Louisiana Governors
||1699-1702
Pierre Lemoyne, Sieur d'Iberville et d'Ardillieres
(Iberville may be said to have been the founder of Louisiana. He was commissioned by Louis XIV to secure the claims of La Salle on behalf of France, and to explore and colonize the vast Louisiana Territory.)
|| 1699-1700
Sieur de Sauvolve
(No know image of this governor exists. Sieur de Sauvolve became Acting Governor when Iberville returned to France to seek assistance for the territory. He died of yellow fever in 1701.)
|| 1701-1713
Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville
(Bienville came to the Louisiana Territory with his brother Iberville
in 1699. He served as Lt. Governor and was appointed to succeed Sauvolve by Louis IV. He was twenty-one at the time.)
|| 1713-1716
Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac
(Cadillac was appointed by Louis IV and also served under Louis XV. He quarreled with all his subordinates, especially Bienville, who was retained as the Lt. Governor, and rendered himself obnoxious to the Indians. He was recalled to France in 1716 and imprisoned in the Bastille for four months. He later became Governor of Castelsarrasin, France.
|| 1716-1717
Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville
(Bienville was Acting Governor following Cadillac's removal.)
|| 1717-1718
Jean Michiele de L'Epinay
(L'Epinay served under Louis XV. His brief administration was marked by the same dissentions as that of his predecessor. He caused extreme dissatisfaction by prohibiting the sale of liquor to the Indians, the colonist's most profitable item of commerce.
L'Epinay was removed as governor in 1718.
|| 1718-1724
Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville
(Bienville was appointed again as governor by Louis XV and served until January 16, 1724 when he was recalled to France to answer charges made against him by his enemies in Louisiana.)
|| 1725-1726
Pierre Sidrac Dugue de Boisbriand
(No known image exists of this governor. Boisbriand, Bienville's cousin, was named interim governor by Louis XV to replace Bienville, who had been recalled to France to answer charges of malfeasance.)
|| 1727-1733
Etienne de Perier
(No known image of this governor exists. Perier was named Governor of Louisiana to permanently replace Bienville after his recall to France. He served under Louis XV through the time of transition from colony back to royal province status until 1733 when Bienville again returned to office.)
|| 1733-1743
Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville
(Under Louis XV, Bienville assumes the governorship for the final time. He resigned in 1743 and returned to France.)
|| 1743-1753
Pierre Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil
(Vaudreuil was appointed by Louis XV to succeed Bienville and served until 1753 when he left to become Governor-general of Canada. )
|| 1753-1763
Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec
(Kerlerec was appointed governor by Louis XV as a reward for 25 years of distinguished military service. Later accused of malfeasance, he returned to France and was jailed in the Bastille for a time before his death in 1770. During his term, much of the Louisiana Territory was ceded to Spain by France under the secret treaty at Fountainbleu.)
|| 1763-1765
Jean Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie
(Louis XV continued to direct the affairs in Louisiana because the Treaty of Fontainebleau remained secret and he appointed D'Abbadie to serve a governor. In 1765, the king informed him that Louisiana had become a Spanish province and ordered his return to France. He died shortly afterwards in New Orleans on February 4, 1765, before the Spanish occupation forces arrived.)
|| 1765-1766
Charles Phillipe Aubry
(No known image of this governor exists. Charles Phillipe Aubry served under Louis XV as transitional governor between French and Spanish regimes after Governor D'Abbadie died in office.)
1766-1768
Antonio de Ulloa
(Ulloa was the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, and served under King Charles III. The French colonists rebelled against Spanish authority in 1768 and demanded his departure. He soon sailed to Havana, Cuba.)
|| 1769-1770
Alejandro O'Reilly
(King Charles III appointed O'Reilly to quell the rebellion of 1768. In his brief administration, he reorganized the colony and emphasized fairness to anxious French colonists uneasy about Spanish rule.)
|| 1770-1777
Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga
(Unzaga was appointed by O'Reilly who left in 1770, and served under King Charles III. He continued policies to strengthen ties between French colonists and Spanish administrators.)
|| 1777-1785
Bernardo de Galvez
(Galvez served under Charles III and improved upon Unzaga's policies. He worked to increase commerce and trade. When Spain declared war against England, he supplied Americans with arms, and captured all British posts in West Florida, which gave Spain the possession of both East and West Florida after the war.)
|| 1782-1792
Esteban Rodriguez Miro y Sabater
(Miro served under Charles III and Charles IV. He was an interim governor while Galvez was in Cuba from 1782 to 1785, and was appointed Governor in 1785. During his term, Spain allowed trade with France and the French West Indies and removed the duty on ships for two years which contributed to the development of New Orleans as an international port.)
|| 1791-1797
Francoise-Louis Hector, Baron de Carondelet et Noyelles
(Carondelet served under King Charles IV. A native of France, he was also a loyal Spanish army officer and governor who had the ironic distinction of ensuring that the French Revolution did not spread to Louisiana.)
|| 1797-1799
Manuel Gayoso de Lemos y Amorin
(Gayoso was appointed by Charles IV because of his ability to speak English and his knowledge of colonial politics. He died from yellow fever in 1799.)
1799-1801
Sebastian Calvo de la Puerta Y O'Fariel,
Marqui de Casa Calvo
(No known image of this governor exists. Casa Calvo was appointed by Charles IV as an interim governor after Gayoso's death. He was a Spanish army officer and native Cuban who governed during the tumultuous times--Spain and America were in conflict over free navigation of the lower Mississippi River; and Napoleon tried to force the return of Louisiana to France.)
|| 1801-1803
Juan Manuel de Salcedo
(No known image of this governor exists. Salcedo served under Charles IV and battled his government over the rights of Americans to navigate freely down the Mississippi River below Natchez. He left for a post in the Canary Islands after he officially transferred the colony to France on November 30, 1803.)
FRENCH INTERIM PERIOD (1803)
|| 1803
Pierre Clement de Laussat
(Laussat came to Louisiana as Napoleon's representative before the transfer from Spain to France. His role was to prepare for the new French governor, General Claude Victor. He served as interim governor from November 30 to December 20, 1803. Within weeks, Napoleon changed his mind and ordered negotiations to sell the territory to the United States. )
TERRITORIAL PERIOD (1803 - 1812)
|| 1803-1812
William C. C. Claiborne - Democrat/Republican
(President Thomas Jefferson sent Mississippi Territorial Governor William C. C. Claiborne to New Orleans to formally accept the transfer of Louisiana from France to the United States. Claiborne was assisted by Gen. James Wilkinson in administering the territory until he was named as the first Governor of the Territory of Orleans which is now the state of Louisiana. Claiborne held the office of Territorial Governor through the admission of Louisiana to the Union in 1812.
1812-1816
William C. C. Claiborne - Democrat-Republican
|| 1816-1820
Jaques Phillippe Villere - Democrat-Republican
|| 1820-1824
Thomas Bolling Robertson - National Republican
(He resigned to become a U.S. Judge.)
|| 1824-
Henry S. Thibodaux - National Republican
(As President of the Senate, he served the remaining one month of Robertson's term.)
|| 1824-1828
Henry S. Johnson - National Republican
|| 1828-1829
Pierre Auguste Bourguigon Derbigny - Whig; National Republican
(Governor Derbigny died in office.)
|| 1829-1830
Armand Julie Beauvais - Whig
(Beauvais succeeded Derbigny as an Acting Governor after Derbigny died in office. He resigned in January 1830 to run for an elected term as Governor, and lost.)
|| 1830-1831
Jaques Dupre - Whig; (Anti-Jacksonian)
(Dupre was elected President of the Senate, an office left vacant after Beauvais assumed the duties of Governor when Derbigny died in office. Upon his election as Senate President, Dupre then became Acting Governor because Beauvais had resigned.)
|| 1831-1835
Andre Bienvenu Roman - Whig
(Roman became Governor by appointment after Dupre resigned before completing the term left open by Derbigny's death in office, and Beauvais's resignation.)
|| 1835-1839
Edward Douglass White - Whig
|| 1839-1843
Andre Bienvenu Roman - Whig
|| 1843-1846
Alexander Mouton - Democrat
(His term was shortened by the Constitution of 1845.)
|| 1846-1850
Isaac Johnson – Democrat
|| 1850-1853
Joseph M. Walker - Democrat
(His term was shortened by the Constitution of 1852.)
|| 1853-1856
Paul O. Hebert - Democrat
(He won an off-year election as provided for by the Constitution of 1852.)
|| 1856-1860
Robert C. Wickliffe - Democrat
|| 1860-1861
Thomas Overton Moore – Democrat
||1861-1864
Thomas Overton Moore - Democrat
(Governor Moore completed his elected term of 1860-1864)
|| 1864-1865
Henry Watkins Allen - Democrat *
(*Allen was elected as the "Know Nothing" American Party candidate and later joined the Democratic Party)
UNITED STATES WARTIME MILITARY GOVERNORS
(1862 - 1865)
|| 1862-1864
Gen. George F. Shepley - Democrat (Unionist)
(Shepley was appointed Military Governor by his friend Gen. Benjamin Butler, for the parishes under Federal control.)
|| 1864-1865
Michael Hahn - Free State Party
(Hahn was elected as Civil Governor on the Free State ticket in the area of the state controlled by Federal troops. He resigned in 1865 to take a U.S. Senate seat but was not seated by the Radical Congress.)
|| 1865-
James Madison Wells - Republican
(As Lt. Governor, Wells succeeded when Hahn advanced to U.S. Senate)
PERIOD OF MILITARY OCCUPATION
(1865 - 1877)
|| 1865-1867
James Madison Wells - Republican
(Wells was removed from office on June 3, 1867 by Gen. Sheridan.)
|| 1867-1868
Benjamin Franklin Flanders - Republican
(He was appointed by Gen. Sheridan.)
|| 1868-
Joshua Baker - Democrat (Unionist)
(Baker was appointed by Gen. Hancock and removed by Gen. Grant)
|| 1868-1872
Henry Clay Warmoth - Republican
(He was elected under Constitution of 1868 and was appointed Governor prior to inauguration by Gen. U.S. Grant after the removal of Baker. Warmoth was impeached in December 1872.)
|| 1872-
John McEnery - Democrat; Liberal Republican
(The Warmouth-controlled elections board declared McEnery the winner against Kellogg; a rival board declared Kellogg the winner. Warmouth was impeached and Pinchback served as governor for 35 days. Gen. Grant then seated Kellogg with Federal protection.)
|| 1872-1873
P. B. S. Pinchback - Republican
(Pinchback, an African American, was the acting Lt. Governor and succeeded after the impeachment of Warmoth; he served for 35 days.)
|| 1872-1877
William Pitt Kellogg - Republican
(He was declared elected by Gen. U.S. Grant over Democrat McEnery who received the most votes.)
1877-1880
Francis T. Nicholls - Democrat
(His term was shortened by the Constitution of 1879.)
|| 1880-1881
Louis Alfred Wiltz - Democrat
(Governor Wiltz died in office.)
|| 1881-1888
Samuel Douglas McEnery - Democrat
(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Wiltz, and was then elected in 1884.)
|| 1888-1892
Francis T. Nicholls - Democrat
|| 1892-1900
Murphy James Foster - Democrat
(Governor Foster was the grandfather of Governor, Murphy J. "Mike" Foster who was elected in 1996.)
|| 1900-1904
William Wright Heard - Democrat
|| 1904-1908
Newton C. Blanchard - Democrat
|| 1908-1912
Jared Y. Sanders - Democrat
|| 1912-1916
Luther E. Hall - Democrat
|| 1916-1920
Ruffin G. Pleasant - Democrat
|| 1920-1924
John M. Parker - Democrat
|| 1924-1926
Henry L. Fuqua - Democrat
(Governor Fuqua died in office.)
|| 1926-1928
Oramel H. Simpson - Democrat
(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Fuqua.)
|| 1928-1932
Huey P. Long - Democrat
(Governor Long resigned on January 25, 1932 to become a U.S. Senator.)
|| 1932-1932
Alvin O. King - Democrat
(As Senate President Pro Tempore, he succeeded Governor Huey P. Long.)
|| 1932-1936
Oscar K. Allen - Democrat
(Governor Allen died in office.)
|| 1936-1936
James A. Noe - Democrat
(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Allen.)
|| 1936-1939
Richard W. Leche - Democrat
(Governor Leche resigned.)
|| 1939-1940
Earl K. Long - Democrat
(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Leche.)
|| 1940-1944
Sam H. Jones - Democrat
|| 1944-1948
Jimmie H. Davis - Democrat
|| 1948-1952
Earl K. Long - Democrat
|| 1952-1956
Robert F. Kennon - Democrat
|| 1956-1960
Earl K. Long - Democrat
|| 1960-1964
Jimmie H. Davis - Democrat
|| 1964-1972
John J. McKeithen - Democrat
|| 1972-1980
Edwin W. Edwards - Democrat
|| 1980-1984
David C. Treen - Republican
(Governor Treen was the first Republican governor since Reconstruction.)
|| 1984-1988
Edwin W. Edwards - Democrat
|| 1988-1992
Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III - Republican *
(* Governor Roemer was elected as a Democrat and changed his affiliation to Republican while in office.)
|| 1992-1996
Edwin W. Edwards - Democrat
(Governor Edwards made history by being elected to an unprecedented fourth term.)
|| 1996-2004
Murphy J. "Mike" Foster - Republican
(Governor Foster's grandfather, Murphy James Foster, served as Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900.)
|| 2004-
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
(Governor Blanco served as Lieutenant Governor and is the first female to be elected governor in our state.)
Pierre Lemoyne, Sieur d'Iberville et d'Ardillieres
(Iberville may be said to have been the founder of Louisiana. He was commissioned by Louis XIV to secure the claims of La Salle on behalf of France, and to explore and colonize the vast Louisiana Territory.)
|| 1699-1700
Sieur de Sauvolve
(No know image of this governor exists. Sieur de Sauvolve became Acting Governor when Iberville returned to France to seek assistance for the territory. He died of yellow fever in 1701.)
|| 1701-1713
Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville
(Bienville came to the Louisiana Territory with his brother Iberville
in 1699. He served as Lt. Governor and was appointed to succeed Sauvolve by Louis IV. He was twenty-one at the time.)
|| 1713-1716
Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac
(Cadillac was appointed by Louis IV and also served under Louis XV. He quarreled with all his subordinates, especially Bienville, who was retained as the Lt. Governor, and rendered himself obnoxious to the Indians. He was recalled to France in 1716 and imprisoned in the Bastille for four months. He later became Governor of Castelsarrasin, France.
|| 1716-1717
Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville
(Bienville was Acting Governor following Cadillac's removal.)
|| 1717-1718
Jean Michiele de L'Epinay
(L'Epinay served under Louis XV. His brief administration was marked by the same dissentions as that of his predecessor. He caused extreme dissatisfaction by prohibiting the sale of liquor to the Indians, the colonist's most profitable item of commerce.
L'Epinay was removed as governor in 1718.
|| 1718-1724
Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville
(Bienville was appointed again as governor by Louis XV and served until January 16, 1724 when he was recalled to France to answer charges made against him by his enemies in Louisiana.)
|| 1725-1726
Pierre Sidrac Dugue de Boisbriand
(No known image exists of this governor. Boisbriand, Bienville's cousin, was named interim governor by Louis XV to replace Bienville, who had been recalled to France to answer charges of malfeasance.)
|| 1727-1733
Etienne de Perier
(No known image of this governor exists. Perier was named Governor of Louisiana to permanently replace Bienville after his recall to France. He served under Louis XV through the time of transition from colony back to royal province status until 1733 when Bienville again returned to office.)
|| 1733-1743
Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville
(Under Louis XV, Bienville assumes the governorship for the final time. He resigned in 1743 and returned to France.)
|| 1743-1753
Pierre Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil
(Vaudreuil was appointed by Louis XV to succeed Bienville and served until 1753 when he left to become Governor-general of Canada. )
|| 1753-1763
Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec
(Kerlerec was appointed governor by Louis XV as a reward for 25 years of distinguished military service. Later accused of malfeasance, he returned to France and was jailed in the Bastille for a time before his death in 1770. During his term, much of the Louisiana Territory was ceded to Spain by France under the secret treaty at Fountainbleu.)
|| 1763-1765
Jean Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie
(Louis XV continued to direct the affairs in Louisiana because the Treaty of Fontainebleau remained secret and he appointed D'Abbadie to serve a governor. In 1765, the king informed him that Louisiana had become a Spanish province and ordered his return to France. He died shortly afterwards in New Orleans on February 4, 1765, before the Spanish occupation forces arrived.)
|| 1765-1766
Charles Phillipe Aubry
(No known image of this governor exists. Charles Phillipe Aubry served under Louis XV as transitional governor between French and Spanish regimes after Governor D'Abbadie died in office.)
1766-1768
Antonio de Ulloa
(Ulloa was the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, and served under King Charles III. The French colonists rebelled against Spanish authority in 1768 and demanded his departure. He soon sailed to Havana, Cuba.)
|| 1769-1770
Alejandro O'Reilly
(King Charles III appointed O'Reilly to quell the rebellion of 1768. In his brief administration, he reorganized the colony and emphasized fairness to anxious French colonists uneasy about Spanish rule.)
|| 1770-1777
Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga
(Unzaga was appointed by O'Reilly who left in 1770, and served under King Charles III. He continued policies to strengthen ties between French colonists and Spanish administrators.)
|| 1777-1785
Bernardo de Galvez
(Galvez served under Charles III and improved upon Unzaga's policies. He worked to increase commerce and trade. When Spain declared war against England, he supplied Americans with arms, and captured all British posts in West Florida, which gave Spain the possession of both East and West Florida after the war.)
|| 1782-1792
Esteban Rodriguez Miro y Sabater
(Miro served under Charles III and Charles IV. He was an interim governor while Galvez was in Cuba from 1782 to 1785, and was appointed Governor in 1785. During his term, Spain allowed trade with France and the French West Indies and removed the duty on ships for two years which contributed to the development of New Orleans as an international port.)
|| 1791-1797
Francoise-Louis Hector, Baron de Carondelet et Noyelles
(Carondelet served under King Charles IV. A native of France, he was also a loyal Spanish army officer and governor who had the ironic distinction of ensuring that the French Revolution did not spread to Louisiana.)
|| 1797-1799
Manuel Gayoso de Lemos y Amorin
(Gayoso was appointed by Charles IV because of his ability to speak English and his knowledge of colonial politics. He died from yellow fever in 1799.)
1799-1801
Sebastian Calvo de la Puerta Y O'Fariel,
Marqui de Casa Calvo
(No known image of this governor exists. Casa Calvo was appointed by Charles IV as an interim governor after Gayoso's death. He was a Spanish army officer and native Cuban who governed during the tumultuous times--Spain and America were in conflict over free navigation of the lower Mississippi River; and Napoleon tried to force the return of Louisiana to France.)
|| 1801-1803
Juan Manuel de Salcedo
(No known image of this governor exists. Salcedo served under Charles IV and battled his government over the rights of Americans to navigate freely down the Mississippi River below Natchez. He left for a post in the Canary Islands after he officially transferred the colony to France on November 30, 1803.)
FRENCH INTERIM PERIOD (1803)
|| 1803
Pierre Clement de Laussat
(Laussat came to Louisiana as Napoleon's representative before the transfer from Spain to France. His role was to prepare for the new French governor, General Claude Victor. He served as interim governor from November 30 to December 20, 1803. Within weeks, Napoleon changed his mind and ordered negotiations to sell the territory to the United States. )
TERRITORIAL PERIOD (1803 - 1812)
|| 1803-1812
William C. C. Claiborne - Democrat/Republican
(President Thomas Jefferson sent Mississippi Territorial Governor William C. C. Claiborne to New Orleans to formally accept the transfer of Louisiana from France to the United States. Claiborne was assisted by Gen. James Wilkinson in administering the territory until he was named as the first Governor of the Territory of Orleans which is now the state of Louisiana. Claiborne held the office of Territorial Governor through the admission of Louisiana to the Union in 1812.
1812-1816
William C. C. Claiborne - Democrat-Republican
|| 1816-1820
Jaques Phillippe Villere - Democrat-Republican
|| 1820-1824
Thomas Bolling Robertson - National Republican
(He resigned to become a U.S. Judge.)
|| 1824-
Henry S. Thibodaux - National Republican
(As President of the Senate, he served the remaining one month of Robertson's term.)
|| 1824-1828
Henry S. Johnson - National Republican
|| 1828-1829
Pierre Auguste Bourguigon Derbigny - Whig; National Republican
(Governor Derbigny died in office.)
|| 1829-1830
Armand Julie Beauvais - Whig
(Beauvais succeeded Derbigny as an Acting Governor after Derbigny died in office. He resigned in January 1830 to run for an elected term as Governor, and lost.)
|| 1830-1831
Jaques Dupre - Whig; (Anti-Jacksonian)
(Dupre was elected President of the Senate, an office left vacant after Beauvais assumed the duties of Governor when Derbigny died in office. Upon his election as Senate President, Dupre then became Acting Governor because Beauvais had resigned.)
|| 1831-1835
Andre Bienvenu Roman - Whig
(Roman became Governor by appointment after Dupre resigned before completing the term left open by Derbigny's death in office, and Beauvais's resignation.)
|| 1835-1839
Edward Douglass White - Whig
|| 1839-1843
Andre Bienvenu Roman - Whig
|| 1843-1846
Alexander Mouton - Democrat
(His term was shortened by the Constitution of 1845.)
|| 1846-1850
Isaac Johnson – Democrat
|| 1850-1853
Joseph M. Walker - Democrat
(His term was shortened by the Constitution of 1852.)
|| 1853-1856
Paul O. Hebert - Democrat
(He won an off-year election as provided for by the Constitution of 1852.)
|| 1856-1860
Robert C. Wickliffe - Democrat
|| 1860-1861
Thomas Overton Moore – Democrat
||1861-1864
Thomas Overton Moore - Democrat
(Governor Moore completed his elected term of 1860-1864)
|| 1864-1865
Henry Watkins Allen - Democrat *
(*Allen was elected as the "Know Nothing" American Party candidate and later joined the Democratic Party)
UNITED STATES WARTIME MILITARY GOVERNORS
(1862 - 1865)
|| 1862-1864
Gen. George F. Shepley - Democrat (Unionist)
(Shepley was appointed Military Governor by his friend Gen. Benjamin Butler, for the parishes under Federal control.)
|| 1864-1865
Michael Hahn - Free State Party
(Hahn was elected as Civil Governor on the Free State ticket in the area of the state controlled by Federal troops. He resigned in 1865 to take a U.S. Senate seat but was not seated by the Radical Congress.)
|| 1865-
James Madison Wells - Republican
(As Lt. Governor, Wells succeeded when Hahn advanced to U.S. Senate)
PERIOD OF MILITARY OCCUPATION
(1865 - 1877)
|| 1865-1867
James Madison Wells - Republican
(Wells was removed from office on June 3, 1867 by Gen. Sheridan.)
|| 1867-1868
Benjamin Franklin Flanders - Republican
(He was appointed by Gen. Sheridan.)
|| 1868-
Joshua Baker - Democrat (Unionist)
(Baker was appointed by Gen. Hancock and removed by Gen. Grant)
|| 1868-1872
Henry Clay Warmoth - Republican
(He was elected under Constitution of 1868 and was appointed Governor prior to inauguration by Gen. U.S. Grant after the removal of Baker. Warmoth was impeached in December 1872.)
|| 1872-
John McEnery - Democrat; Liberal Republican
(The Warmouth-controlled elections board declared McEnery the winner against Kellogg; a rival board declared Kellogg the winner. Warmouth was impeached and Pinchback served as governor for 35 days. Gen. Grant then seated Kellogg with Federal protection.)
|| 1872-1873
P. B. S. Pinchback - Republican
(Pinchback, an African American, was the acting Lt. Governor and succeeded after the impeachment of Warmoth; he served for 35 days.)
|| 1872-1877
William Pitt Kellogg - Republican
(He was declared elected by Gen. U.S. Grant over Democrat McEnery who received the most votes.)
1877-1880
Francis T. Nicholls - Democrat
(His term was shortened by the Constitution of 1879.)
|| 1880-1881
Louis Alfred Wiltz - Democrat
(Governor Wiltz died in office.)
|| 1881-1888
Samuel Douglas McEnery - Democrat
(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Wiltz, and was then elected in 1884.)
|| 1888-1892
Francis T. Nicholls - Democrat
|| 1892-1900
Murphy James Foster - Democrat
(Governor Foster was the grandfather of Governor, Murphy J. "Mike" Foster who was elected in 1996.)
|| 1900-1904
William Wright Heard - Democrat
|| 1904-1908
Newton C. Blanchard - Democrat
|| 1908-1912
Jared Y. Sanders - Democrat
|| 1912-1916
Luther E. Hall - Democrat
|| 1916-1920
Ruffin G. Pleasant - Democrat
|| 1920-1924
John M. Parker - Democrat
|| 1924-1926
Henry L. Fuqua - Democrat
(Governor Fuqua died in office.)
|| 1926-1928
Oramel H. Simpson - Democrat
(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Fuqua.)
|| 1928-1932
Huey P. Long - Democrat
(Governor Long resigned on January 25, 1932 to become a U.S. Senator.)
|| 1932-1932
Alvin O. King - Democrat
(As Senate President Pro Tempore, he succeeded Governor Huey P. Long.)
|| 1932-1936
Oscar K. Allen - Democrat
(Governor Allen died in office.)
|| 1936-1936
James A. Noe - Democrat
(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Allen.)
|| 1936-1939
Richard W. Leche - Democrat
(Governor Leche resigned.)
|| 1939-1940
Earl K. Long - Democrat
(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Leche.)
|| 1940-1944
Sam H. Jones - Democrat
|| 1944-1948
Jimmie H. Davis - Democrat
|| 1948-1952
Earl K. Long - Democrat
|| 1952-1956
Robert F. Kennon - Democrat
|| 1956-1960
Earl K. Long - Democrat
|| 1960-1964
Jimmie H. Davis - Democrat
|| 1964-1972
John J. McKeithen - Democrat
|| 1972-1980
Edwin W. Edwards - Democrat
|| 1980-1984
David C. Treen - Republican
(Governor Treen was the first Republican governor since Reconstruction.)
|| 1984-1988
Edwin W. Edwards - Democrat
|| 1988-1992
Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III - Republican *
(* Governor Roemer was elected as a Democrat and changed his affiliation to Republican while in office.)
|| 1992-1996
Edwin W. Edwards - Democrat
(Governor Edwards made history by being elected to an unprecedented fourth term.)
|| 1996-2004
Murphy J. "Mike" Foster - Republican
(Governor Foster's grandfather, Murphy James Foster, served as Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900.)
|| 2004-
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
(Governor Blanco served as Lieutenant Governor and is the first female to be elected governor in our state.)
