The Governors of Louisiana

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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–Present)