Government, Politics & Law
Battle of Baton Rouge
Union and Confederate troops fought to secure the strategic town on the Mississippi River.
Government, Politics & Law
Government, Politics & Law Index
Government, Politics & Law
Benjamin Franklin Flanders
During Reconstruction, Unionist Benjamin Flanders was selected as Louisiana’s first Republican governor in June of 1867.
Business & Industry
Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville
One of the wealthiest Louisiana residents of his generation, Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville was active in Louisiana politics and lucratively subdivided his New Orleans plantation, creating the neighborhood that still bears his name.
Government, Politics & Law
Bernardo de Gálvez
Bernardo de Gálvez, the fourth governor of Spanish Louisiana, is best known for leading Louisiana militiamen against the British during the American Revolution.
Government, Politics & Law
Bernette Joshua Johnson
The first African American chief of the state’s judiciary
Government, Politics & Law
Bill Dodd
Lieutenant governor Bill Dodd was a pivotal figure in the "Tidelands Dispute," the war of wills between state and federal authorities over offshore drilling revenue.
Government, Politics & Law
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal, the fifty-fifth governor of Louisiana, served from 2008 to 2016.
Government, Politics & Law
Bourbon Louisiana
The policies and ambitions of Bourbon Democrats dominated Louisiana's political and social life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Government, Politics & Law
Buddy Roemer
Charles "Buddy" Roemer III served as the governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992.
Government, Politics & Law
C. C. Antoine
Caesar Carpentier “C. C.” Antoine served as lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877, one of only three individuals of African descent to hold the office during Reconstruction.
Government, Politics & Law
Calvin J. Roach v. Dresser Industrial Valve and Instrument Division
A lawsuit filed by a man against his employer resulted in a ruling establishing Cajuns as a federally recognized ethnic group.
Government, Politics & Law
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
“Carpetbagger” and “scalawag” were derogatory terms used to deride white Republicans from the North or southern-born radicals during Reconstruction.
