Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

The Office of **Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana** () is the second highest state office in Louisiana.  The current lieutenant governor is Billy Nungesser, a Republican. The Lieutenant Governor is the commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism. They are elected separately than from the governor.

## List of lieutenant governors

- Parties

### 1846–1860

|No.|Lt. governor|Took office|Left office|Party|Notes|Governor||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**1**|Trasimond Landry||1846|1850|Democratic||Isaac Johnson|
|**2**|Jean Baptiste Plauche||1850|1853|Democratic||Joseph Marshall Walker|
|**3**|William Wood Farmer||1853|1854|Democratic||Paul Octave Hébert|
|**4**|Robert C. Wickliffe||1854|1856|Democratic||Paul Octave Hébert|
|**5**|Charles Homer Mouton||1856|1856|Democratic||Robert C. Wickliffe|
|**6**|William F. Griffin||1856|1860|Democratic||Robert C. Wickliffe|

#### Lieutenant governors of Confederate Louisiana

|No.|Lt. governor|Took office|Left office|Party|Notes|Governor||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**7**|Henry M. Hyams||1860|1864|Democratic||Thomas Overton Moore|
|**8**|Benjamin W. Pearce||1864|1865|Democratic||Henry Watkins Allen|

#### Lieutenant governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana

|No.|Lt. governor|Took office|Left office|Party|Notes|Governor||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**9**|James M. Wells||1864|1865|Republican||Michael Hahn (Republican)|
|**10**|Albert Voorhies||1865|1866|Republican||James Madison Wells (Republican)|

### Resumption of U.S. statehood

|No.|Lt. governor|Took office|Left office|Party|Notes|Governor||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**11**|Oscar J. Dunn||1868|1871|Republican||Henry C. Warmoth (Republican)|
|**12**|P. B. S. Pinchback||1871|1872|Republican||Henry C. Warmoth (Republican)|
|**13**|Davidson B. Penn||1873|1873|Democratic; Liberal Republican||John McEnery (Democratic; Liberal Republican)|
|**14**|C.C. Antoine||1873|1877|Republican||William P. Kellogg (Republican) 1873-1877|
||Stephen B. Packard (Republican) 1877|||||||
|**15**|Louis A. Wiltz||1877|1880|Democratic||Francis T. Nicholls (Democratic)|
|**16**|Samuel D. McEnery||1880|1881|Democratic||Louis A. Wiltz (Democratic)|
|**17**|W.A. Robertson||1881|1881|Democratic||Samuel D. McEnery (Democratic)|
|**18**|George L. Walton||1881|1882|Democratic||Samuel D. McEnery (Democratic)|
|**19**|Clay Knobloch||1884|1888|Democratic||Samuel D. McEnery (Democratic)|
|**20**|James Jeffries||1888|1892|Democratic||Francis T. Nicholls (Democratic)|
|**21**|Charles Parlange||1892|1893|Democratic||Murphy J. Foster (Democratic)|
|**22**|Hiram R. Lott||1893|1896|Democratic||Murphy J. Foster (Democratic)|
|**23**|Robert H. Snyder||1896|1900|Democratic||Murphy J. Foster (Democratic)|
|**24**|Albert Estopinal||1900|1904|Democratic||W. W. Heard (Democratic)|
|**25**|Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.||1904|1908|Democratic||Newton C. Blanchard (Democratic)|
|**26**|Paul M. Lambremont||1908|1911|Democratic||Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. (Democratic)|
|**27**|Thomas C. Barret||1912|1916|Democratic||Luther E. Hall (Democratic)|
|**28**|Fernand Mouton||1916|1920|Democratic||Ruffin G. Pleasant (Democratic)|
|**29**|Hewitt Bouanchaud||1920|1924|Democratic||John M. Parker (Democratic)|
|**30**|Delos R. Johnson||1924|1924|Democratic||John M. Parker (Democratic)|
|**31**|Oramel H. Simpson||1924|1926|Democratic||Henry L. Fuqua (Democratic)|
|**32**|Philip H. Gilbert||1926|1928|Democratic||Oramel H. Simpson (Democratic)|
|**33**|Paul N. Cyr||1928|1931|Democratic||Huey P. Long (Democratic)|
|**34**|Alvin Olin King||1931|1932|Democratic||Huey P. Long (Democratic)|
|**35**|John B. Fournet||1932|1935|Democratic||O. K. Allen (Democratic)|
|**36**|Thomas C. Wingate||1935|1935|Democratic||O. K. Allen (Democratic)|
|**37**|James A. Noe||1935|1936|Democratic||O. K. Allen (Democratic)|
|**38**|Earl K. Long||1936|1939|Democratic||Richard W. Leche (Democratic)|
|**39**|Coleman Lindsey||1939|1940|Democratic||Earl K. Long (Democratic)|
|**40**|Marc M. Mouton||1940|1944|Democratic||Sam H. Jones (Democratic)|
|**41**|J. Emile Verret||1944|1948|Democratic||Jimmie H. Davis (Democratic)|
|**42**|William J. Dodd||1948|1952|Democratic||Earl K. Long (Democratic)|
|**43**|Charles E. (Cap) Barham||1952|1956|Democratic||Robert F. Kennon (Democratic)|
|**44**|Lether Frazar||1956|1960|Democratic||Earl K. Long (Democratic)|
|**45**|Clarence C. (Taddy) Aycock||1960|1972|Democratic||Jimmie H. Davis (Democratic) 1960-1964|
|John J. McKeithen (Democratic) 1964-1972||||||||
|**46**|James E. (Jimmy) Fitzmorris, Jr.||1972|1980|Democratic||Edwin Edwards (Democratic)|
|**47**|Robert Louis Freeman Sr.||1980|1988|Democratic||David C. Treen (Republican) 1980-1984|
|Edwin Edwards (Democratic) 1984-1988||||||||
|**48**|Paul Hardy||1988|1992|Republican||Buddy Roemer (Democratic turn Republican)|
|**49**|Melinda Schwegmann||1992|1996|Democratic||Edwin Edwards (Democratic)|
|**50**|Kathleen Babineaux Blanco||1996|2004|Democratic||Mike Foster (Republican)|
|**51**|Mitchell (Mitch) Landrieu||2004|2010|Democratic||Kathleen Blanco (Democratic)|
|rowspan=4|Bobby Jindal (Republican)|||||||
|**52**|Scott Angelle||2010|2010|Democratic|||
|2010|2010|Republican||||||
|**53**|John L. (Jay) Dardenne||2010|2016|Republican|||
|**54**|Billy Nungesser||2016|2024|Republican||John Bel Edwards (Democratic)|
|2024|Incumbent|Republican||Jeff Landry (Republican)||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
- **native name**: Lieutenant-Gouverneur de la Louisiane
- **image**: Billy Nungesser 2018.jpg
- **incumbent**: Billy Nungesser
- **incumbentsince**: January 11, 2016
- **appointer**: Popular election
- **termlength**: Four years
- **formation**: 1846
- **succession**: 1st
- **inaugural**: Trasimond Landry