Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

The Office of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (French: Lieutenant-Gouverneur de la Louisiane) is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current lieutenant governor is Billy Nungesser, a Republican. The Lieutenant Governor is the commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism. They are elected separately than from the governor.^[1]

Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Lieutenant-Gouverneur de la Louisiane
Incumbent Billy Nungesser since January 11, 2016
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Trasimond Landry
Formation	1846
Succession	1st

List of lieutenant governors

Parties

  Independent (0)   Democratic (46)   Republican (8)

1846–1860

No.	Lt. governor		Took office	Left office	Party	Notes	Governor
1	Trasimond Landry		1846	1850	Democratic	[1][2]	Isaac Johnson
2	Jean Baptiste Plauche		1850	1853	Democratic	[1][2][3][4]	Joseph Marshall Walker
3	William Wood Farmer		1853	1854	Democratic	[1][2][5]	Paul Octave Hébert
4	Robert C. Wickliffe		1854	1856	Democratic	[6][7]	Paul Octave Hébert
5	Charles Homer Mouton		1856	1856	Democratic	[1][2][8]	Robert C. Wickliffe
6	William F. Griffin		1856	1860	Democratic	[1][2][9]	Robert C. Wickliffe

Civil War era

Lieutenant governors of Confederate Louisiana

No.	Lt. governor		Took office	Left office	Party	Notes	Governor
7	Henry M. Hyams		1860	1864	Democratic		Thomas Overton Moore
8	Benjamin W. Pearce		1864	1865	Democratic		Henry Watkins Allen

Lieutenant governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana

No.	Lt. governor		Took office	Left office	Party	Notes	Governor
9	James M. Wells		1864	1865	Republican		Michael Hahn (Republican)
10	Albert Voorhies		1865	1866	Republican		James Madison Wells (Republican)

Resumption of U.S. statehood

No.	Lt. governor		Took office	Left office	Party	Notes	Governor
11	Oscar J. Dunn		1868	1871	Republican		Henry C. Warmoth (Republican)
12	P. B. S. Pinchback		1871	1872	Republican		Henry C. Warmoth (Republican)
13	Davidson B. Penn		1873	1873	Democratic; Liberal Republican		John McEnery (Democratic; Liberal Republican)
14	C.C. Antoine		1873	1877	Republican		William P. Kellogg (Republican) 1873-1877
							Stephen B. Packard (Republican) 1877
15	Louis A. Wiltz		1877	1880	Democratic		Francis T. Nicholls (Democratic)
16	Samuel D. McEnery		1880	1881	Democratic		Louis A. Wiltz (Democratic)
17	W.A. Robertson		1881	1881	Democratic		Samuel D. McEnery (Democratic)
18	George L. Walton		1881	1882	Democratic		Samuel D. McEnery (Democratic)
19	Clay Knobloch		1884	1888	Democratic		Samuel D. McEnery (Democratic)
20	James Jeffries		1888	1892	Democratic		Francis T. Nicholls (Democratic)
21	Charles Parlange		1892	1893	Democratic		Murphy J. Foster (Democratic)
22	Hiram R. Lott		1893	1896	Democratic		Murphy J. Foster (Democratic)
23	Robert H. Snyder		1896	1900	Democratic		Murphy J. Foster (Democratic)
24	Albert Estopinal		1900	1904	Democratic		W. W. Heard (Democratic)
25	Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.		1904	1908	Democratic		Newton C. Blanchard (Democratic)
26	Paul M. Lambremont		1908	1911	Democratic		Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. (Democratic)
27	Thomas C. Barret		1912	1916	Democratic		Luther E. Hall (Democratic)
28	Fernand Mouton		1916	1920	Democratic		Ruffin G. Pleasant (Democratic)
29	Hewitt Bouanchaud		1920	1924	Democratic		John M. Parker (Democratic)
30	Delos R. Johnson		1924	1924	Democratic		John M. Parker (Democratic)
31	Oramel H. Simpson		1924	1926	Democratic		Henry L. Fuqua (Democratic)
32	Philip H. Gilbert		1926	1928	Democratic		Oramel H. Simpson (Democratic)
33	Paul N. Cyr		1928	1931	Democratic	[10]	Huey P. Long (Democratic)
34	Alvin Olin King		1931	1932	Democratic	[2][11][12]	Huey P. Long (Democratic)
35	John B. Fournet		1932	1935	Democratic		O. K. Allen (Democratic)
36	Thomas C. Wingate		1935	1935	Democratic		O. K. Allen (Democratic)
37	James A. Noe		1935	1936	Democratic		O. K. Allen (Democratic)
38	Earl K. Long		1936	1939	Democratic		Richard W. Leche (Democratic)
39	Coleman Lindsey		1939	1940	Democratic		Earl K. Long (Democratic)
40	Marc M. Mouton		1940	1944	Democratic		Sam H. Jones (Democratic)
41	J. Emile Verret		1944	1948	Democratic		Jimmie H. Davis (Democratic)
42	William J. Dodd		1948	1952	Democratic		Earl K. Long (Democratic)
43	Charles E. (Cap) Barham		1952	1956	Democratic		Robert F. Kennon (Democratic)
44	Lether Frazar		1956	1960	Democratic		Earl K. Long (Democratic)
45	Clarence C. (Taddy) Aycock		1960	1972	Democratic		Jimmie H. Davis (Democratic) 1960-1964
							John J. McKeithen (Democratic) 1964-1972
46	James E. (Jimmy) Fitzmorris, Jr.		1972	1980	Democratic		Edwin Edwards (Democratic)
47	Robert Louis Freeman Sr.		1980	1988	Democratic		David C. Treen (Republican) 1980-1984
							Edwin Edwards (Democratic) 1984-1988
48	Paul Hardy		1988	1992	Republican		Buddy Roemer (Democratic turn Republican)
49	Melinda Schwegmann		1992	1996	Democratic		Edwin Edwards (Democratic)
50	Kathleen Babineaux Blanco		1996	2004	Democratic		Mike Foster (Republican)
51	Mitchell (Mitch) Landrieu		2004	2010	Democratic		Kathleen Blanco (Democratic)
							Bobby Jindal (Republican)
52	Scott Angelle		2010	2010	Democratic
			2010	2010	Republican
53	John L. (Jay) Dardenne		2010	2016	Republican
54	Billy Nungesser		2016	2024	Republican		John Bel Edwards (Democratic)
			2024	Incumbent	Republican		Jeff Landry (Republican)

References

1. Louisiana. Report of the Secretary of State to His Excellency W.W. Heard, Governor of the State of Louisiana. May 12th, 1902. [Baton Rouge]: Baton Rouge news Pub. Co., State printers, 1902. p 325
2. Calhoun, Milburn, and Bernie McGovern. Louisiana Almanac, 2002-2003 Edition. Gretna, LA: Pelican Pub. Co, 2001. PP 462-63
3. s:Louisiana State Constitution of 1852 The Constitution of 1852 shortened this term.
4. Hyde, Samuel C. Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1899. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. p.71
5. Died in office
6. When William Wood Farmer died in office in 1854, Robert C. Wickliffe, as president pro temp, became lieutenant governor.
7. s:Louisiana State Constitution of 1852 The Constitution of 1852 Set this to in end in 1856
8. Resigned
9. When Charles Homer Mouton resigned from office, William F. Griffin, as president pro temp, became lieutenant governor.
10. Vacated the lieutenant governorship by trying to declare himself governor
11. As President pro tempore of the Senate became lieutenant governor when Paul N. Cyr vacated the lieutenant governorship
12. Became Governor on January 25, 1932