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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 Rigaud, 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
United States territorial period
- William Charles Cole Claiborne 1803-1812
First period of U.S. statehood
Name | Party | Dates |
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W. C. C. Claiborne | Jeff. Rep. | 1812-1816 |
Jacques Villere | 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 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 |
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Henry C. Warmoth | 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- |