US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

20-Dec-1803	16-Dec-1816	William Charles Coles Claiborne	Democrat-Republican
16-Dec-1816	17-Dec-1820	Jacques Philipps Villeré	Democrat-Republican
18-Dec-1820	15-Nov-1824	Thomas Bolling Robertson	Democrat-Republican
15-Nov-1824	13-Dec-1824	Henry Schuyler Thibodeaux	acting, Democrat-Republican
13-Dec-1824	15-Dec-1828	Henry Johnson	N-R
15-Dec-1828	6-Oct-1829	Pierre Auguste C. Bourgignon Derbigny	N-R
6-Oct-1829	14-Jan-1830	Armand Beauvais	acting, N-R
14-Jan-1830	31-Jan-1831	Jacques Dupré	N-R
31-Jan-1831	4-Feb-1835	André Bienvenu Roman	1st time, Whig
4-Feb-1835	4-Feb-1839	Edward Douglas White	Whig
4-Feb-1839	30-Jan-1843	André Bienvenu Roman	2nd time, Whig
30-Jan-1843	11-Feb-1846	Alexander Mouton	Democrat
12-Feb-1846	27-Jan-1850	Isaac Johnson	Democrat
28-Jan-1850	15-Jan-1853	Joseph Marshall Walker	Democrat
18-Jan-1853	21-Jan-1856	Paul Octave Hébert	Democrat
22-Jan-1856	22-Jan-1860	Robert Charles Wickliffe	Democrat
23-Jan-1860	25-Jan-1864	Thomas Overton Moore	Democrat
2-Jul-1862	4-Mar-1864	George Foster Shepley	Military Governor, Republican
25-Jan-1864	2-Jun-1865	Henry Watkins Allen	Confederate, Democrat
4-Mar-1864	4-Mar-1865	Michael Georg Decker Hahn	Military Governor, Republican
4-Mar-1865	3-Jun-1867	James Madison Wells	Republican
3-Jun-1867	8-Jan-1868	Benjamin Flanders	Military Governor, Republican
8-Jan-1868	27-Jun-1868	Joshua Baker	Military Governor, Republican
27-Jun-1868	9-Dec-1872	Henry Clay Warmoth	Republican
9-Dec-1872	13-Jan-1873	P. B. S. Pinchback	acting, Republican
13-Jan-1873	5-Jan-1877	William Pitt Kellogg	Republican
13-Jan-1873	22-May-1873	John McEnery	schism, Democrat
8-Jan-1877	13-Jan-1880	Francis Tillou Nicholls	1st time, Democrat
14-Jan-1880	16-Oct-1881	Louis Alfred Wiltz	Democrat
16-Oct-1881	20-May-1888	Samuel Douglas McEnery	Democrat
21-May-1888	10-May-1892	Francis Tillou Nicholls	2nd time, Democrat
10-May-1892	8-May-1900	Murphy J. Foster	Democrat
8-May-1900	10-May-1904	William Wright Heard	Democrat
10-May-1904	12-May-1908	Newton Crain Blanchard	Democrat
12-May-1908	14-May-1912	Jared Young Sanders	Democrat
14-May-1912	9-May-1916	Luther Egbert Hall	Democrat
9-May-1916	11-May-1920	Ruffin Golson Pleasant	Democrat
11-May-1920	13-May-1924	John Milliken Parker	Democrat
13-May-1924	11-Oct-1926	Henry Fuqua	Democrat
11-Oct-1926	21-May-1928	Oramel Hinckley Simpson	Democrat
21-May-1928	25-Jan-1932	Huey Long	Democrat
25-Jan-1932	10-May-1932	Alvin Olin King	Democrat
10-May-1932	28-Jan-1936	Oscar Kelly Allen	Democrat
28-Jan-1936	12-May-1936	James Albert Noe	Democrat
12-May-1936	26-Jun-1939	Richard Webster Leche	Democrat
26-Jun-1939	14-May-1940	Earl Long	1st time, Democrat
14-May-1940	9-May-1944	Sam Houston Jones	Democrat
9-May-1944	11-May-1948	Jimmie Davis	1st time, Democrat
11-May-1948	13-May-1952	Earl Long	2nd time, Democrat
13-May-1952	8-May-1956	Robert Floyd Kennon	Democrat
8-May-1956	10-May-1960	Earl Long	3rd time, Democrat
10-May-1960	12-May-1964	Jimmie Davis	2nd time, Democrat
12-May-1964	9-May-1972	John J. McKeithen	Democrat
9-May-1972	10-Mar-1980	Edwin Edwards	1st time, Democrat
10-Mar-1980	12-Mar-1984	David C. Treen	Republican
12-Mar-1984	14-Mar-1988	Edwin Edwards	2nd time, Democrat
14-Mar-1988	8-Jan-1992	Buddy Roemer	Democrat, then Republican
8-Jan-1992	8-Jan-1996	Edwin Edwards	3rd time, Democrat
8-Jan-1996	12-Jan-2004	Murphy J. Foster, Jr.	Republican
12-Jan-2004	14-Jan-2008	Kathleen Blanco	Democrat
14-Jan-2008	11-Jan-2016	Bobby Jindal	Republican
11-Jan-2016	--	John Bel Edwards	Democrat

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