Government, Politics & Law
Frank Summers
Frank Summers served as the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1979 to 1980.
Government, Politics & Law
Government, Politics & Law Index
Government, Politics & Law
Freedmen’s Bureau in Louisiana
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.
Geography
Freeman and Custis Red River Expedition
An American effort to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory was hindered by a log jam on the Red River and two hundred Spanish troops.
Government, Politics & Law
Garner v. Louisiana
In 1960 the state charged student protestors with disturbing the peace, resulting in a US Supreme Court ruling that affirmed Black communities’ constitutional right to protest.
Government, Politics & Law
George Eustis
George Eustis served as the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1846 to 1853.
Government, Politics & Law
George Foster Shepley
General George Shepley became the military governor of federally-occupied Louisiana in June 1862 and served until March 1864.
Government, Politics & Law
George Mathews
George Mathews served as the presiding judge of the Supreme Court of Louisiana from 1813 to 1836.
Government, Politics & Law
Governors of Louisiana
This is a complete list of the governors of Louisiana, their terms, and links to biographical entries.
Business & Industry
Grabow Riot (Massacre)
Labor union meeting results in death and arrest of timber workers.
Government, Politics & Law
H. L. Billiot v. Terrebonne Parish School Board et al.
In 1917 the Louisiana court system ruled that Native people occupied the same legal status as African Americans under Jim Crow.
Government, Politics & Law
Harry Lee
Harry Lee was the first Asian American elected to office in Louisiana and the first Asian American to serve as chief law enforcement officer of any major metropolitan area in the United States.
Government, Politics & Law
Henry Clay Warmoth
Henry Clay Warmoth was the first governor of Louisiana under Radical Reconstruction.
