List of Governors of Louisiana
Governors of Louisiana

List of Governors of Louisiana

Section Title: Governors of Louisiana
Table Section Text: None

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

1	-	William C. C. Claiborne	July 30, 1812 – December 17, 1816	Democratic- Republican	1812	Office did not exist

2	-	Jacques Villeré	December 17, 1816 – December 18, 1820	Democratic- Republican	1816

3	-	Thomas B. Robertson	December 18, 1820 – November 15, 1824	Democratic- Republican	1820

4	-	Henry S. Thibodaux	November 15, 1824 – December 13, 1824	Democratic- Republican

5	-	Henry Johnson	December 13, 1824 – December 15, 1828	Democratic- Republican	1824

6	-	Pierre Derbigny	December 15, 1828 – October 6, 1829	National Republican	1828

7	-	Armand Beauvais	October 6, 1829 – January 14, 1830	National Republican

8	-	Jacques Dupré	January 14, 1830 – January 31, 1831	National Republican

9	-	Andre B. Roman	January 31, 1831 – February 4, 1835	National Republican	1830

10	-	Edward Douglass White Sr.	February 4, 1835 – February 4, 1839	Whig	1834

9	-	Andre B. Roman	February 4, 1839 – January 30, 1843	Whig	1838

11	-	Alexandre Mouton	January 30, 1843 – February 12, 1846	Democratic	1842

12	-	Isaac Johnson	February 12, 1846 – January 28, 1850	Democratic	1846	Trasimond Landry

13	-	Joseph Marshall Walker	January 28, 1850 – January 18, 1853	Democratic	1849	Jean Baptiste Plauché

14	-	Paul Octave Hébert	January 18, 1853 – January 22, 1856	Democratic	1852	William W. Farmer (died October 29, 1854)

Robert C. Wickliffe

15	-	Robert C. Wickliffe	January 22, 1856 – January 23, 1860	Democratic	1855	Charles Homer Mouton (resigned 1856)

William F. Griffin

16	-	Thomas Overton Moore	January 23, 1860 – January 25, 1864	Democratic	1859	Henry M. Hyams

17	-	George Foster Shepley	July 2, 1862 – March 4, 1864	Military	— (Union)	Vacant

18	-	Henry Watkins Allen	January 25, 1864 – June 2, 1865	Democratic	1863 (Confederate)	Benjamin W. Pearce

19	-	Michael Hahn	March 4, 1864 – March 4, 1865	Republican	1864 (Union)	James Madison Wells

20	-	James Madison Wells	March 4, 1865 – June 3, 1867	Republican	Vacant

1865	Albert Voorhies

21	-	Benjamin Flanders	June 3, 1867 – January 8, 1868	Republican	Vacant

22	-	Joshua Baker	January 8, 1868 – June 27, 1868	Democratic

23	-	Henry C. Warmoth	June 27, 1868 – December 9, 1872	Republican	1868	Oscar Dunn (died November 22, 1871)

P. B. S. Pinchback

24	-	P. B. S. Pinchback	December 9, 1872 – January 13, 1873	Republican	Vacant

25	-	John McEnery	January 13, 1873 – May 22, 1873	Democratic	1872	Davidson B. Penn

26	-	William Pitt Kellogg	January 13, 1873 – January 8, 1877	Republican	Caesar Antoine

27	-	Stephen B. Packard	January 8, 1877 – April 25, 1877	Republican	1876	Caesar Antoine

28	-	Francis T. Nicholls	January 8, 1877 – January 14, 1880	Democratic	Louis A. Wiltz

29	-	Louis A. Wiltz	January 14, 1880 – October 16, 1881	Democratic	1879	Samuel D. McEnery

30	-	Samuel D. McEnery	October 16, 1881 – May 20, 1888	Democratic	William A. Robertson (removed December 24, 1881)

George L. Walton

1884	Clay Knobloch

28	-	Francis T. Nicholls	May 20, 1888 – May 10, 1892	Democratic	1888	James Jeffries

31	-	Murphy J. Foster	May 10, 1892 – May 8, 1900	Democratic	1892	Charles Parlange (resigned December 11, 1893)

Hiram R. Lott (died June 2, 1895)

Robert H. Snyder

1896

32	-	William Wright Heard	May 8, 1900 – May 10, 1904	Democratic	1900	Albert Estopinal

33	-	Newton C. Blanchard	May 10, 1904 – May 20, 1908	Democratic	1904	Jared Y. Sanders Sr.

34	-	Jared Y. Sanders Sr.	May 20, 1908 – May 14, 1912	Democratic	1908	Paul M. Lambremont

35	-	Luther E. Hall	May 14, 1912 – May 9, 1916	Democratic	1912	Thomas C. Barret

36	-	Ruffin Pleasant	May 9, 1916 – May 11, 1920	Democratic	1916	Fernand Mouton

37	-	John M. Parker	May 11, 1920 – May 13, 1924	Democratic	1920	Hewitt Bouanchaud (resigned April 12, 1924)

Delos R. Johnson

38	-	Henry L. Fuqua	May 13, 1924 – October 11, 1926	Democratic	1924	Oramel H. Simpson

39	-	Oramel H. Simpson	October 11, 1926 – May 21, 1928	Democratic	Philip H. Gilbert

40	-	Huey Long	May 21, 1928 – January 25, 1932	Democratic	1928	Paul N. Cyr (removed March 4, 1931)

Alvin Olin King

41	-	Alvin Olin King	January 25, 1932 – May 10, 1932	Democratic	Vacant

42	-	Oscar K. Allen	May 10, 1932 – January 28, 1936	Democratic	1932	John B. Fournet (resigned January 2, 1935)

James A. Noe

43	-	James A. Noe	January 28, 1936 – May 12, 1936	Democratic	Vacant

44	-	Richard W. Leche	May 12, 1936 – June 26, 1939	Democratic	1936	Earl Long

45	-	Earl Long	June 26, 1939 – May 14, 1940	Democratic	Coleman Lindsey

46	-	Sam H. Jones	May 14, 1940 – May 9, 1944	Democratic	1940	Marc M. Mouton

47	-	Jimmie Davis	May 9, 1944 – May 11, 1948	Democratic	1944	J. Emile Verret

45	-	Earl Long	May 11, 1948 – May 13, 1952	Democratic	1948	Bill Dodd

48	-	Robert F. Kennon	May 13, 1952 – May 8, 1956	Democratic	1952	C. E. "Cap" Barham

45	-	Earl Long	May 8, 1956 – May 10, 1960	Democratic	1956	Lether Frazar

47	-	Jimmie Davis	May 10, 1960 – May 12, 1964	Democratic	1959–60	Taddy Aycock

49	John McKeithen	May 12, 1964 – May 9, 1972	Democratic	1963–64

1967

50	-	Edwin Edwards	May 9, 1972 – March 10, 1980	Democratic	1971–72	Jimmy Fitzmorris

1975

51	-	Dave Treen	March 10, 1980 – March 12, 1984	Republican	1979	Bobby Freeman

50	-	Edwin Edwards	March 12, 1984 – March 14, 1988	Democratic	1983

52	-	Buddy Roemer	March 14, 1988 – January 13, 1992	Democratic	1987	Paul Hardy

50	-	Edwin Edwards	January 13, 1992 – January 8, 1996	Democratic	1991	Melinda Schwegmann

53	GovFoster1 (cropped).JPG	Mike Foster	January 8, 1996 – January 12, 2004	Republican	1995	Kathleen Blanco

1999

54	-	Kathleen Blanco	January 12, 2004 – January 14, 2008	Democratic	2003	Mitch Landrieu (resigned May 3, 2010)

55	-	Bobby Jindal	January 14, 2008 – January 11, 2016	Republican	2007

Scott Angelle

Jay Dardenne (elected November 22, 2010)

2011

56	-	John Bel Edwards	January 11, 2016 – Present	Democratic	2015	Billy Nungesser

Sentence(s)

Louis A. Wiltz served as 29th Governor of Louisiana from 1880 to 1881.

final_sentence: Louis A. Wiltz served as 29th Governor of Louisiana from 1880 to 1881.