Governors


 * **1699-1702 **


 *  Pierre Lemoyne, Sieur d'Iberville et d'Ardillieres **

(Iberville may be said to have been the founder of Louisiana. He

 was commissioned by Louis XIV to secure the claims of La Salle

 on behalf of France, and to explore and colonize the vast Louisiana Territory.) || **1699-1700 **


 *  Sieur de Sauvolve **

(No know image of this governor exists. Sieur de Sauvolve became Acting Governor when Iberville returned to France to seek assistance for the territory. He died of yellow fever in 1701.) || **1701-1713 **


 *  Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville **

(Bienville came to the Louisiana Territory with his brother Iberville

 in 1699. He served as Lt. Governor and was appointed to succeed Sauvolve by Louis IV. He was twenty-one at the time.) || **1713-1716 **


 *  Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac **

(Cadillac was appointed by Louis IV and also served under

 Louis XV. He quarreled with all his subordinates, especially

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Bienville, who was retained as the Lt. Governor, and rendered

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> himself obnoxious to the Indians. He was recalled to France in

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1716 and imprisoned in the Bastille for four months. He later became Governor of Castelsarrasin, France. || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1716-1717 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Bienville was Acting Governor following Cadillac's removal.) || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1717-1718 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Jean Michiele de L'Epinay **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(L'Epinay served under Louis XV. His brief administration was marked by the same dissent ions as that of his predecessor. He caused extreme dissatisfaction by prohibiting the sale of liquor to

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> the Indians, the colonist's most profitable item of commerce.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> L'Epinay was removed as governor in 1718. || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1718-1724 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Bienville was appointed again as governor by Louis XV and served until January 16, 1724 when he was recalled to France to answer charges made against him by his enemies in Louisiana.) || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1725-1726 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Pierre Sidrac Dugue de Boisbriand **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(No known image exists of this governor. Boisbriand, Bienville's cousin, was named interim governor by Louis XV to replace Bienville, who had been recalled to France to answer charges of malfeasance.) || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1727-1733 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Etienne de Perier **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(No known image of this governor exists. Perier was named Governor of Louisiana to permanently replace Bienville after his recall to France. He served under Louis XV through the time of transition from colony back to royal province status until 1733 when Bienville again returned to office.) || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1733-1743 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Under Louis XV, Bienville assumes the governorship for the final time. He resigned in 1743 and returned to France.) || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1743-1753 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Pierre Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Vaudreuil was appointed by Louis XV to succeed Bienville and served until 1753 when he left to become Governor-general of Canada. ) || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1753-1763 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Kerlerec was appointed governor by Louis XV as a reward for 25 years of distinguished military service. Later accused of malfeas-

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> ance, he returned to France and was jailed in the Bastille for a time before his death in 1770. During his term, much of the Louisiana Territory was ceded to Spain by France under the secret treaty

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> at Fountainbleu.) || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1763-1765 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Jean Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Louis XV continued to direct the affairs in Louisiana because

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> the Treaty of Fontainebleau remained secret and he appointed D'Abbadie to serve a governor. In 1765, the king informed him that Louisiana had become a Spanish province and ordered his return

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> to France. He died shortly afterwards in New Orleans on February 4, 1765, before the Spanish occupation forces arrived.) || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1765-1766 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Charles Phillipe Aubry **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(No known image of this governor exists. Charles Phillipe Aubry served under Louis XV as transitional governor between French and Spanish regimes after Governor D'Abbadie died in office.)
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1766-1768 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1766-1768 **

Antonio de Ulloa

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Ulloa was the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, and served under King Charles III. The French colonists rebelled against Spanish authority in 1768 and demanded his departure. He soon sailed to Havana, Cuba.) || || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1769-1770 **

Alejandro O'Reilly

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(King Charles III appointed O'Reilly to quell the rebellion of 1768. In his brief administration, he reorganized the colony and emphasized fairness to anxious French colonists uneasy about Spanish rule.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1770-1777 **

Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Unzaga was appointed by O'Reilly who left in 1770, and served under King Charles III. He continued policies to strengthen ties between French colonists and Spanish administrators.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1777-1785 **

Bernardo de Galvez

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Galvez served under Charles III and improved upon Unzaga's policies. He worked to increase commerce and trade. When Spain declared war against England, he supplied Americans with arms, and captured all British posts in West Florida, which gave Spain

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> the possession of both East and West Florida after the war.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1782-1792 **

Esteban Rodriguez Miro y Sabater

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Miro served under Charles III and Charles IV. He was an interim governor while Galvez was in Cuba from 1782 to 1785, and was appointed Governor in 1785. During his term, Spain allowed trade with France and the French West Indies and removed the duty on

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> ships for two years which contributed to the development of New Orleans as an international port.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1791-1797 **

Francoise-Louis Hector, Baron de Carondelet et Noyelles

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Carondelet served under King Charles IV. A native of France, he was also a loyal Spanish army officer and governor who had the ironic distinction of ensuring that the French Revolution did not spread to Louisiana.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1797-1799 **

Manuel Gayoso de Lemos y Amorin

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Gayoso was appointed by Charles IV because of his ability to

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> speak English and his knowledge of colonial politics. He died from yellow fever in 1799.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1799-1801 **

Sebastian Calvo de la Puerta Y O'Fariel,

Marqui de Casa Calvo

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(No known image of this governor exists. Casa Calvo was appointed by Charles IV as an interim governor after Gayoso's death. He was a Spanish army officer and native Cuban who governed during the tumultuous times--Spain and America were in conflict over free navigation of the lower Mississippi River; and Napoleon tried to force the return of Louisiana to France.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1801-1803 **

Juan Manuel de Salcedo

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(No known image of this governor exists. Salcedo served under Charles IV and battled his government over the rights of Americans to navigate freely down the Mississippi River below Natchez. He left for a post in the Canary Islands after he officially transferred the colony to France on November 30, 1803.)

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">FRENCH INTERIM PERIOD (1803) **

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1803 **

Pierre Clement de Laussat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Laussat came to Louisiana as Napoleon's representative before

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> the transfer from Spain to France. His role was to prepare for the new French governor, General Claude Victor. He served as interim governor from November 30 to December 20, 1803. Within weeks, Napoleon changed his mind and ordered negotiations to sell the territory to the United States. )

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">TERRITORIAL PERIOD (1803 - 1812) **

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1803-1812 **

[|William C. C. Claiborne] - Democrat/Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(President Thomas Jefferson sent Mississippi Territorial Governor William C. C. Claiborne to New Orleans to formally accept the transfer of Louisiana from France to the United States. Claiborne was assisted by Gen. James Wilkinson in administering the terri-

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> tory until he was named as the first Governor of the Territory of Orleans which is now the state of Louisiana. Claiborne held the

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> office of Territorial Governor through the admission of Louisiana to the Union in 1812.
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1812-1816 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1812-1816 **

[|William C. C. Claiborne] - Democrat-Republican ||

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1816-1820 **

[|Jaques Phillippe Villere] - Democrat-Republican

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1820-1824 **

[|Thomas Bolling Robertson] - National Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(He resigned to become a U.S. Judge.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1824- **

[|Henry S. Thibodaux] - National Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(As President of the Senate, he served the remaining one month of Robertson's term.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1824-1828 **

[|Henry S. Johnson] - National Republican

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1828-1829 **

[|Pierre Auguste Bourguigon Derbigny] - Whig; National Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Derbigny died in office.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1829-1830 **

[|Armand Julie Beauvais] - Whig

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Beauvais succeeded Derbigny as an Acting Governor after

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Derbigny died in office. He resigned in January 1830 to run for an elected term as Governor, and lost.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1830-1831 **

[|Jaques Dupre] - Whig; (Anti-Jacksonian)

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Dupre was elected President of the Senate, an office left vacant after Beauvais assumed the duties of Governor when Derbigny died in office. Upon his election as Senate President, Dupre then

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> became Acting Governor because Beauvais had resigned.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1831-1835 **

[|Andre Bienvenu Roman] - Whig

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Roman became Governor by appointment after Dupre resigned before completing the term left open by Derbigny's death in office, and Beauvais's resignation.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1835-1839 **

[|Edward Douglass White] - Whig

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1839-1843 **

[|Andre Bienvenu Roman] - Whig

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1843-1846 **

[|Alexander Mouton] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(His term was shortened by the Constitution of 1845.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1846-1850 **

[|Isaac Johnson] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1850-1853 **

[|Joseph M. Walker] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(His term was shortened by the Constitution of 1852.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1853-1856 **

[|Paul O. Hebert] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(He won an off-year election as provided for by the Constitution of 1852.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1856-1860 **

[|Robert C. Wickliffe] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1860-1861 **

[|Thomas Overton Moore] - Democrat
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1861-1864 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1861-1864 **

[|Thomas Overton Moore] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Moore completed his elected term of 1860-1864) ||

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1864-1865 **

[|Henry Watkins Allen] - Democrat *****

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(*Allen was elected as the "Know Nothing" American Party candidate and later joined the Democratic Party)

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">UNITED STATES WARTIME MILITARY GOVERNORS **

(1862 - 1865)  || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1862-1864 **

[|Gen. George F. Shepley] - Democrat (Unionist)

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Shepley was appointed Military Governor by his friend Gen. Benjamin Butler, for the parishes under Federal control.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1864-1865 **

[|Michael Hahn] - Free State Party

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Hahn was elected as Civil Governor on the Free State ticket in the area of the state controlled by Federal troops. He resigned in 1865

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> to take a U.S. Senate seat but was not seated by the Radical Congress.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1865- **

[|James Madison Wells] - Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(As Lt. Governor, Wells succeeded when Hahn advanced to U.S. Senate)

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">PERIOD OF MILITARY OCCUPATION **

(1865 - 1877)  || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1865-1867 **

[|James Madison Wells] - Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Wells was removed from office on June 3, 1867 by Gen. Sheridan.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1867-1868 **

[|Benjamin Franklin Flanders] - Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(He was appointed by Gen. Sheridan.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1868- **

[|Joshua Baker] - Democrat (Unionist)

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Baker was appointed by Gen. Hancock and removed by

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Gen. Grant)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1868-1872 **

[|Henry Clay Warmoth] - Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(He was elected under Constitution of 1868 and was appointed Governor prior to inauguration by Gen. U.S. Grant after the

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> removal of Baker. Warmoth was impeached in December 1872.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1872- **

[|John McEnery] - Democrat; Liberal Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(The Warmouth-controlled elections board declared McEnery the winner against Kellogg; a rival board declared Kellogg the winner. Warmouth was impeached and Pinchback served as governor for

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 35 days. Gen. Grant then seated Kellogg with Federal protection.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1872-1873 **

[|P. B. S. Pinchback] - Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Pinchback, an African American, was the acting Lt. Governor and succeeded after the impeachment of Warmoth; he served for 35 days.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1872-1877 **

[|William Pitt Kellogg] - Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(He was declared elected by Gen. U.S. Grant over Democrat McEnery who received the most votes.)
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1877-1880 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1877-1880 **

[|Francis T. Nicholls] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(His term was shortened by the Constitution of 1879.) ||

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1880-1881 **

[|Louis Alfred Wiltz] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Wiltz died in office.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1881-1888 **

[|Samuel Douglas McEnery] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Wiltz, and was then elected in 1884.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1888-1892 **

[|Francis T. Nicholls] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1892-1900 **

[|Murphy James Foster] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Foster was the grandfather of Governor, Murphy J. "Mike" Foster who was elected in 1996.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1900-1904 **

[|William Wright Heard] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1904-1908 **

[|Newton C. Blanchard] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1908-1912 **

[|Jared Y. Sanders] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1912-1916 **

[|Luther E. Hall] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1916-1920 **

[|Ruffin G. Pleasant] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1920-1924 **

[|John M. Parker] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1924-1926 **

[|Henry L. Fuqua] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Fuqua died in office.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1926-1928 **

[|Oramel H. Simpson] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Fuqua.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1928-1932 **

[|Huey P. Long] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Long resigned on January 25, 1932 to become a U.S. Senator.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1932-1932 **

[|Alvin O. King] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(As Senate President Pro Tempore, he succeeded Governor

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Huey P. Long.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1932-1936 **

[|Oscar K. Allen] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Allen died in office.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1936-1936 **

[|James A. Noe] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Allen.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1936-1939 **

[|Richard W. Leche] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Leche resigned.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1939-1940 **

[|Earl K. Long] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(As Lt. Governor, he succeeded Governor Leche.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1940-1944 **

[|Sam H. Jones] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1944-1948 **

[|Jimmie H. Davis] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1948-1952 **

[|Earl K. Long] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1952-1956 **

[|Robert F. Kennon] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1956-1960 **

[|Earl K. Long] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1960-1964 **

[|Jimmie H. Davis] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1964-1972 **

[|John J. McKeithen] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1972-1980 **

[|Edwin W. Edwards] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1980-1984 **

[|David C. Treen] - Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Treen was the first Republican governor since Reconstruction.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1984-1988 **

[|Edwin W. Edwards] - Democrat

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1988-1992 **

[|Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III] - Republican *****

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(* Governor Roemer was elected as a Democrat and changed his affiliation to Republican while in office.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1992-1996 **

[|Edwin W. Edwards] - Democrat

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Edwards made history by being elected to an unprecedented fourth term.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1996-2004 **

[|Murphy J. "Mike" Foster] - Republican

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Foster's grandfather, Murphy James Foster, served as Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900.)

|| **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">2004- **

[|Kathleen Babineaux Blanco]

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Governor Blanco served as Lieutenant Governor and is the first female to be elected governor in our state.)