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Charles Phillipe Aubry
Charles Aubry was the last French governor of Louisiana before it reverted to Spanish control.
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Dave Treen Sr.
Dave Treen served as governor of Louisiana from 1980 to 1984, losing his bid for a second term to Edwin Edwards in 1983.
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Edward Douglas White Sr.
Sugar planter Edward White, a member of the Whig party, served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and as governor of Louisiana from 1835 until 1839.
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Edwin Edwards
Democratic politician Edwin Washington Edwards cast a long shadow over the state's political history.
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Esteban Rodriguez Miro y Sabater
Serving from 1782 until 1791, Spanish-colonial governor Esteban Miró oversaw a period of relative economic prosperity.
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Etienne de Perier
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.
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Francis T. Nicholls
Francis Nicholls served two nonconsecutive terms as governor of Louisiana from 1877 to 1880, and again from 1888 to 1892.
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Francisco Luis Hector, baron de Carondelet
Francisco Luis Hector, baron de Carondelet served as governor of the Spanish colonies of Louisiana and West Florida between 1791 and 1797.
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George Foster Shepley
General George Shepley became the military governor of federally-occupied Louisiana in June 1862 and served until March 1864.
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Governors of Louisiana
This is a complete list of the governors of Louisiana, their terms, and links to biographical entries.
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Henry Clay Warmoth
Henry Clay Warmoth was the first governor of Louisiana under Radical Reconstruction.
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Henry Johnson
Henry Johnson, the first professional politician elected governor of Louisiana, served from December 1824 until December 1828.
