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State of Louisiana
Governors
List of Louisiana State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| William Charles Cole Claiborne | 1812
1816 | Democratic Republican |
| Jacques Villere | 1816
1820 | Democratic Republican |
| Thomas B. Robertson | 1820
1824 | Democratic Republican |
| Henry S. Thibodaux | 1824
1824 | Democratic Republican |
| Henry Johnson | 1824
1828 | Democratic Republican |
| Pierre Derbigny | 1828
1829 | National Republican |
| Armand Beauvais | 1829
1830 | Whig |
| Jacques Dupre | 1830
1831 | Whig |
| Andre B. Roman | 1839
1843 | Whig |
| Edward D. White, Sr. | 1835
1839 | Whig |
| Alexander Mouton | 1843
1846 | Democratic |
| Isaac Johnson | 1846
1850 | Democratic |
| Joseph Marshall Walker | 1850
1853 | Democratic |
| Paul O. Hebert | 1853
1856 | Democratic |
| Robert C. Wickliffe | 1856
1860 | Democratic |
| Thomas Overton Moore | 1862
1864 | Democratic |
| George F. Shepley | Jul 2, 1862
Mar 4, 1864 | Military |
| Henry W. Allen | 1864
1865 | Democratic |
| Michael Hahn | Mar 4, 1864
Mar 4, 1865 | Republican |
| James Madison Wells | Mar 4, 1865
Jun 3, 1867 | Unionist Democrat |
| Benjamin Flanders | Jun 3, 1867
Jan 8, 1868 | Republican |
| Joshua Baker | Jan 8, 1868
Jun 27, 1868 | Unionist Democrat |
| Henry C. Warmoth | Jun 27, 1868
Dec 9, 1872 | Republican |
| P. B. S. Pinchback | Dec 9, 1872
Jan 13, 1873 | Republican |
| John McEnery | Jan 13, 1873
May 22, 1873 | Democratic |
| William P. Kellogg | Jan 13, 1873
Jan 8, 1877 | Republican |
| Francis T. Nicholls | May 20, 1888
May 10, 1892 | Democratic |
| Louis A. Wiltz | Jan 14, 1880
Oct 16, 1881 | Democratic |
| Samuel D. McEnery | Oct 16, 1881
May 20, 1888 | Democratic |
| Murphy J. Foster | May 10, 1892
May 8, 1900 | Democratic |
| William W. Heard | May 8, 1900
May 10, 1904 | Democratic |
| Newton C. Blanchard | May 10, 1904
May 12, 1908 | Democratic |
| Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. | May 12, 1908
May 14, 1912 | Democratic |
| Luther E. Hall | May 14, 1912
May 9, 1916 | Democratic |
| Ruffin G. Pleasant | May 9, 1916
May 11, 1920 | Democratic |
| John M. Parker | May 11, 1920
May 13, 1924 | Democratic |
| Henry L. Fuqua | May 13, 1924
Oct 11, 1926 | Democratic |
| Oramel H. Simpson | Oct 11, 1926
May 21, 1928 | Democratic |
| Huey Pierce Long | May 21, 1928
Jan 25, 1932 | Democratic |
| Alvin Olin King | Jan 25, 1932
May 10, 1932 | Democratic |
| Oscar K. Allen | May 10, 1932
Jan 28, 1936 | Democratic |
| James A. Noe | Jan 28, 1936
May 12, 1936 | Democratic |
| Richard W. Leche | May 12, 1936
Jun 26, 1939 | Democratic |
| Earl K. Long | May 8, 1956
May 10, 1960 | Democratic |
| Sam H. Jones | May 14, 1940
May 9, 1944 | Democratic |
| Jimmie H. Davis | May 10, 1960
May 12, 1964 | Democratic |
| Robert F. Kennon | May 13, 1952
May 8, 1956 | Democratic |
| John J. McKeithen | May 12, 1964
May 2, 1972 | Democratic |
| Edwin W. Edwards | Jan 8, 1992
Jan 8, 1996 | Democratic |
| David C. Treen | Mar 10, 1980
Mar 12, 1984 | Republican |
| Buddy Roemer | Mar 14, 1988
Jan 8, 1992 | Democratic then Republican |
| Murphy J. Foster, Jr. | Jan 8, 1996
Jan 11, 2004 | Republican |
| Kathleen Blanco | Jan 11, 2004
Incumbent | Democratic |
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