Governors of Louisiana:

The following list chronicals the men and women that served as Govenors of Louisiana. The governorship of Louisiana has been occupied by a succession of influential figures from diverse cultures; First the French, then the Spanish, and finally the Americans.

First French period (In parenthesis is years in office and the capital location)

• Baron Antoine Alfred de Sauvolle de la Villantry (1699 - 1701) (Fort Maurepas)
• Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1701 - 1713) (Fort Maurepas & Mobile)
• Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (1713 - 1716) (Mobile)
• Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1716 - 1717) (Mobile)
• Jean-Michel de Lepinay (1717 - 1718) (Mobile)
• Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1718 - 1724) (Mobile & Fort Maurepas & Biloxi & New Orleans)
• Pierre Dugué de Boisbriant (1724 - 1726) (New Orleans)
• Étienne Périer (1726 - 1733) (New Orleans)
• Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1733 - 1743) (New Orleans)
• Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal (1743 - 1753) (New Orleans)
• Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec (1753 - 1763) (New Orleans)
• Jean-Jacques Blaise d’Abbadie (1763 - 1765) (New Orleans)
• Charles Philippe Aubry (1765 - 1766) (New Orleans)

Spanish period (In parenthesis is years in office and the capital location)

• Antonio de Ulloa (1766 - 1768) (New Orleans)
• Charles Philippe Aubry (1768 - 1769) (New Orleans)
• Alejandro O'Reilly (1769 - 1769) (New Orleans)
• Luis de Unzaga (1770 - 1777) (New Orleans)
• Bernardo de Gálvez (1777 - 1785) (New Orleans)
• Esteban Rodríguez Miró (1785 - 1791) (New Orleans)
• Francisco Luis Hector de Carondelet (1791 - 1797) (New Orleans)
• Manuel Gayoso de Lemos (1797 - 1799) (New Orleans)
• Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farrill Marquis de Casa Calvo (1799 - 1801) (New Orleans)
• Juan Manuel de Salcedo (1801 - 1803) (New Orleans)

Second (interim) French period (In parenthesis is years in office and the capital location)

• Pierre Clement de Laussat (1803 - 1803) (New Orleans)

United States territorial period

• William Charles Cole Claiborne (December 20, 1803 - April 30, 1812)

First period of U.S. statehood (In parenthesis is office term and the associated political party)

• William Charles Cole Claiborne (April 30, 1812 - December 16, 1816) (Democratic-Republican)
• Jacques Villeré (December 16, 1816 - December 18, 1820) (Democratic-Republican)
• Thomas Boling Robertson (December 18, 1820 - November 15, 1824) (Democratic-Republican)
• Henry Schuyler Thibodaux (November 15, 1824 - December 13, 1824) (Democratic-Republican)
• Henry Johnson (December 13, 1824 - December 15, 1828) (Democratic-Republican)
• Pierre Derbigny (December 15, 1828 - October 6, 1829) (National Republican/Anti-Jackson)
• Armand Julie Beauvais (October 6, 1829 - January 14, 1830) (Whig)
• Jacques Dupré (January 14, 1830 - January 31, 1831) (Whig)
• Andre Bienvenue Roman (January 31, 1831 - February 4, 1835) (Whig)
• Edward Douglas White, Sr. (February 4, 1835 - February 4, 1839) (Whig)
• Andre Bienvenue Roman (February 4, 1839 - January 30, 1843) (Whig)
• Alexandre Mouton (January 30, 1843 - February 12, 1846) (Democratic)
• Isaac Johnson (February 12, 1846 J- anuary 28, 1850) (Democratic)
• Joseph Marshall Walker (January 28, 1850 - January 18, 1853) (Democratic)
• Paul Octave Hébert (January 18, 1853 - January 22, 1856) (Democratic)
• Robert Charles Wickliffe (January 22, 1856 - January 23, 1860) (Democratic)
• Thomas Overton Moore (January 23, 1860 - April 24, 1862) (Democratic)

Civil War Era (In parenthesis is office term and the associated political party)

• Thomas Overton Moore (April 24, 1862 - January 25, 1864) (Democratic)
• Henry Watkins Allen (January 25, 1864 - June 2, 1865) (Democratic)

Governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana (In parenthesis is office term and the associated political party)

• George F. Shepley (July 2, 1862 - March 4, 1864) (Military)
• Michael Hahn (March 4, 1864 - March 4, 1865) (Republican)

Reconstruction Era - Governors subordinate to U.S. military rule (In parenthesis is office term and the associated political party)

• James Madison Wells (March 4, 1865 - June 3, 1867) (Unionist Democrat)
• Thomas Jefferson Durant (Declined Appointment as Military Governor of Louisiana)
• Benjamin Franklin Flanders (June 8, 1867 - January 8, 1868) (Republican)
• Joshua Baker (January 8, 1868 - June 27, 1868) (Unionist Democrat)

Post-Reconstruction (In parenthesis is office term and the associated political party)

• Henry C. Warmoth (June 27, 1868 - December 9, 1872) (Republican)
• Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (December 9, 1872 - January 13, 1873) (Republican)
• John McEnery (January 13, 1873 - May 22, 1873) (Democratic)
• William Pitt Kellogg (January 13, 1873 - January 8, 1877) (Republican)
• Stephen Bennett Packard (January 8, 1877 - April 24, 1877) (Republican)
• Francis T. Nicholls (January 8, 1877 - January 14, 1880) (Democratic)
• Louis Alfred Wiltz (January 14, 1880 - October 16, 1881) (Democratic)
• Samuel Douglas McEnery (October 16, 1881 - May 20, 1888) (Democratic)
• Francis T. Nicholls (May 20, 1888 - May 10, 1892) (Democratic)
• Murphy James Foster (May 10, 1892 - May 8, 1900) (Democratic)
• William Wright Heard (May 8, 1900 - May 10, 1904) (Democratic)
• Newton Crain Blanchard (May 10, 1904 - May 12, 1908) (Democratic)
• Jared Young Sanders (May 12, 1908 - May 14, 1912) (Democratic)
• Luther Egbert Hall (May 14, 1912 - May 9, 1916) (Democratic)
• Ruffin Golson Pleasant (May 9, 1916 - May 11, 1920) (Democratic)
• John Milliken Parker (May 11, 1920 - May 13, 1924) (Democratic)
• Henry Luse Fuqua (May 13, 1924 - October 11, 1926) (Democratic)
• Oramel Hinckley Simpson (October 11, 1926 - May 21, 1928) (Democratic)
• Huey Pierce Long (May 21, 1928 - January 25, 1932) (Democratic)
• Alvin Olin King (January 25, 1932 - May 10, 1932) (Democratic)
• Oscar Kelly (O.K.) Allen (May 10, 1932 - January 28, 1936) (Democratic)
• James Albert Noe (January 28, 1936 - May 12, 1936) (Democratic)
• Richard Webster Leche (May 12, 1936 - June 26, 1939) (Democratic)
• Earl Kemp Long (June 26, 1939 - May 14, 1940) (Democratic)
• Sam Houston Jones (May 14, 1940 - May 9, 1944) (Democratic)
• Jimmie Houston Davis (May 9, 1944 - May 11, 1948) (Democratic)
• Earl Kemp Long (May 11, 1948 - May 13, 1952) (Democratic)
• Robert Floyd Kennon (May 13, 1952 - May 8, 1956) (Democratic)
• Earl Kemp Long (May 8, 1956 - May 10, 1960) (Democratic)
• Jimmie Houston Davis (May 10, 1960 - May 12, 1964) (Democratic)
• John Julian McKeithen (May 12, 1964 - May 2, 1972) (Democratic)
• Edwin Washington Edwards (May 9, 1972 - March 10, 1980) (Democratic)
• David Connor Treen (March 10, 1980 - March 12, 1984) (Republican)
• Edwin Washington Edwards (March 12, 1984 - March 14, 1988) (Democratic)
• Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III (March 14, 1988 - August 1991) (Democratic)
• Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III (August 1991 - January 13, 1992) (Republican)
• Edwin Washington Edwards (January 13, 1992 - January 8, 1996) (Democratic)
• Murphy James (Mike) Foster, Jr. (January 8, 1996 - January 12, 2004) (Republican)
• Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (January 12, 2004 January 14, 2008) (Democratic)
• Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (January 14, 2008 to January 11, 2016) (Republican)
• John Bel Edwards (January 11, 2016 to Present) (Democratic)

Sources:

• The Governors of Louisiana - By Miriam G. Reeves
• Louisiana governors: rulers, rascals, and reformers By Walter G. Cowan, Jack B. McGuire
• The Louisiana governors: from Iberville to Edwards By Joseph G. Dawson
• http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/282/Default.aspx
• http://www.biographi.ca/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=qo7pojo5ivmja62127et...
• http://lahistory.org/site16.php
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• http://www.swlahistory.org/notable.htm
• http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.b14a675ba7f89cf9e8ebb85...