List of governors of Louisiana

This is a list of the governors of Louisiana, from 1803 to the present day; for earlier governors of Louisiana see List of colonial governors of Louisiana.

Governor of the State of Louisiana
Seal of Louisiana
Incumbent Jeff Landry since January 8, 2024
Style	The Honorable
Residence	Louisiana Governor's Mansion
Term length	Four years, renewable once with four year pause in between
Formation	Louisiana Constitution
Salary	$130,000 (2013)[1]

List of governors

#	Governor	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes	Lieutenant Governor
1	William Charles Cole (W. C. C.) Claiborne		April 30, 1812	December 16, 1816	Democratic-Republican		None
2	Jacques Phillippe Villeré		December 16, 1816	December 18, 1820	Democratic-Republican		None
3	Thomas Bolling Robertson		December 18, 1820	November 15, 1824	Democratic-Republican	[2]	None
4	Henry Schuyler Thibodaux		November 15, 1824	December 13, 1824	National Republican	[3]	None
5	Henry Johnson		December 13, 1824	December 15, 1828	National Republican		None
6	Pierre Derbigny		December 15, 1828	October 6, 1829	National Republican	[4]	None
7	Armand Julie Beauvais		October 6, 1829	January 14, 1830	National Republican	[5]	None
8	Jacques Dupré		January 14, 1830	January 31, 1831	National Republican	[3]	None
9	André Bienvenue Roman		January 31, 1831	February 4, 1835	Whig		None
10	Edward Douglass White Sr.		February 4, 1835	February 4, 1839	Whig		None
	André Bienvenue Roman		February 4, 1839	January 30, 1843	Whig		None
11	Alexandre Mouton		January 30, 1843	February 12, 1846	Democratic		None
12	Isaac Johnson		February 12, 1846	January 28, 1850	Democratic		Trasimond Landry (Democratic)
13	Joseph Marshall Walker		January 28, 1850	January 18, 1853	Democratic		Jean Baptiste Plauché (Democratic)
14	Paul Octave Hébert		January 18, 1853	January 22, 1856	Democratic		William Wood Farmer (Democratic) 1853-1854
							Robert C. Wickliffe (Democratic) 1854-1856
15	Robert Charles Wickliffe		January 22, 1856	January 23, 1860	Democratic		Charles Homer Mouton (Democratic) 1856
							William F. Griffin (Democratic) 1856-1860
16	Thomas Overton Moore		January 23, 1860	April 24, 1862	Democratic		Henry M. Hyams

Civil War Era

Parties

  Democratic

Governors of Confederate-held territory in Louisiana

No.	Governor	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes	Lieutenant Governor
1 (CSA)	Thomas Overton Moore		April 24, 1862	January 25, 1864	Democratic		Henry M. Hyams (Democratic)
17 (2 CSA)	Henry Watkins Allen		January 25, 1864	June 2, 1865	Democratic	[6]	Benjamin W. Pearce (Democratic)

Governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana

Parties

  Independent   Republican

No.	Governor	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes	Lieutenant Governor
18 (USA)	George Foster Shepley		July 2, 1862	March 4, 1864	Military		vacant
19 (USA)	Michael Hahn		March 4, 1864	March 4, 1865	Republican	[7]	James Madison Wells (Republican)

Reconstruction Era (Governors subordinate to U.S. military rule)

Parties

  Democratic   Republican

No.	Governor	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes	Lieutenant Governor
20	James Madison Wells		March 4, 1865	June 3, 1867[8]	Republican	[9][10]	Albert Voorhies (Democratic)
21	Benjamin Franklin Flanders		June 8, 1867[11]	January 8, 1868	Republican	[12][13]	Albert Voorhies (Democratic) (until Nov. 1867)
22	Joshua Baker		January 8, 1868	June 27, 1868	Democratic (Unionist)	[12][14]	None

Post-Reconstruction

Parties

  Democratic   Republican

No.	Governor	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes	Lieutenant Governor
23	Henry Clay Warmoth		June 27, 1868	December 9, 1872	Republican	[15]	Oscar J. Dunn (Republican) 1868-1872
							P. B. S. Pinchback (Republican) 1872-1873
24	P. B. S. Pinchback		December 29, 1872	January 13, 1873	Republican	[9]	vacant
25	John McEnery		January 13, 1873	May 22, 1873	Democratic; Liberal Republican	[16]	Davidson B. Penn (Democratic; Liberal Republican)
26	William Pitt Kellogg		May 22, 1873	January 8, 1877	Republican	[16]	C.C. Antoine (Republican)
27*	Stephen B. Packard		January 8, 1877	April 24, 1877	Republican	[17]	C.C. Antoine (Republican)
28	Francis Tillou Nicholls		April 24, 1877	January 14, 1880	Democratic	[18]	Louis A. Wiltz (Democratic)
29	Louis Alfred Wiltz		January 14, 1880	October 16, 1881	Democratic	[4]	Samuel D. McEnery (Democratic)
30	Samuel Douglas McEnery		October 16, 1881	May 20, 1888	Democratic	[19]	W.A. Robertson (Democratic) 1881
							George L. Walton (Democratic) 1881-1884
							Clay Knobloch (Democratic) 1884-1888
	Francis Tillou Nicholls		May 20, 1888	May 10, 1892	Democratic		James Jeffries (Democratic)
31	Murphy James Foster, Sr.		May 10, 1892	May 8, 1900	Democratic	[20]	Charles Parlange (Democratic) 1892-1894
							Hiram R. Lott (Democratic) 1894-1896
							Robert H. Snyder (Democratic) 1896-1900
32	William Wright (W. W.) Heard		May 8, 1900	May 10, 1904	Democratic		Albert Estopinal (Democratic)
33	Newton Crain Blanchard		May 10, 1904	May 12, 1908	Democratic		Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. (Democratic)
34	Jared Young Sanders, Sr.		May 12, 1908	May 14, 1912	Democratic	[21]	Paul M. Lambremont (Democratic)
35	Luther Egbert Hall		May 14, 1912	May 9, 1916	Democratic		Thomas C. Barrett (Democratic)
36	Ruffin Golson Pleasant		May 9, 1916	May 11, 1920	Democratic		Fernand Mouton (Democratic)
37	John Milliken Parker		May 11, 1920	May 13, 1924	Democratic		Hewitt Bouanchaud (Democratic) 1920-1924
							Delos R. Johnson (Democratic) 1924
38	Henry Luse Fuqua		May 13, 1924	October 11, 1926	Democratic	[4]	Oramel H. Simpson (Democratic)
39	Oramel Hinckley Simpson		October 11, 1926	May 21, 1928	Democratic	[9]	Philip H. Gilbert (Democratic)
40	Huey Pierce Long	rowspan=2	rowspan=2| May 21, 1928	January 25, 1932	Democratic	[22][23]	Paul N. Cyr (Democratic) 1928-1931
		Alvin O. King (Democratic) 1931-1932
41	Alvin Olin King		January 25, 1932	May 10, 1932	Democratic	[9][24]	None
42	Oscar Kelly (O.K.) Allen		May 10, 1932	January 28, 1936	Democratic	[4]	John B. Fournet (Democratic) 1932-1935
							Thomas C. Wingate (Democratic) 1935
							James A. Noe (Democratic) 1935-1936
43	James Albert Noe		January 28, 1936	May 12, 1936	Democratic	[9]	vacant
44	Richard Webster Leche		May 12, 1936	June 26, 1939	Democratic	[25]	Earl K. Long (Democratic)
45	Earl Kemp Long		June 26, 1939	May 14, 1940	Democratic	[9]	Coleman Lindsey (Democratic)
46	Sam Houston Jones		May 14, 1940	May 9, 1944	Democratic		Marc M. Mouton (Democratic)
47	James Houston (Jimmie) Davis		May 9, 1944	May 11, 1948	Democratic		J. Emile Verret (Democratic)
	Earl Kemp Long		May 11, 1948	May 13, 1952	Democratic		William J. "Bill" Dodd (Democratic)
48	Robert Floyd (Bob) Kennon		May 13, 1952	May 8, 1956	Democratic		C. E. "Cap" Barham (Democratic)
	Earl Kemp Long		May 8, 1956	May 10, 1960	Democratic		Lether Frazar (Democratic)
	James Houston (Jimmie) Davis		May 10, 1960	May 12, 1964	Democratic		C. C. "Taddy" Aycock (Democratic)
49	John Julian McKeithen		May 12, 1964	May 9, 1972	Democratic	[26]	C. C. "Taddy" Aycock (Democratic)
50	Edwin Washington Edwards		May 9, 1972	March 10, 1980	Democratic		James E. "Jimmy" Fitzmorris (Democratic)
51	David Conner (Dave) Treen		March 10, 1980	March 12, 1984	Republican		Robert "Bobby" Freeman (Democratic)
	Edwin Washington Edwards		March 12, 1984	March 14, 1988	Democratic		Robert "Bobby" Freeman (Democratic)
52	Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III		March 14, 1988	August 1991	Democratic		Paul Hardy (Republican)
	Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III		August 1991	January 13, 1992	Republican	[27]
	Edwin Washington Edwards		January 13, 1992	January 8, 1996	Democratic		Melinda Schwegmann (Democratic)
53	Murphy James (Mike) Foster, Jr.		January 8, 1996	January 12, 2004	Republican		Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (Democratic)
54	Kathleen Babineaux Blanco		January 12, 2004	January 14, 2008	Democratic		Mitchell "Mitch" Landrieu (Democratic)
55[28]	Bobby Jindal		January 14, 2008	January 11, 2016	Republican		Mitchell "Mitch" Landrieu (Democratic) 2008-2010
							Scott Angelle (Republican) 2010
							John "Jay" Dardenne (Republican) 2010–2016
56	John Bel Edwards		January 11, 2016	January 8, 2024	Democratic		Billy Nungesser (Republican)
57	Jeff Landry		January 8, 2024	Incumbent	Republican		Billy Nungesser (Republican)