Government, Politics & Law

Alejandro O'Reilly
This entry provides a biographical overview of Alejandro O'Reilly, the second Spanish governor of Louisiana.
This entry provides a biographical overview of Alejandro O'Reilly, the second Spanish governor of Louisiana.
Alexandre Mouton, the first Democratic governor of Louisiana, served from 1843 to 1846.
Alvin King served as governor of Louisiana for five months during a political power struggle between Huey P. Long and Lieutenant Governor Paul Cyr.
Sugar planter and politician André Roman, a member of the Whig Party, served as governor of Louisiana from 1831 until 1835 and again from 1839 to 1843.
Explorer, astronomer, and administrator Antonio de Ulloa was the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, serving from 1766 to 1768.
Planter Arnaud Beauvais became acting governor of Louisiana from October 6, 1829, to January 14, 1830
During Reconstruction, Unionist Benjamin Flanders was selected as Louisiana’s first Republican governor in June of 1867.
Bernardo de Galvez, the fourth governor of Spanish Louisiana, is best known for leading Louisiana militiamen against the British during the American Revolution.
Bobby Jindal, the fifty-fifth governor of Louisiana, served from 2008 to 2016.
Charles Aubry was the last French governor of Louisiana before it reverted to Spanish control.
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.
Democratic politician Edwin Washington Edwards cast a long shadow over the state's political history.
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