Governors of Louisiana, 1812-2019(May beincomplete!) WilliamC. C. Claiborne 1812-16JacquesPhilippe Villere 1816-20ThomasBolling Robertson 1820-24HenrySchuyler Thibodeaux 1824HenryS. Johnson 1824-28PierreA. C. B. Derbigny 1828-29ArmandJulie Beauvais 1829-30JacquesDupre 1830-31AndréBienvenu Roman 1831-35EdwardD. White 1835-39AndréBienvenu Roman 1839-43AlexandreMouton 1843-46IsaacJohnson 1846-50JosephMarshall Walker 1850-53PaulOctave Hébert 1853-56RobertC. Wickliffe 1856-60ThomasOverton Moore 1860-64GeorgeF. Shepley 1862-64HenryWatkins Allen 1864-65MichaelHahn 1864-65J.Madison Wells 1865-67BenjaminF. Flanders 1867-68JoshuaBaker 1868HenryC. Warmoth 1868-72P.B. S. Pinchback 1872-73WilliamP. Kellogg 1873-77JohnMcEnery 1873FrancisT. Nicholls 1877-80LouisA. Wiltz 1880-81SamuelD. McEnery 1881-88FrancisT. Nicholls 1888-92MurphyJ. Foster 1892-1900WilliamWright Heard 1900-04NewtonC. Blanchard 1904-08JaredY. Sanders 1908-12LutherE. Hall 1912-16RuffinG. Pleasant 1916-20JohnM. Parker 1920-24HenryL. Fuqua 1924-26OramelHinckley Simpson 1926-28HueyP. Long 1928-32AlvinO. King 1932O.K. Allen 1932-36JamesA. Noe 1936RichardW. Leche 1936-39EarlLong 1939-40SamH. Jones 1940-44JimmieDavis 1944-48EarlLong 1948-52RobertF. Kennon 1952-56EarlLong 1956-60JimmieDavis 1960-64JohnMcKeithen 1964-72EdwinEdwards 1972-80DavidC. Treen 1980-84EdwinEdwards 1984-88CharlesRoemer III 1988-92EdwinEdwards 1992-96M.J. 'Mike' Foster 1996-KathleenB. Blanco 2004BobbyJindal 2008-16 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1816 Jul 1:JacquesPhilippe Villere, elected. 1820:ThomasBolling Robertson, elected. 1824:HenryS. Johnson, elected;JacquesPhilippe Villere, defeated. 1828:PierreA. C. B. Derbigny, elected. 1829 Oct 6:PierreA. C. B. Derbigny, died in office. 1834:JohnBennett Dawson, defeated. 1849:Alexandrede Clouet, defeated. 1850:DenisPrieur (Dem), defeated. 1872:JohnMcEnery, elected. 1879 Dec 8:LouisA. Wiltz, elected. 1881 Oct 16:LouisA. Wiltz, died in office. 1896:MurphyJ. Foster (Dem), elected;JohnNewton Pharr (Rep & Populist), defeated;A.B. Booth (Ind), defeated. 1900 Apr 17:WilliamWright Heard (Dem), elected;DonelsonCaffery (Populist), defeated;E.Reems (Rep), defeated. 1904 Apr 19:NewtonC. Blanchard (Dem), elected;WilliamJ. Behan (Rep), defeated. 1908 Jan 28:JaredY. Sanders (Dem), nominated;TheodoreS. Wilkinson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1908 Apr 16:JaredY. Sanders (Dem), elected;HenryNewton Pharr (Rep), defeated;JamesBarnes (Socialist), defeated. 1912 Apr 16:LutherE. Hall (Dem), elected;H.S.Suthon (Rep), defeated;J.R. Jones (Ind), defeated. 1916 Apr 18:RuffinG. Pleasant (Dem), elected;JohnM. Parker (Progressive), defeated;HoraceNoonan (Ind), defeated. 1920 Apr 20:JohnM. Parker (Dem), elected;J.Stewart Thompson (Rep), defeated. 1924 Apr 22:HenryL. Fuqua (Dem), elected;JamesS. Millikin (Rep), defeated. 1926 Oct 11:HenryL. Fuqua, died in office. 1928 Jan 17:HueyP. Long (Dem), nominated;RileyJ. Wilson (Dem), defeated in primary;OramelHinckley Simpson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1928 Apr 17:HueyP. Long (Dem), elected;EtienneJ. Caire (Rep), defeated. 1932 Apr 19:O.K. Allen (Dem), elected unopposed. 1936 Jan 28:O.K. Allen, died in office. 1936 Apr 20:RichardW. Leche (Dem), elected unopposed. 1940:JamesH. Morrison (Dem), defeated in primary. 1940 Apr 16:SamH. Jones (Dem), elected;WilliamW. Tuttle (Rep), defeated. 1944:LewisL. Morgan (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesH. Morrison (Dem), defeated in primary. 1944 Apr 21:JimmieDavis (Dem), elected unopposed. 1948:SamH. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesH. Morrison (Dem), defeated in primary. 1948 Apr 20:EarlLong (Dem), elected unopposed. 1952:HaleBoggs (Dem), defeated in primary. 1952 Apr 22:RobertF. Kennon (Dem), elected;HarrisonG. Bagwell (Rep), defeated. 1959:WilliamM. Rainach (Dem), defeated in primary. 1963:GillisW. Long, defeated for nomination;RobertF. Kennon, defeated. 1964:CharltonH. Lyons, Sr. (Rep), defeated. 1971:J.Bennett Johnston (Dem), defeated in primary. 1972:DavidC. Treen (Rep), defeated. 1975:BobJones, defeated. 1983:DavidC. Treen (Rep), defeated. 1987:W.J. 'Billy' Tauzin (Dem), defeated;RobertL. Livingston, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1991:ClydeC. Holloway (Rep), defeated. 1995:MaryL. Landrieu, defeated. 1999 Oct 23:M.J. 'Mike' Foster (Rep), elected;WilliamJ. Jefferson (Dem), defeated. 2003 Oct 4:BobbyJindal (Rep), advanced to runoff;KathleenB. Blanco (Dem), advanced to runoff;RichardP. Ieyoub (Dem), defeated;ClaudeLeach (Dem), defeated;RandyEwing (Dem), defeated;HuntDowner (Rep), defeated;AlanAlgood (Rep), defeated;DatBarthel (Dem), defeated;PatrickE. Landry (Ind), defeated;EddieMangin (Ind), defeated;J.D. 'Boudreaux' Estilette (Ind), defeated;J.E. Jumonville, Jr. (Dem), defeated;JohnM. Simoneaux, Jr. (Ind), defeated;QuentinR. Brown, Jr. (Dem), defeated;MikeStagg (Dem), defeated;RichardMcCoy (Dem), defeated;FredRobertson (Dem), defeated. 2003 Nov 15:KathleenB. Blanco (Dem), elected;BobbyJindal (Rep), defeated. 2019:RalphAbraham, defeated. | |