Louisiana Governors
Louisiana State Capitol Across Capitol Lake
Louisiana Governors
1) 1812-1816 Governor William Charles Cole Claiborne, Jeffersonian-Republican
2) 1816-1820 Governor Jacques Philippe Villere, Jeffersonian-Republican
3) 1820-1824 Governor Thomas Bolling Robertson, Jeffersonian-Republican
4) 1824-1824 Governor Henry Schuyler Thibodeaux, Jeffersonian-Republican
5) 1824-1828 Governor Henry Johnson, Jeffersonian-Republican
6) 1829-1829 Gov. Pierre C. B. Derbigny, Jeffersonian-Republican
7) 1829-1830 Governor Arnaud Beauvais, Jeffersonian-Republican
8) 1830-1831 Governor Jacques Dupre, Jeffersonian-Republican
9) 1831-1835 Governor Andre Bienvenu Roman, Whig
10) 1835-1839 Governor Edward Douglass White, Whig
9) 1839-1843 Governor Andre Bienvenu Roman, Whig
11) 1843-1846 Governor Alexandre Mouton, Democratic
12) 1846-1850 Governor Isaac Johnson, Democratic
13) 1850-1853 Governor Joseph Marshall Walker, Democratic
14) 1853-1856 Governor Paul Octave Hebert, Democratic
15) 1856-1860 Governor Robert Wickliffe, Democratic
16) 1860-1864 Governor Thomas Overton Moore, Democratic
17) 1862-1864 Governor George Foster Shepley, Federal Military Rule
18) 1864-1865 Governor Henry Watkins Allen, Democratic
19) 1864-1865 Governor Michael Hahn, Republican
20) 1865-1867 Governor James Madison Wells, Republican
21) 1867-1868 Governor Benjamin Franklin Flanders, Republican/Military
22) 1868-1868 Governor Joshua Baker, Military
23) 1868-1872 Governor Henry Clay Warmoth, Republican/Military
24) 1872-1873 Governor Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback, Republican
25) 1873-1873 Governor John McEnery, Democratic; Liberal Republican
26) 1873-1877 Governor William Pitt Kellogg, Republican
27) 1877-1877 Governor Stephen B. Packard, Republican
28) 1877-1880 Governor Francis T. Nicholls, Democratic
29) 1880-1881 Governor Louis A. Wiltz, Democratic
30) 1881-1888 Governor Samuel D. McEnery, Democratic
28) 1888-1892 Governor Francis T. Nicholls, Democratic
31) 1892-1900 Governor Murphy J. Foster, Anti-Lottery; Democratic
32) 1900-1904 Governor William Wright Heard, Democratic
33) 1904-1908 Governor Newton C. Blanchard, Democratic
34) 1908-1912 Governor Jared Y. Sanders, Democratic
35) 1912-1916 Governor Luther E. Hall, Democratic
36) 1916-1920 Governor Ruffin G. Pleasant, Democratic
37) 1920-1924 Governor John M. Parker, Democratic
38) 1924-1926 Governor Henry L. Fuqua, Democratic
39) 1926-1928 Governor Oramel H. Simpson, Democratic
40) 1928-1932 Governor Huey Pierce Long, Democratic
41) 1832-1832 Governor Alvin Olin King, Democratic
42) 1932-1936 Governor Oscar K. Allen, Democratic
43) 1936-1936 Governor James A. Noe, Democratic
44) 1936-1939 Governor Richard W. Leche, Democratic
45) 1939-1940 Governor Earl Kemp Long, Democratic
46) 1940-1944 Governor Sam H. Jones, Democratic
47) 1944-1948 Governor Jimmie Davis, Democratic
45) 1948-1952 Governor Earl Kemp Long, Democratic
48) 1952-1956 Governor Robert F. Kennon, Democratic
45) 1956-1960 Governor Earl K. Long, Democratic
47) 1960-1964 Governor Jimmie Davis, Democratic
49) 1964-1972 Governor John McKeithen, Democratic
50) 1972-1980 Governor Edwin Edwards, Democratic
51) 1980-1984 Governor Dave Treen, Democratic
50) 1984-1988 Governor Edwin Edwards, Democratic
52) 1988-1992 Governor Buddy Roemer, Democratic
50) 1992-1996 Governor Edwin Edwards, Democratic
53) 1996-2004 Governor Mike Foster, Republican
54) 2004-2008 Governor Kathleen Blanco, Democratic
55) 2008-2016 Governor Bobby Jindal, Republican
56) 2016-2024 Governor John Bel Edwards, Democratic
57) 2024-Incumbent Governor Jeff Landry, Republican
