List of Louisiana Governors

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John Bel Edwards, the current Governor of Louisiana

This list includes all of the governors of the US state of Louisiana and the pre-existing Orleans Territory .

Orleans Territory

Surname Term of office Political party
William Charles Cole Claiborne 1803-1812 Democratic Republican

State of Louisiana

Surname Term of office Political party
William Charles Cole Claiborne 1812-1816 Democratic Republican
Jacques Philippe Villeré 1816-1820 Democratic Republican
Thomas Bolling Robertson 1820-1824 Democratic Republican
Henry Schuyler Thibodaux 1824 Democratic Republican
Henry Johnson 1824-1828 National Republicans
Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny 1828-1829 National Republicans
Armand Julie Beauvais 1829-1830 National Republicans
Jacques Dupré 1830-1831 National Republicans
André Bienvenu novel 1831-1835 Whig
Edward Douglass White 1835-1839 Whig
André Bienvenu novel 1839-1843 Whig
Alexander Mouton 1843-1846 democrat
Isaac Johnson 1846-1850 democrat
Joseph Marshall Walker 1850-1853 democrat
Paul Octave Hébert 1853-1856 democrat
Robert Charles Wickliffe 1856-1860 democrat
Thomas Overton Moore * 1860-1864 democrat
Henry Watkins Allen * 1864-1865 democrat
George Foster Shepley ** 1862-1864 republican
George Michael Hahn ** 1864-1865 republican
James Madison Wells 1865-1867 republican
Benjamin Franklin Flanders 1867-1868 republican
Joshua Baker 1868 republican
Henry Clay Warmoth 1868-1872 republican
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback 1872-1873 republican
John McEnery 1873-1873 democrat
William Pitt Kellogg 1873-1877 republican
Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls 1877-1880 democrat
Louis Alfred Wiltz 1880-1881 democrat
Samuel Douglas McEnery 1881-1888 democrat
Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls 1888-1892 democrat
Murphy James Foster 1892-1900 democrat
William Wright Heard 1900-1904 democrat
Newton Crain Blanchard 1904-1908 democrat
Jared Young Sanders 1908-1912 democrat
Luther E. Hall 1912-1916 democrat
Ruffin Golson Pleasant 1916-1920 democrat
John Milliken Parker 1920-1924 democrat
Henry Luse Fuqua 1924-1926 democrat
Oramel Hinckley Simpson 1926-1928 democrat
Huey Pierce Long 1928-1932 democrat
Alvin Olin King 1932-1932 democrat
Oscar Kelly Allen 1932-1936 democrat
James Albert Noe 1936-1936 democrat
Richard Webster Leche 1936-1939 democrat
Earl Kemp Long 1939-1940 democrat
Sam Houston Jones 1940-1944 democrat
James Houston Davis 1944-1948 democrat
Earl Kemp Long 1948-1952 democrat
Robert Floyd Kennon 1952-1956 democrat
Earl Kemp Long 1956-1960 democrat
James Houston Davis 1960-1964 democrat
John Julian McKeithen 1964-1972 democrat
Edwin Washington Edwards 1972-1980 democrat
David Conner Treen 1980-1984 republican
Edwin Washington Edwards 1984-1988 democrat
Charles Elson Roemer 1988-1992 republican
Edwin Washington Edwards 1992-1996 democrat
Murphy James Foster Jr. 1996-2004 republican
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco 2004-2008 democrat
Piyush Jindal 2008-2016 republican
John Bel Edwards since 2016 democrat

* Confederate governors

** US military governors

See also

Web links

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