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List of Governors of Louisiana

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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.

Contents

[edit] First French period

[edit] France-to-Spain transition period

  • Charles Philippe Aubry 1766-1769
  • Antonio de Ulloa 1766-1768 (Appointed by Spain, not recognized by the colony)

[edit] Spanish period

[edit] Second (interim) French period

[edit] 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.

[edit] First period of U.S. statehood

Name
<center> Party <center> Term
<center> William C. C. Claiborne <center> Democratic-Republican <center> 1812-1816
<center> Jacques Villeré <center> Democratic-Republican <center> 1816-1820
<center> Thomas B. Robertson <center> Democratic-Republican <center> 1820-1824
<center> Henry S. Thibodaux <center> Democratic-Republican <center> 1824-1824
<center> Henry Johnson <center> Democratic-Republican <center> 1824-1828
<center> Pierre Derbigny <center> Democratic-Republican <center> 1828-1829
<center> Armand Beauvais <center> Democratic-Republican <center> 1829-1830
<center> Jacques Dupre <center> Democratic-Republican <center> 1830-1831
<center> Andre B. Roman <center> Whig <center> 1831-1835
<center> Edward D. White, Sr. <center> Whig <center> 1835-1839
<center> Andre B. Roman <center> Whig <center> 1839-1843
<center> Alexandre Mouton <center> Democrat <center> 1843-1846
<center> Isaac Johnson <center> Democrat <center> 1846-1850
<center> Joseph Marshall Walker <center> Democrat <center> 1850-1853
<center> Paul O. Hebert <center> Democrat <center> 1853-1856
<center> Robert C. Wickliffe <center> Democrat <center> 1856-1860
<center> Thomas Overton Moore <center> Democrat <center> 1860-1862

[edit] Civil War Era

[edit] Governors of Confederate-held territory in Louisiana

<center> Name <center> Party <center> Term
<center> Thomas Overton Moore <center> Democrat <center> 1862-1864
<center> Henry W. Allen <center> Democrat <center> 1864-1865

[edit] Governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana

<center> Name <center> Party <center> Term
<center> George F. Shepley <center> Republican <center> 1862-1864
<center> Michael Hahn <center> Republican/Free State <center> 1864-1865

[edit] Reconstruction Era (Governors subordinate to U.S. military rule)

<center> Name <center> Party <center> Term
<center> James M. Wells <center> Republican <center> 1865-1867
<center> Benjamin Flanders <center> Republican <center> 1867-1868
<center> Joshua Baker <center> Unionist Democrat <center> 1868-1868

[edit] Resumption of U.S. Statehood

<center> Name <center> Party <center> Term
<center> Henry C. Warmoth <center> Republican <center> 1868-1872
<center> P. B. S. Pinchback <center> Republican <center> 1872-1873
<CENTER> John McEnery <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1873-1873<ref>Not allowed to take office. [1]</ref>
<center> William P. Kellogg <center> Republican <center> 1873-1877
<CENTER> Francis T. Nicholls <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1877-1880
<CENTER> Louis A. Wiltz <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1880-1881
<CENTER> Samuel D. McEnery <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1881-1888
<CENTER> Francis T. Nicholls <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1888-1892
<CENTER> Murphy J. Foster <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1892-1900
<CENTER> William W. Heard <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1900-1904
<CENTER> Newton C. Blanchard <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1904-1908
<CENTER> Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1908-1912
<CENTER> Luther E. Hall <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1912-1916
<CENTER> Ruffin G. Pleasant <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1916-1920
<CENTER> John M. Parker <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1920-1924
<CENTER> Henry L. Fuqua <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1924-1926
<CENTER> Oramel H. Simpson <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1926-1928
<CENTER> Huey Pierce Long <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1928-1932
<CENTER> Alvin Olin King <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1932-1932
<CENTER> Oscar K. Allen <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1932-1936
<CENTER> James A. Noe <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1936-1936
<CENTER> Richard W. Leche <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1936-1939
<CENTER> Earl K. Long <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1939-1940
<CENTER> Sam H. Jones <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1940-1944
<CENTER> Jimmie H. Davis <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1944-1948
<CENTER> Earl K. Long <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1948-1952
<CENTER> Robert F. Kennon <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1952-1956
<CENTER> Earl K. Long <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1956-1960
<CENTER> Jimmie H. Davis <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1960-1964
<CENTER> John J. McKeithen <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1964-1972
<CENTER> Edwin W. Edwards <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1972-1980
<center> David C. Treen <center> Republican <center> 1980-1984
<CENTER> Edwin W. Edwards <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1984-1988
<CENTER> Buddy Roemer <CENTER> Democrat/Republican <ref>Roemer was elected as a Democrat in 1987. He switched parties in 1991 and lost re-election.

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<CENTER> 1988-1992
<CENTER> Edwin W. Edwards <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 1992-1996
<center> Murphy J. Foster, Jr. <center> Republican <ref>Foster originally campaigned as a conservative Democrat, but officially switched parties before the election.</ref> <center> 1996-2004
<CENTER> Kathleen Blanco <CENTER> Democrat <CENTER> 2004-Present

[edit] Notes

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