Attorney Newton Crain Blanchard served as one of Louisiana's representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives (1880-1893), an associate justice in the Louisiana State Supreme Court (1897-1904) and governor of the state (1904-1908).
Former Louisiana senator Oramel Simpson became the state's governor following the death of Henry Fuqua in 1926.
Democrat Oscar Allen served as governor of Louisiana from 1932 to 1936, Huey P. Long's hand-picked successor after Long resigned to serve in the US Senate.
After serving as a Union officer in the Civil War, P. B. S. Pinchback became the first Black governor in the United States.
Probably best known today for being the only African American to serve as governor of a southern state during Reconstruction, P. B. S. Pinchback was a politician of enormous talent and remarkable longevity.
Democrat Paul Hebert, who served as governor of Louisiana from 1853 until 1856, helped improve the state's educational system and promoted the development of additional modes of transportation, including ferries, boats, and railroads.
French-born Pierre Derbigny became the sixth elected governor of Louisiana in 1828 and played a role in the Louisiana Purchase.
Pierre Le Moyne, sieur d’Iberville, Canadian soldier and explorer, is often described as the founder of the first permanent French settlement in Louisiana.
Serving as French governor of Louisiana from 1743 until 1753, Pierre de Vaudreuil was popular with the upper-class colonists and French officials for his elegant manners.
Canadian explorer Pierre Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand, one of the founding fathers of colonial Louisiana, served as acting governor of Louisiana between February 1725 and March 1727.
In 1936 Richard Leche won the battle to succeed Huey P. Long as governor of Louisiana and leader of the Long faction.
Democrat Robert Wickliffe, who served as the governor of Louisiana from 1856 until 1860, oversaw the state in the increasingly tumultuous years before the Civil War.
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