Government, Politics & Law
Edward Livingston
Edward Livingston worked on Louisiana's civil and criminal codes and played a role in the battle of New Orleans.
Edward Livingston worked on Louisiana's civil and criminal codes and played a role in the battle of New Orleans.
Democratic politician Edwin Washington Edwards cast a long shadow over the state's political history.
Edwin T. Merrick served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1855 to 1865.
Ellen Dunn-Burch was a politically engaged philanthropist credited with convincing her husband Oscar J. Dunn to accept the nomination for lieutenant governor of Louisiana, making him the nation’s first Black executive officer.
Serving from 1782 until 1791, Spanish-colonial governor Esteban Miró oversaw a period of relative economic prosperity.
From 1727 to 1733 Etienne de Périer governed Louisiana as commandant-general for the Company of the West (later known as the Company of the Indies), which then held a charter for the development of the Louisiana colony.
Francis Nicholls served two nonconsecutive terms as governor of Louisiana from 1877 to 1880, and again from 1888 to 1892.
Francisco Luis Hector, baron de Carondelet served as governor of the Spanish colonies of Louisiana and West Florida between 1791 and 1797.
Francois-Xavier Martin was the presiding judge of the Supreme Court of Louisiana from 1836 to 1846.
Frank Adair Monroe served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1914 to 1922.
Frank Summers served as the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1979 to 1980.
After the Civil War, the Freedmen’s Bureau sought to provide social services to newly freed people, regulate contracts between laborers and employers, and protect citizens’ civil rights.
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