| No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[b][c] |
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| 1 |  | | William C. C. Claiborne (d. 1817) [4][5][6][7] | July 30, 1812[d] – December 17, 1816 (term-limited)[e] | Democratic- Republican[39] | 1812 | Office did not exist |
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| 2 |  | Jacques Villeré (1761–1830) [40][41][42] | December 17, 1816[43] – December 18, 1820 (term-limited)[e] | Democratic- Republican[39] | 1816 |
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| 3 |  | Thomas B. Robertson (1779–1828) [44][45][46] | December 18, 1820[47] – November 15, 1824 (resigned)[f] | Democratic- Republican[39] | 1820 |
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| 4 |  | Henry S. Thibodaux (1769–1827) [48][49][50] | November 15, 1824[51] – December 13, 1824 (successor took office) | Democratic- Republican[39] | President of the Senate acting |
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| 5 |  | | Henry Johnson (1783–1864) [52][53][54] | December 13, 1824[55] – December 15, 1828 (term-limited)[e] | Adams Republican[52] | 1824 |
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| 6 |  | Pierre Derbigny (1769–1829) [56][57][58] | December 15, 1828[39] – October 6, 1829 (died in office) | Adams Republican[59] | 1828 |
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| 7 |  | Arnaud Beauvais (1783–1843) [60][61][62] | October 6, 1829[63] – January 14, 1830 (senate term ended)[g] | National Republican[60] | President of the Senate acting |
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| 8 |  | Jacques Dupré (1773–1846) [64][65][66] | January 14, 1830[67] – January 31, 1831 (successor took office) | National Republican[64] | President of the Senate acting |
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| 9 |  | André B. Roman (1795–1866) [68][69][70] | January 31, 1831[39] – February 2, 1835 (term-limited)[e] | National Republican[59] | 1830 (special)[h] |
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| 10 |  | | Edward Douglass White Sr. (1795–1847) [71][72][73] | February 2, 1835[39] – February 4, 1839 (term-limited)[e] | Whig[74] | 1834 |
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| 9 |  | André B. Roman (1795–1866) [68][69][70] | February 4, 1839[75] – January 30, 1843 (term-limited)[e] | Whig[74] | 1838 |
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| 11 |  | | Alexandre Mouton (1804–1885) [76][77][78] | January 30, 1843[79] – February 12, 1846 (term-limited)[e] | Democratic[80] | 1842[i] |
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| 12 |  | Isaac Johnson (1803–1853) [81][82][83] | February 12, 1846[84] – January 28, 1850 (term-limited)[j] | Democratic[80] | 1846 | | Trasimond Landry |
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| 13 |  | Joseph Marshall Walker (1784–1856) [86][87][88] | January 28, 1850[89] – January 20, 1853 (term-limited)[k][l] | Democratic[93] | 1849[m] | Jean Baptiste Plauché |
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| 14 |  | Paul Octave Hébert (1818–1880) [94][95][96] | January 20, 1853[92] – January 28, 1856 (term-limited)[k] | Democratic[93] | 1852 | William Wood Farmer (died October 29, 1854) |
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| Robert C. Wickliffe |
| 15 |  | Robert C. Wickliffe (1819–1895) [97][98][99] | January 28, 1856[100] – January 23, 1860 (term-limited)[k] | Democratic[101] | 1855 | Charles Homer Mouton (resigned 1856) |
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| William F. Griffin |
| 16 |  | Thomas Overton Moore (1804–1876) [102][103][104] | January 23, 1860[105] – January 25, 1864 (term-limited)[n] | Democratic[101] | 1859[o] | Henry M. Hyams |
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| 17 |  | | George Foster Shepley (1819–1878) [107][108][109] | July 2, 1862[39] – March 4, 1864 (successor took office) | Military governor[o][p] | Vacant |
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| 18 |  | | Henry Watkins Allen (1820–1866) [110][111][112] | January 25, 1864[113] – June 2, 1865 (resigned)[q] | Democratic[110] | 1863 (Confederate)[o] | | Benjamin W. Pearce |
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| 19 |  | | Michael Hahn (1830–1886) [114][115][116] | March 4, 1864[117] – March 4, 1865 (resigned)[r] | Union Free Trade (Republican)[118] | 1864 (Union)[o] | James Madison Wells |
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| 20 |  | | James Madison Wells (1808–1899) [119][120][121] | March 4, 1865[122] – June 3, 1867 (removed)[s] | Citizens Ticket[118] | Lieutenant governor acting | Vacant |
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| 1865[o] | | Albert Voorhies |
| 21 |  | | Benjamin Flanders (1816–1896) [123][124][125] | June 6, 1867[t] – January 2, 1868 (resigned)[u] | Appointed by military occupation[39] | Vacant |
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| 22 |  | Joshua Baker (1799–1885) [128][129][130] | January 2, 1868[v] – June 27, 1868 (removed)[w] | Appointed by military occupation[39] |
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| 23 |  | Henry C. Warmoth (1842–1931) [133][134][135] | June 27, 1868[x] – December 9, 1872 (removed)[y] | Appointed by military occupation[39][132] |
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| Republican[39] | 1868 | | Oscar Dunn (died November 22, 1871) |
| Vacant |
| P. B. S. Pinchback (appointed December 6, 1871) |
| 24 |  | P. B. S. Pinchback (1837–1921) [137][138][139] | December 9, 1872[140] – January 13, 1873 (successor took office) | Republican[39] | Lieutenant governor acting | Vacant |
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| 25 |  | | John McEnery (1833–1891) [141][142] | January 13, 1873[143] – May 22, 1873 (removed)[z] | Democratic[aa] | 1872[z] | | Davidson B. Penn |
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| 26 |  | | William Pitt Kellogg (1830–1918) [146][147][148] | January 13, 1873[143] – January 8, 1877 (did not run)[ab] | Republican[39] | | Caesar Antoine |
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| 27 |  | Stephen B. Packard (1839–1922) | January 8, 1877[149] – April 25, 1877 (removed)[ac] | Republican[118] | 1876[ac][ad] |
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| 28 |  | | Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912) [151][152][153] | January 8, 1877[149] – January 14, 1880 (did not run)[151] | Democratic[118] | | Louis A. Wiltz |
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| 29 |  | Louis A. Wiltz (1843–1881) [154][155][156] | January 14, 1880[157] – October 16, 1881 (died in office) | Democratic[39] | 1879 | Samuel D. McEnery |
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| 30 |  | Samuel D. McEnery (1837–1910) [158][159][160] | October 16, 1881[161] – May 21, 1888 (lost nomination)[162] | Democratic[39] | Lieutenant governor acting | William A. Robertson (removed December 24, 1881) |
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| George L. Walton |
| 1884 | Clay Knobloch |
| 28 |  | Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912) [151][152][153] | May 21, 1888[163] – May 16, 1892 (did not run) | Democratic[39] | 1888 | James Jeffries |
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| 31 |  | Murphy J. Foster (1849–1921) [164][165][166] | May 16, 1892[167] – May 21, 1900 (term-limited)[ae] | Anti-Lottery Democratic[169] | 1892 | Charles Parlange (resigned December 11, 1893) |
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Hiram R. Lott (died June 2, 1895) |
| Robert H. Snyder |
| 1896 |
| 32 |  | William Wright Heard (1853–1926) [170][171][172] | May 21, 1900[173] – May 16, 1904 (term-limited)[ae] | Democratic[39] | 1900 | Albert Estopinal |
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| 33 |  | Newton C. Blanchard (1849–1922) [174][175][176] | May 16, 1904[177] – May 18, 1908 (term-limited)[ae] | Democratic[39] | 1904 | Jared Y. Sanders Sr. |
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| 34 |  | Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (1869–1944) [178][179][180] | May 18, 1908[181] – May 20, 1912 (term-limited)[ae] | Democratic[39] | 1908 | Paul M. Lambremont |
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| 35 |  | Luther E. Hall (1869–1921) [182][183][184] | May 20, 1912[185] – May 15, 1916 (term-limited)[af] | Democratic[39] | 1912 | Thomas C. Barret |
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| 36 |  | Ruffin G. Pleasant (1871–1937) [187][188][189] | May 15, 1916[190] – May 17, 1920 (term-limited)[af] | Democratic[39] | 1916 | Fernand Mouton |
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| 37 |  | John M. Parker (1863–1939) [191][192][193] | May 17, 1920[194] – May 19, 1924 (term-limited)[ag] | Democratic[118] | 1920 | Hewitt Bouanchaud (resigned April 12, 1924) |
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| Delos R. Johnson |
| 38 |  | Henry L. Fuqua (1865–1926) [196][197][198] | May 19, 1924[199] – October 11, 1926 (died in office) | Democratic[39] | 1924 | Oramel H. Simpson |
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| 39 |  | Oramel H. Simpson (1870–1932) [200][201][202] | October 11, 1926[203] – May 21, 1928 (lost nomination)[204] | Democratic[39] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Philip H. Gilbert |
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| 40 |  | Huey Long (1893–1935) [204][205][206] | May 21, 1928[207] – January 25, 1932 (resigned)[ah] | Democratic[39] | 1928 | Paul N. Cyr (removed March 4, 1931)[ah] |
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| Alvin Olin King |
| 41 |  | Alvin Olin King (1890–1958) [210][208][209] | January 25, 1932[211] – May 16, 1932 (successor took office) | Democratic[39] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant |
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| 42 |  | Oscar K. Allen (1882–1936) [212][213][214] | May 16, 1932[215] – January 28, 1936 (died in office) | Democratic[39] | 1932 | | John B. Fournet (resigned January 2, 1935) |
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| James A. Noe |
| 43 |  | James A. Noe (1890–1976) [216][217][218] | January 28, 1936[219] – May 12, 1936 (successor took office) | Democratic[39] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant |
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| 44 |  | Richard W. Leche (1898–1965) [220][221][222] | May 12, 1936[223] – June 26, 1939 (resigned)[ai] | Democratic[39] | 1936 | | Earl Long |
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| 45 |  | Earl Long (1895–1960) [224][225][226] | June 26, 1939[227] – May 14, 1940 (lost nomination)[224] | Democratic[39] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Coleman Lindsey |
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| 46 |  | Sam H. Jones (1897–1978) [228][229][230] | May 14, 1940[231] – May 9, 1944 (term-limited)[ag] | Democratic[39] | 1940 | Marc M. Mouton |
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| 47 |  | Jimmie Davis (1899–2000) [232][233][234] | May 9, 1944[235] – May 11, 1948 (term-limited)[ag] | Democratic[39] | 1944 | J. Emile Verret |
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| 45 |  | Earl Long (1895–1960) [224][225][226] | May 11, 1948[236] – May 13, 1952 (term-limited)[ag] | Democratic[39] | 1948 | Bill Dodd |
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| 48 |  | Robert F. Kennon (1902–1988) [237][238][239] | May 13, 1952[240] – May 15, 1956 (term-limited)[ag] | Democratic[39] | 1952 | C. E. Barham |
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| 45 |  | Earl Long (1895–1960) [224][225][226] | May 15, 1956[241] – May 10, 1960 (term-limited)[ag] | Democratic[39] | 1956 | Lether Frazar |
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| 47 |  | Jimmie Davis (1899–2000) [232][233][234] | May 10, 1960[242] – May 12, 1964 (term-limited)[ag] | Democratic[39] | 1960 | Taddy Aycock |
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| 49 |  | John McKeithen (1918–1999) [243][244][245] | May 12, 1964[246] – May 9, 1972 (term-limited)[aj] | Democratic[39] | 1964 |
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| 1968 |
| 50 |  | Edwin Edwards (1927–2021) [248][249][250] | May 9, 1972[251] – March 10, 1980 (term-limited)[ak] | Democratic[39] | 1972 | Jimmy Fitzmorris |
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| 1975 |
| 51 |  | | Dave Treen (1928–2009) [253][254] | March 10, 1980[255] – March 12, 1984 (lost election) | Republican[254] | 1979 | Robert Louis Freeman Sr.[al] |
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| 50 |  | | Edwin Edwards (1927–2021) [248][249][250] | March 12, 1984[256] – March 14, 1988 (withdrew)[am] | Democratic[250] | 1983 |
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| 52 |  | Buddy Roemer (1943–2021) [257][258] | March 14, 1988[259] – January 13, 1992 (lost election) | Democratic[an] | 1987 | | Paul Hardy[ao] |
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| 50 |  | Edwin Edwards (1927–2021) [248][249][250] | January 13, 1992[260] – January 8, 1996 (did not run) | Democratic[250] | 1991 | | Melinda Schwegmann |
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| 53 |  | | Mike Foster (1930–2020) [261][262] | January 8, 1996[263] – January 12, 2004 (term-limited)[ak] | Republican[262] | 1995 | Kathleen Blanco |
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| 1999 |
| 54 |  | | Kathleen Blanco (1942–2019) [264][265] | January 12, 2004[266] – January 14, 2008 (did not run) | Democratic[265] | 2003 | Mitch Landrieu[al] (resigned May 3, 2010) |
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| 55 |  | | Bobby Jindal (b. 1971) [267][268] | January 14, 2008[269] – January 11, 2016 (term-limited)[ak] | Republican[268] | 2007 |
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| Scott Angelle[al] |
| Jay Dardenne (elected November 22, 2010) |
| 2011 |
| 56 |  | | John Bel Edwards (b. 1966) [270][271] | January 11, 2016[272] – January 8, 2024 (term-limited)[ak] | Democratic[271] | 2015 | Billy Nungesser[ao] |
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| 2019 |
| 57 |  | | Jeff Landry (b. 1970) [273] | January 8, 2024[274] – Incumbent[ap] | Republican[274] | 2023 |
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