The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

:

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
  Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
  The Office of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current Lieutenant Governor is Jay Dardenne, a Republican...
  
  
• Secretary of State
  Secretary of State of Louisiana
  The Secretary of State of Louisiana is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The position was created by Article 4, Section 7 of the Louisiana Constitution.The current Secretary of State is Tom Schedler....
  
  
• Attorney General
• State Treasurer
• Auditor (until 1960)/Comptroller (1960–74; not an elected office after 1974)
• Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
• Commissioner of Insurance
• Commissioner of Elections (office abolished; in existence 1960-2004)

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
  Louisiana State Senate
  The Louisiana State Senate is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All Senators serve four year terms and are assigned multiple committees to work on. The Republicans control the State Senate following a Special Election Victory in District 26 by Jonathan W. Perry...
  
  
• State House of Representatives
  Louisiana House of Representatives
  The Louisiana House of Representatives is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Louisiana. The House is composed of 105 Representatives, each of whom represents approximately 42,500 people . Members serve four-year terms with a term limit of...
  
  
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election

United States presidential election

Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

 was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (AI), (Anti-J), (D), (DR), (I), (J), (NR), (R), (Dix), (UD), (W).

Year	|Executive offices	|State Legislature Louisiana State Legislature The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Louisiana These are tables of congressional delegations from Louisiana to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:-1806 - 1811: 1 non-voting delegate:...	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor		|Lt. Governor Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana The Office of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current Lieutenant Governor is Jay Dardenne, a Republican...	Secretary of State Secretary of State of Louisiana The Secretary of State of Louisiana is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The position was created by Article 4, Section 7 of the Louisiana Constitution.The current Secretary of State is Tom Schedler....	Attorney General	Treasurer	Auditor/ Comptroller	Ag. and For. Comm.	Ins. Comm.	Comm. of Elections	State Senate Louisiana State Senate The Louisiana State Senate is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All Senators serve four year terms and are assigned multiple committees to work on. The Republicans control the State Senate following a Special Election Victory in District 26 by Jonathan W. Perry...	State House Louisiana House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Louisiana. The House is composed of 105 Representatives, each of whom represents approximately 42,500 people . Members serve four-year terms with a term limit of...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1803	William C. C. Claiborne (DR)		no such office		James Brown (DR)
1804							George W. Morgan George W. Morgan George Washington Morgan was an American soldier, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He fought in the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War, and was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
1805					John Graham (DR)
1806						James Brown (DR)
1807
1808
1809						Francois Xavier Martin Francois Xavier Martin François Xavier Martin , was an American jurist and author, the first Attorney General of State of Louisiana, and longtime Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Born in France, he immigrated to North Carolina before the American Revolutionary War...
1810					Thomas B. Robertson Thomas B. Robertson Thomas Bolling Robertson was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana, the third Governor and the Attorney General of Louisiana, and a United States federal judge....  (DR)	Louis Moreau-Lislet
1811
1812	William C. C. Claiborne (DR)				Louis B. Macarty  (DR)		J. Montegut (DR)									1 DR	James Madison James Madison James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United...  and Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...  (DR)
1813						Francois Xavier Martin(DR)								James Brown (DR)	Eligius Fromentin Eligius Fromentin Eligius Fromentin was an American politician.Fromentin was born and raised in France, where he later became a Roman Catholic priest. Fromentin fled the country during the French Revolution and arrived in the United States. He at first settled in Pennsylvania, but then moved to Maryland, where he...  (DR)
1814							Jean Baptiste DeJean  (DR)
1815						Etienne Mazureau Etienne Mazureau Étienne Mazureau had a distinguished career as a French and later a Louisiana lawyer, serving three times as Attorney General of Louisiana and as Secretary of State of Louisiana.... (DR)
1816																	James Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...  and Daniel Tompkins (DR)
1817	Jacques Villeré Jacques Villeré Jacques Phillippe Villeré was the second Governor of Louisiana after it became a state. He was the first Creole and the first native of Louisiana to attain that office.-Early life:...  (DR)				Etienne Mazureau (DR)	Louis Moreau-Lislet (DR)								William C. C. Claiborne (DR)
1818							Silve Arnaud									1 DR
1819						Thomas B. Robertson (DR)								Henry Johnson Henry Johnson (Louisiana) Henry Johnson was the fifth Governor of Louisiana, and served as a United States Representative and as a United States Senator....  (DR)	James Brown (DR)
1820
1821	Thomas B. Robertson (DR)				Pierre Derbigny Pierre Derbigny Pierre Augustin Charles Bourguignon Derbigny was the sixth Governor of Louisiana. Born in 1769, at Laon near Lille, France, the eldest son of Augustin Bourguignon d'Herbigny who was President of the Directoire de l'Aisne and Mayor of Laon, and Louise Angelique Blondela.Derbigny studied law at...  (Anti-J)	Etienne Mazureau (Adams-Clay Rep.)										1Anti-J
1822
1823																2Anti-J, 1J
1824						Issac Trimble Preston								Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny was a lawyer and U.S. Senator from Louisiana. He was the uncle of John Edward Bouligny.... (Adams-Clay Rep.)	Josiah S. Johnston Josiah S. Johnston Josiah Stoddard Johnston was a United States Representative and Senator from Louisiana. Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, he moved with his father to Kentucky in 1788, and went to Connecticut to attend primary school...  (Anti-J)		John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...  and John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun eloquently spoke out on every issue of his day, but often changed positions. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent...  (Anti-J)
	Henry S. Thibodaux Henry S. Thibodaux Henry Schuyler Thibodaux was the fourth Governor of Louisiana briefly. Born in Albany, New York the son of Alexis Thibodeaux of Canada, he was orphaned and adopted by General Philip Schuyler - American Revolutionary War hero and father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton...  (DR)
1825	Henry Johnson (NR)
1826
1827
1828						Alonzo Morphy	Francois Gardere										Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...  and John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun eloquently spoke out on every issue of his day, but often changed positions. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent...  (J)
1829	Pierre Derbigny Pierre Derbigny Pierre Augustin Charles Bourguignon Derbigny was the sixth Governor of Louisiana. Born in 1769, at Laon near Lille, France, the eldest son of Augustin Bourguignon d'Herbigny who was President of the Directoire de l'Aisne and Mayor of Laon, and Louise Angelique Blondela.Derbigny studied law at...  (NR/Anti-J)				George A. Waggaman George A. Waggaman George Augustus Waggaman was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Caroline County, Maryland, he completed preparatory studies under private tutors, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Caroline County in 1811...  (Anti-J)									Edward Livingston Edward Livingston Edward Livingston was an American jurist and statesman. He was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, a civil code based largely on the Napoleonic Code. He represented both New York, and later Louisiana in Congress and he served as the U.S...  (J Jacksonian democracy Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era. The Democratic-Republican Party of... )		1J, 1W, 1Anti-J
	Armand Beauvais Armand Beauvais Armand Julie Beauvais was a Justice of the Peace, a Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, President of the Louisiana Senate and the seventh Governor of Louisiana.He was born September 6, 1783 in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana...  (W)
1830	Jacques Dupre Jacques Dupre Jacques Dupré was a Louisiana State Representative, State Senator and the eighth Governor.Born in New Orleans the eldest son of Laurent Dupré de Terrebonne and Marie Josephine Fontenot, Dupré grew up in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana...  (W)					George Eustis Jr. George Eustis Jr. George Eustis, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 28, 1828, the eldest son of George Eustis, Sr. and Clarice Allain. His father was a lawyer who served as a Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. His brother, James Biddle...  (W)
1831	Andre B. Roman Andre B. Roman Andre Bienvenue Roman was Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the ninth Governor of Louisiana.-Early years:...  (W)
1832														George A. Waggaman (Anti-J)			Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...  and Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ....  (J)
1833					George Eustis Jr. George Eustis Jr. George Eustis, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 28, 1828, the eldest son of George Eustis, Sr. and Clarice Allain. His father was a lawyer who served as a Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. His brother, James Biddle...  (W)	Etienne Mazureau (W)									Alexander Porter Alexander Porter Alexander Porter was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in County Donegal, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1801 with an uncle, who settled in Nashville, Tennessee...  (Anti-J)
1834
1835	Edward Douglass White Sr. Edward Douglass White Sr. Edward Douglass White, Sr. was the tenth Governor of Louisiana and a member of the United States House of Representatives. He served five nonconsecutive terms in Congress as an adherent of Henry Clay of Kentucky and the Whig Party.White was born in Maury County, Tennessee, the illegitimate son of...  (W)				Martin Blache
1836														Robert C. Nicholas Robert C. Nicholas Robert Carter Nicholas was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Hanover, Virginia, he served in the War of 1812 as a captain and major...  (J)			Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ....  and Richard Johnson Richard Mentor Johnson Richard Mentor Johnson was the ninth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren . He was the only vice-president ever elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S...  (D)
1837					William C. C. Claiborne, Jr.										Alexander Mouton Alexander Mouton Alexandre Mouton was a United States Senator and the 11th Governor of Louisiana.-Early life:He was born in Attakapas district into a wealthy plantation owning Acadian family. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Georgetown College...  (J)	2W, 1J
1838					Alfred E. Forstall
1839	Andre B. Roman (W)				Henry Adams Bullard Henry Adams Bullard Henry Adams Bullard was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served two terms as a Democrat and one as a Whig....											3W
1840					William Pierce William Pierce William Pierce may refer to:*William Pierce , Continental Congressman from Georgia*William G. Pierce , engineer, Republican candidate for Senate from Ohio in 2006...   (W)												William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the...  and John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor...  (W)
1841						Christian Roselius Christian Roselius Christian Roselius was a Louisiana lawyer.-Biography:His early education was limited to the elementary schooling. In July 1820, he left Germany on board the bark “Jupiter” for New Orleans, having secured his passage by an indenture. He was then employed for several years in a printing office...  (W)	William DeBuys  (W)							Alexander Barrow Alexander Barrow Alexander Barrow I was a lawyer and United States Senator from Louisiana. He was a member of the Whig Party...  (W)	Charles Magill Conrad Charles Magill Conrad Charles Magill Conrad was a Louisiana politician who served in the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and Confederate Congress...  (W)	2W, 1D
1842
1843	Alexander Mouton Alexander Mouton Alexandre Mouton was a United States Senator and the 11th Governor of Louisiana.-Early life:He was born in Attakapas district into a wealthy plantation owning Acadian family. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Georgetown College...  (D)					Isaac Trimble Preston									Henry Johnson (W)	4D
1844																	James K. Polk James K. Polk James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee...  and George M. Dallas George M. Dallas George Mifflin Dallas was a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President of the United States , serving under James K. Polk.-Family and early life:...  (D)
1845														Pierre Soulé Pierre Soulé Pierre Soulé was a U.S. politician and diplomat from Louisiana during the mid-19th century. He is best known for his role in writing the Ostend Manifesto, which was written in 1854 as part of an attempt to annex Cuba to the United States...  (D)
1846	Isaac Johnson Isaac Johnson Isaac Johnson was a U.S president.Born on his father's plantation "Troy" near St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish, Johnson was the fourth son of John Hunter Johnson and Thenia Munson. Johnson's grandfather, Isaac Johnson, arrived in the area in the 1770s, and his father had a leading role in...  (D)				Charles Gayarré Charles Gayarré Charles Etienne Arthur Gayarre was an American historian born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A historian and a writer of plays, essays, and novels, he is chiefly remembered for his histories of Louisiana....  (D)	William Augustus Elmore (D)	Joseph Marshall Walker Joseph Marshall Walker Joseph Marshall Walker was a Louisiana soldier and politician. He was the 13th Governor of Louisiana, from 1850-1853....   (D)
1847														Solomon W. Downs Solomon W. Downs Solomon Weathersbee Downs was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Montgomery County, Tennessee, he pursued classical studies and graduated from the Transylvania University in 1823. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Bayou Sara, Louisiana...  (D)
1848																	Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States and an American military leader. Initially uninterested in politics, Taylor nonetheless ran as a Whig in the 1848 presidential election, defeating Lewis Cass...  and Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president...  (W)
1849							P. E. D. Livaudais  (D)								Pierre Soulé (D)	3D, 1W
1850	Joseph Marshall Walker (D)					Isaac Johnson (D)	Charles Greneaux  (D)
1851																2D, 2W
1852							George C. McWhorter  (D)										Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army...  and William R. King William R. King William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...  (D)
1853	Paul Octave Hebert Paul Octave Hebert Paul Octave Hébert was the 14th Governor of Louisiana from 1853–56 and a General in the Confederate Army.-Early life:...  (D)		W. W. Farmer (D)		Andrew S. Herron (D)									Judah P. Benjamin Judah P. Benjamin Judah Philip Benjamin was an American politician and lawyer. Born a British subject in the West Indies, he moved to the United States with his parents and became a citizen. He later became a citizen of the Confederate States of America. After the collapse of the Confederacy, Benjamin moved to...  (W)		4D
1854						Isaac Edward Morse Isaac Edward Morse Isaac Edward Morse was a United States Congressman from Louisiana and Attorney General of Louisiana. He was born in Attakapas, Louisiana....  (D)									John Slidell John Slidell John Slidell was an American politician, lawyer and businessman. A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man and became a staunch defender of southern rights as a U.S. Representative and Senator...  (D)
1855			Robert C. Wickliffe Robert C. Wickliffe Robert Charles Wickliffe was Lieutenant Governor and the 15th Governor of Louisiana from 1856-60.-Early life and education:...  (D)				Robert A. Hunter (D)									3D, 1A
1856	Robert C. Wickliffe (D)		Charles Homer Mouton (D)			E. Warren Moise (D)											James Buchanan James Buchanan James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....  and John C. Breckinridge John C. Breckinridge John Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S...  (D)
1857
1858
1859			William F. Griffin (D)
1860	Thomas Overton Moore Thomas Overton Moore Thomas Overton Moore was an attorney and politician who was the 16th Governor of Louisiana from 1860 until 1864 during the American Civil War.-Early years:...  (D)		Henry M. Hyams (D)		Pliny D. Hardy (D)	Thomas Jenkins Semmes Thomas Jenkins Semmes Thomas Jenkins Semmes was a lawyer and politician in the state of Louisiana who served in the Confederate States Senate during much of the American Civil War....  (D)	B. L. DeFreeze (D)										John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane Joseph Lane Joseph Lane was an American general during the Mexican-American War and a United States Senator from Oregon.-Early life:...  (D)
1861
1862			Henry M. Hyams (D)	James Madison Wells James Madison Wells James Madison Wells was elected the 20th Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction.-Early life:Born near Alexandria, Louisiana, on January 8, 1808, Wells' father was Samuel Levi Wells, II, a member of the constitutional convention in 1811. His mother was the former Dorcas Huie. A brother, Thomas...  (R)
	Thomas Overton Moore (D)	George Foster Shepley (general) (M/R)
1863
1864			Benjamin W. Pearce (D)	Albert Voorhies (R)|		F. S. Goode (D)											No Electors Counted
	Henry Watkins Allen Henry Watkins Allen Henry Watkins Allen was an American soldier and politician, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...  (D)	Michael Hahn Michael Hahn George Michael Hahn was the 19th Governor of Louisiana, Congressman, United States Senator during Reconstruction and after.-Early life:...  (R)
1865
	James Madison Wells (UD)				Stanislas Wrotnoski (UD)
1866			vacant			Andrew S. Herron (D)	Adam Giffin (UD)
1867
	Benjamin Flanders Benjamin Flanders Benjamin Franklin Flanders was appointed the 21st Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction and was Mayor of New Orleans.-Early life:...  (R)				George E. Bovee (R)	B. L. Lynch (R)								John S. Harris John S. Harris John Spafford Harris was an American politician for the state of Louisiana and member of the Republican Party. Born in Truxton, New York, Harris was a delegate to the Louisiana state constitutional convention in 1868. He was a member of Louisiana State Senate in 1868 and the first Republican U.S....  (R)	William Pitt Kellogg (R)	3R, 1D, 1 vac.
1868	Joshua Baker Joshua Baker Joshua Baker was the 22nd Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction.-Early life:Joshua was born March 23, 1799 in Mason County, Kentucky. His father was Joshua Baker and his mother was Susan Lewis. In 1803, the Baker family moved to the Mississippi Territory and by 1811 they had settled at...  (UD)		Oscar Dunn Oscar Dunn Oscar James Dunn was one of three African Americans who served as a Republican lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction....  (R)				Antoine Dubuclet Antoine Dubuclet Antoine Dubuclet was the Republican state treasurer of Louisiana from 1868 to 1878. Dubuclet was the first person of African descent to hold the office of Louisiana Treasurer.-Early life and career:...  (R)										Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour was an American politician. He was the 18th Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president of the United States in the presidential election of 1868, but lost the election to Republican and former Union General of...  and Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in...  (D)
	Henry C. Warmoth Henry C. Warmoth Henry Clay Warmoth was the 23rd Governor of Louisiana from 1868 until his impeachment and removal from office in December, 1872.-Early life and military career:...  (R)
1869						Simeon Beldon (R)										4R, 1 vac.
1870																5R
1871														Joseph Rodman West (R)
1872			P. B. S. Pinchback P. B. S. Pinchback Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback was the first non-white and first person of African American descent to become governor of a U.S. state...  (R)
	P. B. S. Pinchback (R)		vacant		F. J. Herron (R)										vacant		Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...  and Henry Wilson Henry Wilson Henry Wilson was the 18th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from Massachusetts...  (R)
1873	John McEnery (D)	William P. Kellogg (R)	Caesar Antoine Caesar Antoine Caesar Carpetier Antoine was one of three African American Republicans who served as lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction. In addition, Antoine was a soldier, businessman, and editor.-Biography:...  (R)		Jack Wharton (R)	Alexander Pope Field Alexander Pope Field Alexander Pope Field was a United State politician.Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he studied law in Illinois and was admitted to the Illinois bar. From 1822 until 1828, he served in the Illinois House of Representatives. From 1829 until 1840, he served as Illinois Secretary of State...  (R)										6R
	William Pitt Kellogg (R)
1874					P. G. Deslonde (R)
1875																3D, 3R
1876						William H. Hunt William H. Hunt William Henry Hunt was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President James Garfield and briefly under President Chester A. Arthur.-Biography:...  (R)									James B. Eustis James B. Eustis James Biddle Eustis was a United States Senator from Louisiana.-Biography:Born in New Orleans, he was the son of George Eustis and Clarice Allain. His father was a lawyer who served as a Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court...  (D)	4D, 2R	Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution...  and William Almon Wheeler (R)
1877	Stephen B. Packard Stephen B. Packard Stephen Bennett Packard , a native of Maine, emerged as an important Republican politician in Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction...  (R)	Francis T. Nicholls Francis T. Nicholls Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls was an American attorney, politician, judge, and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...  (D)	Louis A. Wiltz Louis A. Wiltz Louis Alfred Wiltz was an American politician from the state of Louisiana. He served as 29th Governor of Louisiana from 1880 to 1881 and before that time was mayor of New Orleans, lieutenant governor of Louisiana, and a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.Wiltz was born in New Orleans...  (D)			Hiram R. Steele (D)								William Pitt Kellogg (R)
	Francis T. Nicholls (D)
1878					Will A. Strong (D)	Horatio Nash Ogden (D)	Edward A. Burke Edward A. Burke Edward Austin Burke or Burk was the Democratic State Treasurer of Louisiana from 1878 to 1888. Burke was the first Democrat to hold the office of Louisiana Treasurer following Reconstruction. Burke later fled to Honduras after it was discovered that there were misappropriations of state treasury...  (D)									6D
1879															Benjamin F. Jonas Benjamin F. Jonas Benjamin Franklin Jonas was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Louisiana and an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was the third Jew to serve in the Senate.-Biography:...  (D)
1880	Louis A. Wiltz (D)		Samuel D. McEnery Samuel D. McEnery Samuel Douglas McEnery served as the 30th Governor of Louisiana from 1881 until 1888, and as a United States Senator from 1897 until 1910....  (D)									30D, 5R, 1I					Winfield Scott Hancock Winfield Scott Hancock Winfield Scott Hancock was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War...  and William Hayden English William Hayden English William Hayden English was an American politician from Indiana.William English was most famous for his role in the passage of the infamous, pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858...  (D)
1881			William A. Robertson (D)			James C. Egan (D)
	Samuel D. McEnery (D)															5D, 1R
1882			George L. Walton George L. Walton George L. Walton was President of the Louisiana State Senate and Acting Lieutenant Governor from 1881 - 1884.-Early life and Civil War:Walton married Amanda Miller in 1855....  (D)
1883														Randall L. Gibson Randall L. Gibson -External links:*...  (D)
1884			Clay Knobloch Clay Knobloch Henry Clay Kobloch, also spelled Knoblock, was Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 1885 - 1889.-Early life and Civil War:...  (D)		Oscar Arroyo (D)	Milton J. Cunningham (D)											Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...  and Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana , and the 21st Vice President of the United States...  (D)
1885												29D, 7R			James B. Eustis (D)
1886																6D
1887
1888	Francis T. Nicholls (D)		James Jeffries James Jeffries James Jeffries or Jim Jeffries is the name of:* James Jeffries , Louisiana Lt. Governor* James Edmund Jeffries , Kansas congressman* James J. Jeffries , boxing champion...  (D)		Leonard F. Mason (D)	Walter H. Rogers (D)	William Henry Pipes (D)										Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman Allen G. Thurman Allen Granberry Thurman was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.-Biography:...  (D)
1889																5D, 1R
1890
1891															Edward Douglass White Edward Douglass White Edward Douglass White, Jr. , American politician and jurist, was a United States senator, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and the ninth Chief Justice of the United States. He was best known for formulating the Rule of Reason standard of antitrust law. He also sided with the...  (D)	6D
1892	Murphy J. Foster Murphy J. Foster Murphy James Foster, Sr. , was a Louisiana politician who served two terms as the 31st Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900.Early and personal life...  (D)		Charles Parlange Charles Parlange Charles Parlange was a Louisiana state senator, United States Attorney, Louisiana Lieutenant Governor, Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court and United States federal judge.-Early life:...  (D)		T. S. Adams (D)	Milton J. Cunningham (D)	John Pickett(D)							Donelson Caffery Donelson Caffery Donelson Caffery was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a distinguished soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner.- Biography :...  (D)			Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D)
1893			Hiram R. Lott (D)
1894															Newton C. Blanchard Newton C. Blanchard Newton Crain Blanchard was a United States Representative, Senator, and the 33rd Governor of Louisiana. Born in Rapides Parish, he completed academic studies, studied law in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1868, and graduated from the Tulane University Law School in 1870...  (D)
1895			Robert H. Snyder Robert H. Snyder Robert H. Snyder was a Democratic politician from St. Joseph, the parish seat of Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana....  (D)
1896					John T. Michel (D)		Alexander V. Fournet (D)										William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States...  and Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall was a U.S. Democratic politician from Maine most notable as William Jennings Bryan's first running mate in 1896. As the Populist Party nominee, Bryan had another running mate as well, Thomas E. Watson...  (4 votes) (D) and Thomas E. Watson Thomas E. Watson Thomas Edward "Tom" Watson was an American politician, newspaper editor, and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party, articulating an agrarian political viewpoint while attacking business, bankers, railroads, Democratic President Grover...  (4 votes) (Pop)
1897															Samuel D. McEnery (D)
1898
1899
1900	William Wright Heard William Wright Heard William Wright Heard was the 32nd Governor of Louisiana from 1900 to 1904.-Early life:Heard was educated in a local school in Union Parish. In years to come, he remembered the challenges of educating children that rural residents met...  (D)		Albert Estopinal Albert Estopinal Albert Estopinal, Sr. , was a sugar cane planter from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature between 1876 and 1900 and in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st congressional district from 1908 until his...  (D)			Walter Guion Walter Guion Walter Guion was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born near Thibodaux, he was tutored at home and then attended Jefferson College in St. James Parish...  (D)	LeDoux E. Smith (D)										William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D)
1901														Murphy J. Foster (D)
1902
1903			H. C. Cage (D)													7D
1904	Newton C. Blanchard (D)		Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. Jared Young Sanders, Sr. , was a journalist and attorney from Franklin, the seat of St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana, who served as his state's House Speaker , lieutenant governor , the 34th Governor , and U.S. representative...  (D)				James M. Smith (D)										Alton B. Parker Alton B. Parker Alton Brooks Parker was an American lawyer, judge and the Democratic nominee for U.S. president in the 1904 elections.-Life:...  and Henry G. Davis Henry G. Davis Henry Gassaway Davis was a self-made millionaire and U.S. Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. His brother was U.S...  (D)
1905
1906
1907
1908	Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. (D)		Paul M. Lambremont (D)				O. B. Steele (D)										William Jennings Bryan and John Worth Kern (D)
1909
1910															John R. Thornton John R. Thornton John Randolph Thornton was a United States Senator from Louisiana.-Biography:Born on Notoway plantation , he moved with his parents to Rapides Parish in 1853...  (D)
1911
1912	Luther E. Hall Luther E. Hall Luther Egbert Hall was the 35th Governor of Louisiana from 1912 to 1916. Prior to that, he was a State Senator from 1898 to 1900, a State District Judge from 1900 to 1906, and State Appellate Judge from 1906 to 1911. Before his death, he was Assistant Attorney General from 1918 to 1921.In becoming...  (D)		Thomas C. Barret (D)		Alvin Hebert (D)	Ruffin G. Pleasant (D)	LeDoux E. Smith (D)										Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...  and Thomas Marshall Thomas Marshall Thomas Marshall may refer to:*Thomas Marshall , abbot of Colchester*Thomas Marshall , English scholar...  (D)
1913														Joseph E. Ransdell Joseph E. Ransdell Joseph Eugene Ransdell was a United States Representative and Senator from Louisiana. Born in Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, Ransdell attended public schools. In 1882, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York...  (D)		8D
1914
1915					W. F. Millsaps (D)										Robert F. Broussard Robert F. Broussard Robert Foligny Broussard was both a U.S. representative and a U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, the seat of Iberia Parish. He attended public and private schools. Broussard attended the Catholic Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., from...  (D)	7D, 1 Pro
1916	Ruffin G. Pleasant (D)		Fernand Mouton (D)		James J. Bailey (D)	Adolphe V. Coco (D)	Henry Hunsicker (D)
1917															Walter Guion (D)
1918
1919															Edward James Gay (D)	8D
1920	John M. Parker John M. Parker John Milliken Parker was an American Democratic politician from Louisiana, who served as the state's 37th Governor from 1920–1924. He was a friend and admirer of President Theodore Roosevelt....  (D)		Hewitt Bouanchaud Hewitt Bouanchaud Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud was born in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana in 1877. Mr. Bouanchaud was elected a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1908. He was reelected in 1912 and 1916. In 1916 Bouanchaud was named Speaker of the House. In 1920 he was elected Lieutenant Governor...  (D)				Howell Morgan (D)										James M. Cox James M. Cox James Middleton Cox was the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, U.S. Representative from Ohio and Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920....  and Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...  (D)
1921															Edwin S. Broussard Edwin S. Broussard Edwin Sidney Broussard I was a United States senator from Louisiana. He was born in the village of Loureauville in Iberia Parish in the sugar-growing country of south Louisiana and attended public schools. He graduated from the Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge in 1896. He taught in the...  (D)
1922
1923
1924	Henry L. Fuqua Henry L. Fuqua Henry Luse Fuqua was a Baton Rouge businessman Fuqua defeated both Huey Pierce Long, Jr., and Lieutenant Governor Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1924 to succeed the term-limited John M. Parker...  (D)		Delos R. Johnson (D)			Percy D. Saint (D)											John W. Davis John W. Davis John William Davis was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served as a United States Representative from West Virginia , then as Solicitor General of the United States and US Ambassador to the UK under President Woodrow Wilson...  and Charles W. Bryan Charles W. Bryan Charles Wayland Bryan was the younger brother of perennial U.S. Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, with whom he shares the distinction of being the only set of brothers to be nominated for national office by a major party.-Biography:Born in 1867 in Salem, Illinois, Bryan...  (D)
			Oramel H. Simpson Oramel H. Simpson Oramel Hinckley Simpson was an American politician from the US state of Louisiana. He became the 39th Governor of Louisiana in 1926, upon the death of his predecessor, Henry L. Fuqua...  (D)
1925
1926			Philip H. Gilbert Philip H. Gilbert -Early years:Philip H. Gilbert was born on October 25, 1870, the son of Pierre J. Gilbert of Louisiana. From his youth up he was a faithful son of the Roman Catholic Church and did much for its support....  (D)
	Oramel H. Simpson (D)
1927
1928	Huey Long Huey Long Huey Pierce Long, Jr. , nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928–1932 and as a U.S. Senator from 1932 to 1935. A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies. Though a backer of Franklin D...  (D)		Paul N. Cyr Paul N. Cyr Paul Narcisse Cyr was the elected lieutenant governor in the Huey Pierce Long, Jr., gubernatorial administration who quarreled with the self-designated "Kingfish" throughout most of their tenure...  (D)														Al Smith Al Smith Alfred Emanuel Smith. , known in private and public life as Al Smith, was an American statesman who was elected the 42nd Governor of New York three times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928...  and Joseph Taylor Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson was an American politician from Arkansas, of the Democratic Party. He was a state representative, U.S. Representative, 23rd Governor of Arkansas, U.S...  (D)
1929
1930
1931														Vacant
1932	Alvin Olin King Alvin Olin King Alvin Olin King was a Louisiana politician allied with the popular Long faction of the state Democratic Party....  (D)		John B. Fournet John B. Fournet John Baptiste Fournet was a Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, lieutenant governor of his state, and associate justice and Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court...  (D)		E. A. Conway (D)	Gaston L. Porterlie (D)								Huey Long (D)			Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner John Nance Garner John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :...  (D)
	Oscar K. Allen Oscar K. Allen Oscar Kelly Allen, Sr. , also known as O. K. Allen, was the 42nd Governor of Louisiana from 1932 to 1936. He was a key lieutenant in the political machine of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., that dominated the state during the first half of the 1930s...  (D)
1933															John H. Overton John H. Overton John Holmes Overton was an attorney and Democratic United States representative and U.S. senator from Louisiana...  (D)
1934
1935			James A. Noe James A. Noe James Albert Noe, Sr. of Monroe served for three and a half months as the 43rd Governor of Louisiana after the death of Oscar K. Allen on January 28, 1936....  (D)
1936	James A. Noe (D)		Earl Long Earl Long Earl Kemp Long was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Louisiana for three non-consecutive terms. Long termed himself the "last of the red hot poppas" of politics, referring to his stump-speaking skills...  (D)				A. P. Tugwell A. P. Tugwell Andrew Patrick Tugwell, Sr., known as A.P. "Pat" Tugwell , was the Democratic state treasurer of Louisiana from 1936-1968. His 32-year tenure in the position is a state record. Tugwell was considered an authority on state spending and receipts...  (D)							Rose McConnell Long Rose McConnell Long Rose McConnell Long was a United States Senator and the wife of Huey Long. She was Louisiana's first female senator....  (D)
	Richard W. Leche Richard W. Leche Richard Webster Leche was the 44th Governor of Louisiana from 1936 until 1939. Leche was the first governor of Louisiana sentenced to prison.- Early life :...  (D)
1937														Allen J. Ellender Allen J. Ellender Allen Joseph Ellender was a popular U.S. senator from Houma, Louisiana , who served from 1937 until his death. He was a Democrat who was originally allied with the legendary Huey Pierce Long, Jr.. As Senator he compiled a generally conservative record, voting 77% of the time with the Conservative...  (D)
1938
1939			Coleman Lindsey Coleman Lindsey Isaac Coleman Lindsey, known as Coleman Lindsey , was a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate, a district judge, and from 1939 to 1940, the lieutenant governor under Governor Earl Kemp Long....  (D)			James B. Ellison (D)
	Earl K. Long (D)					Lessley P. Gardiner (D)
1940	Sam H. Jones Sam H. Jones --4.230.222.169 Sam Houston Jones was the 46th Governor of Louisiana from 1940 to 1944. He defeated the renowned Earl Kemp Long in the 1940 Democratic primary. Long turned the tables on Jones and defeated him in the 1948 party primary.-Early life:Sam Jones was born in Merryville in Beauregard...  (D)		Marc M. Mouton Marc M. Mouton Marc M. Mouton served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 1940 until 1944 during the administration of Governor Sam Houston Jones. He graduated from the medical department of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana....  (D)		Jack P. F. Gremillion (D)	Eugene Stanley (D)											Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Wallace Henry A. Wallace Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States , the Secretary of Agriculture , and the Secretary of Commerce . In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the Progressive Party.-Early life:Henry A...  (D)
1941
1942
1943
1944	Jimmie H. Davis (D)		J. Emile Verret J. Emile Verret J. Emile Verret was the Democratic lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948, having served under the first of the two nonconsecutive gubernatorial terms of James Houston "Jimmie" Davis. Verret defeated former Governor Earl Kemp Long in the party's runoff election for the second-ranking...  (D)		Wade O. Martin, Jr. Wade O. Martin, Jr. Wade Omer Martin, Jr. was the Democratic Secretary of State of Louisiana under five governors, having served from 1944 to 1976...  (D)	Fred S. Leblanc Fred S. LeBlanc Frederick Saugrain LeBlanc, Sr., known as Fred S. LeBlanc , was a 20th century politician in the U.S. state of Louisiana who served two terms as his state's attorney general and was firmly allied with the anti-Long faction of the predominant Democratic Party.-Background:LeBlanc graduated in 1916...  (D)											Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...  (D)
1945
1946
1947
1948	Earl Long (D)		Bill Dodd (D)			Bolivar E. Kemp, Jr. (D)									William C. Feazel William C. Feazel William Crosson Feazel was a short-term United States Senator from Louisiana. Born near Farmerville, the seat of Union Parish, he attended the public schools and engaged as an independent oil and natural gas producer....  (D)		Strom Thurmond Strom Thurmond James Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as a United States Senator. He also ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1948 as the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes...  and Fielding L. Wright Fielding L. Wright Fielding Lewis Wright was a Democratic politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1944 to 1946, then as Governor after the incumbent, Thomas L. Bailey, died in office in 1946. Wright was elected Governor in his own right in 1947 and served a full four year term...  (Dix)
1949															Russell B. Long Russell B. Long Russell Billiu Long was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987.-Early life:...  (D)
1950
1951
1952	Robert F. Kennon Robert F. Kennon Robert Floyd Kennon, Sr., known as Bob Kennon , was the 48th Governor of Louisiana, serving from 1952-1956. He failed to win a second non-consecutive term in the 1963 Democratic primary....  (D)		C. E. "Cap" Barham (D)			Fred S. Leblanc (D)		Allison Kolb Allison Kolb Allison Ray Kolb was the Democratic auditor of Louisiana from 1952 to 1956, who angered many local officials in the pursuit of his job duties and was hence defeated by former Lieutenant Governor William J. "Bill" Dodd in the 1956 party primary...  (D)	Dave L. Pearce Dave L. Pearce David L. "Dave" Pearce was a Democrat who served as the Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry from 1952–1956 and again from 1960-1976...  (D)								Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman John Sparkman John Jackson Sparkman was an American politician from the state of Alabama. A conservative Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from 1937 until 1979. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President as Adlai Stevenson's running mate in...  (D)
1953
1954
1955
1956	Earl Long (D)		Lether Frazar Lether Frazar Lether Edward Frazar was the Democratic lieutenant governor of Louisiana under Governor Earl Kemp Long from 1956-1960, who had earlier, as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Beauregard Parish, authored the state teacher retirement law...  (D)			Jack P. F. Gremillion (D)		Bill Dodd (D)									Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...  and Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...  (R)
1957
1958
1959
1960	Jimmie Davis (D)		Taddy Aycock (D)					Roy R. Theriot Roy R. Theriot Roy R. Theriot, Sr. , was the Democratic state comptroller of Louisiana from 1960-1973. Previously, Theriot was the mayor of Abbeville, the seat of Vermilion Parish in south Louisiana from 1954-1960....  (D)	Sidney McCrory (D)	Rufus D. Hayes Rufus D. Hayes Rufus D. Hayes was an attorney, judge, and businessman from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who served as his state’s insurance commissioner from 1957-1964. He was also a former district attorney in East Baton Rouge Parish and in 1958 the Louisiana Democratic state chairman...  (D)	Douglas Fowler Douglas Fowler Wiley Douglas Fowler, Sr. , was a local politician from rural Red River Parish in north Louisiana, a loyal supporter of Governor Earl Kemp Long, and his state's chief elections officer from 1959, until declining health forced his retirement, effective December 31, 1979... (D)						John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....  and Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...  (D)
1961
1962
1963
1964	John McKeithen John McKeithen John Julian McKeithen was the 49th Governor of Louisiana, serving from 1964 to 1972. A Democrat from the town of Columbia, he was the first governor of his state in the twentieth century to serve two consecutive terms...  (D)								Dave L. Pearce (D)	Dudley Guglielmo (D)							Barry Goldwater Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona and the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 1964 election. An articulate and charismatic figure during the first half of the 1960s, he was known as "Mr...  and William E. Miller William E. Miller William Edward "Bill" Miller was a New York politician. He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 1964 election...  (R)
1965
1966
1967
1968							Mary Evelyn Parker Mary Evelyn Parker Mary Evelyn Dickerson Parker is a former Democratic state treasurer of Louisiana, having served from 1968-1987. She was the first woman to have held the position. Prior to her tenure as treasurer, she held several appointed positions in state government...  (D)										George Wallace George Wallace George Corley Wallace, Jr. was the 45th Governor of Alabama, serving four terms: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987. "The most influential loser" in 20th-century U.S. politics, according to biographers Dan T. Carter and Stephan Lesher, he ran for U.S...  and Curtis LeMay Curtis LeMay Curtis Emerson LeMay was a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in 1968....  (I)
1969
1970												38D, 1R	104D, 1R
1971
1972	Edwin Edwards Edwin Edwards Edwin Washington Edwards served as the Governor of Louisiana for four terms , twice as many terms as any other Louisiana chief executive has served. Edwards was also Louisiana's first Roman Catholic governor in the 20th century...  (D)		Jimmy Fitzmorris Jimmy Fitzmorris James Edward "Jimmy" Fitzmorris, Jr. , is a New Orleans businessman and civic leader who was the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 1972–1980...  (D)			William J. Guste William J. Guste William J. "Billy" Guste, Jr., is a New Orleans attorney, businessman and popular Democratic attorney general of Louisiana from 1972 to 1992. He succeeded the scandal-plagued Jack P.F. Gremillion, a fellow Democrat who had held the position since 1956. Guste received recognition for molding the...  (D)				Sherman A. Bernard (D)				Elaine S. Edwards Elaine S. Edwards Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards is a former interim member of the United States Senate and the first wife of Edwin Washington Edwards, making her a former First Lady of Louisiana....  (D)			Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland...  (R)
1973														Bennett Johnston (D)		7D, 1R
1974								Appointed Position
1975																6D, 2R
1976					Paul Hardy Paul Hardy Paul Jude Hardy is a Baton Rouge attorney who was the first Republican to have been elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction...  (D)				Gilbert L. "Gil" Dozier (D)								Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...  and Walter Mondale Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota...  (D)
1977
1978
1979																5D, 3R
1980	Dave Treen (R)		Robert "Bobby" Freeman (D)		James H. "Jim" Brown (D)				Bob Odom Bob Odom Robert Fulton "Bob" Odom is the former Democratic Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry in the U.S. state of Louisiana, who served from 1980-2008. Now in the private sector, Odom operates a consulting company to work with farmers on a statewide and national basis. He offers input on farm...  (D)		Jerry Fowler Jerry Fowler Jerry Marston Fowler was a Baton Rouge businessman who served as Louisiana's state Elections Commissioner from 1980 until his defeat in the 1999 jungle primary. He was part of the Fowler family Democratic political dynasty... (D)						Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....  and George Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...  (R)
1981																6D, 2R
1982
1983
1984	Edwin Edwards (D)
1985
1986
1987															John Breaux John Breaux John Berlinger Breaux is a former United States senator from Louisiana who served from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987. He was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party...  (D)	5D, 3R
1988	Buddy Roemer Buddy Roemer Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III is an American politician who served as the 52nd Governor of Louisiana, from 1988 to 1992. He was elected as a Democrat but switched to the Republican Party on March 11, 1991...  (D)		Paul Hardy (R)		W. Fox McKeithen W. Fox McKeithen Walter Fox McKeithen served five terms as Secretary of State of Louisiana between 1988 and 2005. He is best remembered for merging the state's election divisions into one department and for the promotion of historical preservation.-Son of a governor:He was born Walter Fox McKeithen in Columbia in...  (D)		Mary Landrieu Mary Landrieu Mary Loretta Landrieu is the senior United States Senator from the State of Louisiana and a member of the Democratic Party.Born in Arlington, Virginia, Landrieu was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana...  (D)			Douglas D. Green (D)							George Bush and Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....  (R)
1989																4D, 4R
					W. Fox McKeithen (R)
1990
1991	Buddy Roemer (R)
1992	Edwin Edwards (D)		Melinda Schwegmann Melinda Schwegmann Melinda B. Schwegmann was the lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1992–1996 – the first woman to hold the position. She made an unsuccessful run for governor of Louisiana in 1995...  (D)			Richard Ieyoub Richard Ieyoub Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Sr. , is a Baton Rouge lawyer and a Democratic politician who was the attorney general of Louisiana from 1992 to 2004. Ieyoub was the Calcasieu Parish district attorney in Lake Charles from 1984 to 1992, and is presently with the Baton Rouge firm Couhig Partners...  (D)				James H. "Jim" Brown (D)							Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...  and Al Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....  (D)
1993																4D, 3R
1994
1995																5R, 2D
1996	Murphy J. Foster, Jr. Murphy J. Foster, Jr. Murphy James "Mike" Foster, Jr. served as 53rd Governor of Louisiana from January 1996 until January 2004. Foster's father was Murphy J. Foster, Jr., but Mike Foster uses "Jr." even though he is technically Murphy J. Foster, III. Foster is a businessman, landowner, and sportsman in St...  (R)		Kathleen Blanco Kathleen Blanco Kathleen Babineaux Blanco was the 54th Governor of Louisiana, having served from January 2004 until January 2008. She was the first woman to be elected to the office of governor of Louisiana....  (D)				Ken Duncan (D)
1997														Mary Landrieu (D)
1998
1999
2000							John Neely Kennedy (D)				Suzanne Haik Terrell Suzanne Haik Terrell Suzanne Haik Terrell is a Louisiana lawyer who failed in a high-profile Republican bid for the U.S. Senate in 2002 and for state attorney general in 2003. She was the state's last commissioner of elections, having served from 2000 to 2004. In 2005, President George W...  (R)						George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....  and Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....  (R)
										J. Robert Wooley (D)
2001
2002
2003																4R, 3D
2004	Kathleen Blanco (D)		Mitch Landrieu Mitch Landrieu Mitchell Joseph "Mitch" Landrieu is the Mayor of New Orleans, former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, and a member of the Landrieu family. Landrieu is a member of the Democratic Party and a Roman Catholic. He is the son of former New Orleans mayor and Secretary of the United States Department of...  (D)			Charles Foti Charles Foti Charles Carmen Foti, Jr. , is a former Democratic Attorney General of the U.S. state of Louisiana, United States. He served as his state's chief legal officer for a single term from 2004 to 2008....  (D)					Office Abolished
																5R, 2D
2005															David Vitter David Vitter David Vitter is the junior United States Senator from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served in the United States House of Representatives, representing the suburban Louisiana's 1st congressional district. He served as a member of the Louisiana House of...  (R)
					Al Ater Al Ater Alan Ray Ater , known as Al Ater, is a farmer and businessman from Ferriday, Louisiana, who served from 1984-1992 as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 21 in the eastern portion of his state....  (D)
2006
					Jay Dardenne Jay Dardenne John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne, Jr. , has been Louisiana's Republican lieutenant governor since November 22, 2010. He won a special election to the position held in conjunction with the regular November 2 general election. At the time, Dardenne was Louisiana secretary of state...  (R)					Jim Donelon Jim Donelon James J. "Jim" Donelon has been the Republican insurance commissioner of Louisiana since February 15, 2006.Donelon won a full-term as commissioner in the October 20, 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary. He finished with 606,534 votes and defeated three opponents, the closest of whom, Democrat Jim...  (R)
2007
							John Neely Kennedy (R)
2008	Bobby Jindal Bobby Jindal Piyush "Bobby" Jindal is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana and formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party....  (R)					Buddy Caldwell Buddy Caldwell James David Caldwell, Sr., or Buddy Caldwell , is the Republican attorney general of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Prior to serving as attorney general, Caldwell was the district attorney for Madison, East Carroll, and Tensas parishes from 1979 to 2008...  (D)			Mike Strain (R)			23D, 16R	53D, 50R, 2I				John McCain John McCain John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....  and Sarah Palin Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...  (R)
																3R, 2D
																4R, 3D
2009																6R, 1D
2010			Scott Angelle Scott Angelle Scott Anthony Angelle is a former lieutenant governor of Louisiana. He was appointed to the position by Governor Bobby Jindal and confirmed by the Louisiana Legislature in 2010, when Mitch Landrieu resigned the lieutenant governorship to become mayor of New Orleans...  (D)
			Scott Angelle (R)
2011			Jay Dardenne Jay Dardenne John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne, Jr. , has been Louisiana's Republican lieutenant governor since November 22, 2010. He won a special election to the position held in conjunction with the regular November 2 general election. At the time, Dardenne was Louisiana secretary of state...  (R)		Tom Schedler Tom Schedler John Thomas Schedler, known as Tom Schedler , is a politician from suburban St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA, who served as the District 11 Louisiana state senator from 1996 to 2008, when he was term-limited after twelve years...  (R)	Buddy Caldwell (R)						22R, 17D	55R, 46D, 4I
Year	|Governor	|Lt. Governor Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana The Office of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current Lieutenant Governor is Jay Dardenne, a Republican...	Secretary of State Secretary of State of Louisiana The Secretary of State of Louisiana is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The position was created by Article 4, Section 7 of the Louisiana Constitution.The current Secretary of State is Tom Schedler....	Attorney General	Treasurer	Auditor/ Comptroller	Ag. and For. Comm.	Ins. Comm.	Comm. of Elections	State Senate Louisiana State Senate The Louisiana State Senate is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All Senators serve four year terms and are assigned multiple committees to work on. The Republicans control the State Senate following a Special Election Victory in District 26 by Jonathan W. Perry...	State House Louisiana House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Louisiana. The House is composed of 105 Representatives, each of whom represents approximately 42,500 people . Members serve four-year terms with a term limit of...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices											|State Legislature Louisiana State Legislature The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Louisiana These are tables of congressional delegations from Louisiana to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:-1806 - 1811: 1 non-voting delegate:...

See also

• Law and government in Louisiana
• Politics of Louisiana
  Politics of Louisiana
  Politics in Louisiana has always been a controversial yet interesting combination. Since statehood, Louisiana has been a traditionally conservative state full of middle-class whites and African Americans...
  
  
• Elections in Louisiana
  Elections in Louisiana
  Since 1977 state elections in Louisiana have used a jungle primary system, which in Louisiana has become known as "open" primary, where all the candidates for an office run together in one election. If someone gets a majority, that individual wins outright; otherwise, the top two candidates,...