Governors of Louisiana

The following list chronicles the men and women that have served as Governors of Louisiana since admission to the union on 30 April 1812.

Governors of Louisiana before admission to the union should be added to Colonial Governors of Louisiana.

The lone governor during the time that Louisiana was the United States Territory of Orleans is in the United States Territorial Governors project.

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)
• 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 January 8, 2024) (Democratic)
• Jeff Landry (January 8, 2024 to Incumbent) (Republican)

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...