Historical Record
Previous Governors of Louisiana
Governors who previously held office in Louisiana, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesJeff LandryRepublican2023–2028
Jeff LandryRepublican2024–2028
John Bel EdwardsDemocrat2016–2024
Bobby JindalRepublican2008–2016
Kathleen BlancoDemocrat2004–2010
Mike FosterRepublican1996–2004
Edwin EdwardsDemocrat1992–1996
Buddy RoemerDemocrat1988–1992
Edwin EdwardsDemocrat1984–1988
Dave TreenDemocrat1980–1984
Edwin EdwardsDemocrat1972–1980
John McKeithenDemocrat1964–1972
Jimmie DavisDemocrat1960–1964
Earl LongDemocrat1956–1960
Robert F. KennonDemocrat1952–1956
Earl LongDemocrat1948–1952
Jimmie DavisDemocrat1944–1948
Sam H. JonesDemocrat1940–1944
Earl LongDemocrat1939–1940
Richard W. LecheDemocrat1936–1939
James A. NoeDemocrat1936–1936
Oscar K. AllenDemocrat1932–1936
Huey LongDemocrat1928–1932
Alvin Olin KingDemocrat1932–1932
Oramel H. SimpsonDemocrat1926–1928
Henry L. FuquaDemocrat1924–1926
John M. ParkerDemocrat1920–1924
Ruffin G. PleasantDemocrat1916–1920
Luther E. HallDemocrat1912–1916
Jared Y. Sanders Sr.Democrat1908–1912
Newton C. BlanchardDemocrat1904–1908
William Wright HeardDemocrat1900–1904
Murphy J. FosterDemocrat1892–1900
Francis T. NichollsDemocrat1888–1892
Samuel D. McEneryDemocrat1881–1888
William C. C. ClaiborneIndependent1803–1884
Louis A. WiltzDemocrat1880–1881
Francis T. NichollsDemocrat1877–1880
William Pitt KelloggRepublican1873–1877
Stephen B. PackardRepublican1877–1877
John McEneryDemocrat1873–1873
P. B. S. PinchbackRepublican1872–1873
Henry C. WarmothIndependent1868–1872
Benjamin FlandersIndependent1867–1868
Joshua BakerIndependent1868–1868
James Madison WellsDemocrat1865–1867
Michael HahnRepublican1864–1865
Henry Watkins AllenDemocrat1864–1865
George Foster ShepleyIndependent1862–1864
Thomas Overton MooreDemocrat1860–1864
Robert C. WickliffeDemocrat1856–1860
Paul Octave HébertDemocrat1853–1856
Joseph Marshall WalkerDemocrat1850–1853
Isaac JohnsonDemocrat1846–1850
Alexandre MoutonDemocrat1843–1846
André B. RomanIndependent1839–1843
Edward Douglass White Sr.Independent1835–1839
André B. RomanIndependent1831–1835
Jacques DupréIndependent1830–1831
Arnaud BeauvaisIndependent1829–1830
Pierre DerbignyIndependent1828–1829
Henry JohnsonIndependent1824–1828
Henry S. ThibodauxIndependent1824–1824
Thomas B. RobertsonIndependent1820–1824
Jacques VilleréIndependent1816–1820
William C. C. ClaiborneIndependent1812–1816