Governors of Louisiana
This is a complete list of the governors of Louisiana, their terms, and links to biographical entries.
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The following is a complete sequential listing of the governors of Louisiana and their terms of office. To learn more, click on a name for the full entry.
- Sieur de Sauvole (1699–1701)
- Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville (1702–1713)
- Antoine de La Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac (1713–1716)
- Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville (1716–1717)
- Jean-Michele de Lépinay (1717–1718)
- Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville (1718–1724)
- Pierre Sidrac Dugue de Boisbriand (1725–1727)
- Etienne de Périer (1727–1733)
- Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville (1732–1742)
- Pierre Rigaud Cavagnial de Vaudreuil (1743–1753)
- Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec (1753–1763)
- Jean Jacques Blaise d’Abbadie (1763–1765)
- Charles Phillipe Aubry (1765–1766)
- Antonio de Ulloa (1766–1768)
- Alejandro O’Reilly (1769–1770)
- Luis Unzaga y Amezaga (1769–1777)
- Bernardo de Galvez (1776–1786)
- Esteban Rodriguez Miro y Sabater (1782–1791)
- Francisoco Luis Hector, Baron de Carondelet (1791–1797)
- Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos y Amorin (1797–1799)
- Sebastian Calvo de la Puerta Y O’Fariel, Marqui de Casa Calvo (1799–1801)
- Manuel Juan de Salcedo (1801–1803)
- William Charles Cole Claiborne (1803–1816)
- Jacques Philippe Villere (1816–1820)
- Thomas Bolling Robertson (1820–1824)
- Henry Schuyler Thibodaux (1824)
- Henry Johnson (1824–1828)
- Pierre Augustin Bourguignon Derbigny (1828–1829)
- Arnaud Julie Beauvais (1829–1830)
- Jacques Dupré (1830–1831)
- Andre Bienvenu Roman (1831–1835)
- Edward Douglas White, Sr. (1835–1839)
- André Bienvenu Roman (1839–1843)
- Alexandre Mouton (1843–1846)
- Isaac Johnson (1846–1850)
- Joseph Marshall Walker (1850–1853)
- Paul Octave Hebert (1853–1856)
- Robert Charles Wickliffe (1856–1860)
- Thomas Overton Moore (1860–1864)
- Henry Watkins Allen (1864–1865)
- George Foster Shepley (1862–1864)
- Georg Michael Decker Hahn (1864–1865)
- James Madison Wells (1865–1867)
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders (1867–1868)
- Joshua Baker (1868)
- Henry Clay Warmoth (1868–1872)
- John McEnery (1872)
- Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (1872–1873)
- William Pitt Kellogg (1872–1877)
- Francis Redding Tilou Nicholls (1877–1880)
- Louis Alfred Wiltz (1880–1881)
- Samuel Douglas McEnery (1881–1888)
- Francis Redding Tilou Nicholls (1888–1892)
- Murphy J. Foster, Sr. (1892–1900)
- William W. Heard (1900–1904)
- Newton Crain Blanchard (1904–1908)
- Jared Young Sanders (1908–1912)
- Luther Egbert Hall (1912–1916)
- Ruffin Golson Pleasant (1916–1920)
- John M. Parker (1920–1924)
- Henry Luce Fuqua (1924–1926)
- Oramel H. Simpson (1926–1928)
- Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (1928–1932)
- Alvin Olin King (1932)
- Oscar Kelly Allen (1932–1936)
- James Albert Noe (1936)
- Richard Webster Leche (1936–1939)
- Earl Kemp Long (1939–1940)
- Sam Houston Jones (1940–1944)
- James Houston “Jimmie” Davis (1944–1948)
- Earl Kemp Long (1948–1952)
- Robert Floyd Kennon, Sr. (1952–1956)
- Earl Kemp Long (1956–1960)
- James Houston “Jimmie” Davis (1960–1964)
- John Julian McKeithen (1964–1972)
- Edwin Edwards (1972–1980)
- David Conner “Dave” Treen, Sr. (1980–1984)
- Edwin Edwards (1984–1988)
- Charles Elson “Buddy” Roemer, III (1988–1992)
- Edwin Edwards (1992–1996)
- Murphy James “Mike” Foster (1996–2004)
- Kathleen Blanco (2004–2008)
- Piyush “Bobby” Jindal (2008–2016)
- John Bel Edwards (2016–2024)
