Government, Politics & Law
John Parker
John M. Parker, who served as governor of Louisiana between 1920 and 1924, was a passionate advocate of political reform movements and good government initiatives.
History
History Index
Government, Politics & Law
John Watkins
Democrat John Watkins served as a US representative from northwestern Louisiana from 1905 to 1921.
History
Joseph Biedenharn
Monroe's Joseph Biedenharn was an internationally successful entrepreneur who revolutionized the soft drink industry and founded Delta Air Lines.
Government, Politics & Law
Joseph Marshall Walker
Planter, politician, and Democrat, Joseph Walker served as governor of Louisiana from 1850 until 1853.
History
Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb
Benefactor of Newcomb College whose life was marked by grief and whose legacy was marked with conflict
Government, Politics & Law
Joshua Baker
Democrat Joshua Baker served as military governor of Louisiana from January to July 1868.
History
Josie Arlington
Josie Arlington was a madam who ran one of the most opulent brothels in Storyville, New Orleans's red light district.
Government, Politics & Law
Juan San Maló
Juan San Maló (Jean St. Malo) was the leader of a group of self-liberated formerly enslaved people who founded their own maroon resistance community in the bayous and wetlands southeast of New Orleans, in present-day St. Bernard Parish.
Government, Politics & Law
Judah P. Benjamin
Judah P. Benjamin was one of the nineteenth-century South’s most prominent attorneys and statesmen.
History
Judaism in Louisiana
Jewish people have greatly contributed to Louisiana’s culture and economy as philanthropists, civic and educational leaders, business owners, and art patrons.
History
Jules Brulatour
New Orleans native Jules Brulator was one of the founders of Universal Pictures and Universal City Studios in Hollywood.
Business & Industry
Julien de Lalande Poydras
Julien de Lalande Poydras was a Point Coupée Parish plantation owner, banker, political leader, and philanthropist who was a pivotal figure in the early history of Louisiana.
