Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
second highest executive officer and deputy head of state and government of Louisiana
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Appointer | Popular election |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Trasimond Landry |
| Formation | 1846 |
| Succession | 1st |
List of lieutenant governors
change- Parties
Independent (0) Democratic (46) Republican (8)
1846–1860
change| 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
changeLieutenant governors of Confederate Louisiana
change| 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
change| 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
change| 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) | ||
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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
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Calhoun, Milburn, and Bernie McGovern. Louisiana Almanac, 2002-2003 Edition. Gretna, LA: Pelican Pub. Co, 2001. PP 462-63
- ↑ s:Louisiana State Constitution of 1852 The Constitution of 1852 shortened this term.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Died in office
- ↑ When William Wood Farmer died in office in 1854, Robert C. Wickliffe, as president pro temp, became lieutenant governor.
- ↑ s:Louisiana State Constitution of 1852 The Constitution of 1852 Set this to in end in 1856
- ↑ Resigned
- ↑ When Charles Homer Mouton resigned from office, William F. Griffin, as president pro temp, became lieutenant governor.
- ↑ Vacated the lieutenant governorship by trying to declare himself governor
- ↑ As President pro tempore of the Senate became lieutenant governor when Paul N. Cyr vacated the lieutenant governorship
- ↑ Became Governor on January 25, 1932
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