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Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

second highest executive officer and deputy head of state and government of Louisiana

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
Incumbent
Billy Nungesser
since January 11, 2016
AppointerPopular election
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderTrasimond Landry
Formation1846
Succession1st

List of lieutenant governors

Parties

  Independent (0)  Democratic (46)  Republican (8)

1846–1860

No.Lt. governorTook officeLeft officePartyNotesGovernor
1Trasimond Landry18461850Democratic[1][2]Isaac Johnson
2Jean Baptiste Plauche 18501853Democratic[1][2][3][4]Joseph Marshall Walker
3William Wood Farmer18531854Democratic[1][2][5]Paul Octave Hébert
4Robert C. Wickliffe 18541856Democratic[6][7]Paul Octave Hébert
5Charles Homer Mouton18561856Democratic[1][2][8]Robert C. Wickliffe
6William F. Griffin18561860Democratic[1][2][9]Robert C. Wickliffe

Civil War era

Lieutenant governors of Confederate Louisiana

No.Lt. governorTook officeLeft officePartyNotesGovernor
7Henry M. Hyams18601864DemocraticThomas Overton Moore
8Benjamin W. Pearce18641865DemocraticHenry Watkins Allen

Lieutenant governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana

No.Lt. governorTook officeLeft officePartyNotesGovernor
9James M. Wells 18641865RepublicanMichael Hahn (Republican)
10Albert Voorhies18651866RepublicanJames Madison Wells (Republican)

Resumption of U.S. statehood

No.Lt. governorTook officeLeft officePartyNotesGovernor
11Oscar J. Dunn 18681871RepublicanHenry C. Warmoth (Republican)
12P. B. S. Pinchback 18711872RepublicanHenry C. Warmoth (Republican)
13Davidson B. Penn18731873Democratic; Liberal RepublicanJohn McEnery (Democratic; Liberal Republican)
14C.C. Antoine 18731877RepublicanWilliam P. Kellogg (Republican) 1873-1877
Stephen B. Packard (Republican) 1877
15Louis A. Wiltz 18771880DemocraticFrancis T. Nicholls (Democratic)
16Samuel D. McEnery 18801881DemocraticLouis A. Wiltz (Democratic)
17W.A. Robertson18811881DemocraticSamuel D. McEnery (Democratic)
18George L. Walton18811882DemocraticSamuel D. McEnery (Democratic)
19Clay Knobloch18841888DemocraticSamuel D. McEnery (Democratic)
20James Jeffries18881892DemocraticFrancis T. Nicholls (Democratic)
21Charles Parlange 18921893DemocraticMurphy J. Foster (Democratic)
22Hiram R. Lott18931896DemocraticMurphy J. Foster (Democratic)
23Robert H. Snyder18961900DemocraticMurphy J. Foster (Democratic)
24Albert Estopinal 19001904DemocraticW. W. Heard (Democratic)
25Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. 19041908DemocraticNewton C. Blanchard (Democratic)
26Paul M. Lambremont19081911DemocraticJared Y. Sanders, Sr. (Democratic)
27Thomas C. Barret19121916DemocraticLuther E. Hall (Democratic)
28Fernand Mouton19161920DemocraticRuffin G. Pleasant (Democratic)
29Hewitt Bouanchaud19201924DemocraticJohn M. Parker (Democratic)
30Delos R. Johnson19241924DemocraticJohn M. Parker (Democratic)
31Oramel H. Simpson 19241926DemocraticHenry L. Fuqua (Democratic)
32Philip H. Gilbert19261928DemocraticOramel H. Simpson (Democratic)
33Paul N. Cyr19281931Democratic[10]Huey P. Long (Democratic)
34Alvin Olin King 19311932Democratic[2][11][12]Huey P. Long (Democratic)
35John B. Fournet19321935DemocraticO. K. Allen (Democratic)
36Thomas C. Wingate19351935DemocraticO. K. Allen (Democratic)
37James A. Noe 19351936DemocraticO. K. Allen (Democratic)
38Earl K. Long 19361939DemocraticRichard W. Leche (Democratic)
39Coleman Lindsey19391940DemocraticEarl K. Long (Democratic)
40Marc M. Mouton19401944DemocraticSam H. Jones (Democratic)
41J. Emile Verret19441948DemocraticJimmie H. Davis (Democratic)
42William J. Dodd 19481952DemocraticEarl K. Long (Democratic)
43Charles E. (Cap) Barham19521956DemocraticRobert F. Kennon (Democratic)
44Lether Frazar19561960DemocraticEarl K. Long (Democratic)
45Clarence C. (Taddy) Aycock19601972DemocraticJimmie H. Davis (Democratic) 1960-1964
John J. McKeithen (Democratic) 1964-1972
46James E. (Jimmy) Fitzmorris, Jr.19721980DemocraticEdwin Edwards (Democratic)
47Robert Louis Freeman Sr.19801988DemocraticDavid C. Treen (Republican) 1980-1984
Edwin Edwards (Democratic) 1984-1988
48Paul Hardy19881992RepublicanBuddy Roemer (Democratic turn Republican)
49Melinda Schwegmann19921996DemocraticEdwin Edwards (Democratic)
50Kathleen Babineaux Blanco 19962004DemocraticMike Foster (Republican)
51Mitchell (Mitch) Landrieu 20042010DemocraticKathleen Blanco (Democratic)
Bobby Jindal (Republican)
52Scott Angelle20102010Democratic
20102010Republican
53John L. (Jay) Dardenne 20102016Republican
54Billy Nungesser 20162024RepublicanJohn Bel Edwards (Democratic)
2024IncumbentRepublicanJeff Landry (Republican)

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