currently living at this time, the oldest being Edwin W. Edwards (served 1972–1980, 1984–1988 and 1992–1996, born 1927). The most recent governor, and also the most recently serving governor, to die was David C. Treen (served 1980–1984, born 1928), on October 29, 2009.
| Governor | Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|
| Edwin W. Edwards | 1972–1980 1984–1988 1992–1996 |
August 7, 1927 |
| Buddy Roemer | 1988–1992 | October 4, 1943 |
| Murphy J. Foster, Jr. | 1996–2004 | July 11, 1930 |
| Kathleen Blanco | 2004–2008 | December 15, 1942 |
| Bobby Jindal | 2008–2016 | June 10, 1971 |
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Louisiana Constitution of 1974" (PDF). Article IV, section 3.
A person who has served as governor for more than one and one-half terms in two consecutive terms shall not be elected governor for the succeeding term.
- ^ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ^ As continuation of the colonial's office.
- ^ House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d ... United States Congressm House. 1848. p. 1138.
- ^ "Trio in Louisiana make up unusual slate for governor". The Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. March 18, 1991.
- ^ Compilation of Senate Election Cases from 1789 to 1885 - Pages 483 - 512