list of governors of louisiana

List of Governors of Louisiana

First French Era

Sieur Sauvole de la Villantry 1699-1701
Jean Baptiste de la Moyne, Sieur de Bienville 1701-1713
Antonine de la Mothe Cadillac 1713-1716
Jean Baptiste de la Moyne 1716-1717
De l'Epinay 1717-1718
Jean Baptiste de la Moyne 1718-1724
Pierre Dugue, Sieur de Boisbriant 1724-1726
Etienne Perier 1726-1733
Jean Baptiste de la Moyne 1733-1743
Pierre de Cavagnal, Marquis de Vaudreuil 1743-1753
Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec 1753-1763
Jean Jacques D'Abbadie 1763-1765
Charles Philippe Aubry 1765-1766

France to Spain transition period

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

Era of rule by Spain

Alejandro O'Reilly (Captain General) 1769
Luis de Unzaga 1770-1777
Bernardo de Galvez 1777-1785
Estevan Miro 1785-1791
Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de Carondelet 1791-1797
Manuel Gayoso de Lemos 1797-1798
Sebastian de la Puerta y O'Farril, Marquis de Casa Calvo 1799-1801
Juan Manuel de Salcedo 1801-1803

Second French period

Pierre Clement de Laussat 1803

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 including modern Louisiana.

William Charles Cole Claiborne 1803-1812

First period of U.S. statehood

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

American Civil War Era

Governors of Confederate States of America held territory in Louisiana

Thomas Overton Moore Democratic 1862-1864
Henry W. Allen Democratic 1864-1865

Governors of Union held territory in Louisiana

George F. Shepley 1862-1864
Michael Hahn Republican 1864-1865

Reconstruction Era

Name	Party	Dates
James M. Wells	Republican	1865-1867
Benjamin Flanders	Republican	1867-1868
Joshua Baker	Republican	1868-1868

Second U.S. Statehood Era

Name	Party	Dates
Henry C. Warmouth	Republican	1868-1872
P. B. S. Pinchback	Republican	1872-1873
John McEnery	Democratic	1873-1873
William P. Kellogg	Republican	1873-1877
Francis T. Nicholls	Democratic	1877-1880
Louis A. Wiltz	Democratic	1880-1881
Samuel D. McEnery	Democratic	1881-1888
Francis T. Nicholls	Democratic	1888-1892
Murphy J. Foster	Democratic	1892-1900
William W. Heard	Democratic	1900-1904
Newton C. Blanchard	Democratic	1904-1908
Jared Y. Sanders	Democratic	1908-1912
Luther E. Hall	Democratic	1912-1916
Ruffin G. Pleasant	Democratic	1916-1920
John M. Parker	Democratic	1920-1924
Henry L. Fuqua	Democratic	1924-1926
Oramel H. Simpson	Democratic	1926-1928
Huey Pierce Long	Democratic	1928-1932
Alvin Olin King	Democratic	1932-1932
Oscar K. Allen	Democratic	1932-1936
James A. Noe	Democratic	1936-1936
Richard W. Leche	Democratic	1936-1939
Earl K. Long	Democratic	1939-1940
Sam H. Jones	Democratic	1940-1944
Jimmie H. Davis	Democratic	1944-1948
Earl K. Long	Democratic	1948-1952
Robert F. Kennon	Democratic	1952-1956
Earl K. Long	Democratic	1956-1960
Jimmie H. Davis	Democratic	1960-1964
John J. McKeithen	Democratic	1964-1972
Edwin W. Edwards	Democratic	1972-1980
David C. Treen	Republican	1980-1984
Edwin W. Edwards	Democratic	1984-1988
Buddy Roemer	Republican	1988-1992
Edwin W. Edwards	Democratic	1992-1996
Mike Foster, Jr.	Republican	1996-2004
Kathleen Blanco	Democratic	2004-

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