List of lieutenant governors of Louisiana

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Billy Nungesser, current Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

The office of vice governor has existed in the US state of Louisiana since 1846. Up until this point in time, in the event of the death or resignation of a governor , the president of the state senate was succeeded pro tempore . The lieutenant governor was also President of the State Senate until a constitutional amendment in 1974 abolished this rule. The lieutenant governor is elected by the people in a separate election (not on a so-called ticket together with the governor).

During the civil war there were at times two incumbents. The part of Louisiana belonging to the Confederation had a lieutenant governor, as did the territories that were occupied by the Union .

Surname Term of office Political party
Trasimond Landry 1846-1850 democrat
Jean Baptiste Plauché 1850-1853 independent
WW Farmer 1853-1854 democrat
Robert Charles Wickliffe 1855-1856 democrat
Charles Homer Mouton 1856-1859 democrat
William F. Griffin 1859-1860 democrat
Henry M. Hyams * 1860-1864 democrat
Benjamin W. Pearce * 1864-1866 democrat
James Madison Wells ** 1862-1864 republican
Albert Voorhies ** 1864-1866 republican
Oscar James Dunn 1868-1871 republican
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback 1872-1873 republican
Caesar Carpetier Antoine 1873-1877 republican
Louis Alfred Wiltz 1877-1880 democrat
Samuel Douglas McEnery 1880-1881 democrat
WA Robertson 1881 democrat
George L. Walton 1882-1884 democrat
Clay Knobloch 1884-1888 democrat
James Jeffries 1888-1892 democrat
Charles Parlange 1892-1893 democrat
Hiram R. Lott 1893-1895 democrat
Robert H. Snyder 1895-1900 democrat
Albert Estopinal 1900-1904 democrat
Jared Young Sanders 1904-1908 democrat
Paul M. Lambremont 1908-1911 democrat
Thomas C. Barret 1912-1916 democrat
Fernand Mouton 1916-1920 democrat
Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud 1920-1924 democrat
Delos R. Johnson 1924 democrat
Oramel Hinckley Simpson 1924-1926 democrat
Philip H. Gilbert 1926-1928 democrat
Paul Narcisse Cyr 1928-1931 democrat
Alvin Olin King 1931-1932 democrat
John Baptiste Fournet 1932-1935 democrat
James Albert Noe 1935-1936 democrat
Earl Kemp Long 1936-1939 democrat
Coleman Lindsey 1939-1940 democrat
Marc M. Mouton 1940-1944 democrat
J. Emile Verret 1944-1948 democrat
William Joseph Dodd 1948-1952 democrat
Charles Emmett Barham 1952-1956 democrat
Lether Edward Frazar 1956-1960 democrat
Clarence C. Aycock 1960-1972 democrat
James Edward Fitzmorris 1972-1980 democrat
Robert Louis Freeman 1980-1988 democrat
Paul Jude Hardy 1988-1992 republican
Melinda B. Schwegmann 1992-1996 democrat
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco 1996-2004 democrat
Mitchell Joseph Landrieu 2004-2010 democrat
Scott Anthony Angelle 2010 democrat
John Leigh Dardenne 2010-2016 republican
William Harold Nungesser since 2016 republican

* Confederate lieutenant governors during the Civil War

** Lieutenant governors in the Union-occupied part of Louisiana

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