The governor of Louisiana is the head of government of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Louisiana's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. Republican Jeff Landry has served as the current governor since January 8, 2024.

List of governors

Territory of Orleans

Louisiana was purchased by the United States from France in 1803.^[1] On October 1, 1804, Orleans Territory was organized from the southern part of the Purchase, with the remainder being made the District of Louisiana and placed under the jurisdiction of Indiana Territory.^[2] The District of Louisiana would later become Louisiana Territory, but after Orleans Territory became the state of Louisiana, Louisiana Territory was renamed Missouri Territory.^[3]

Governor of the Territory of Orleans

Governor		Term in office	Appointed by
	William C. C. Claiborne (d. 1817) [4][5][6][7]	December 20, 1803[a] – July 30, 1812 (elected state governor)	Thomas Jefferson
			James Madison

State of Louisiana

Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812.^[15] It seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861,^[16] and it was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861.^[17] However, since substantial parts of the state remained in Union hands throughout the war, there were two lines of governors elected. Following the end of the American Civil War, Louisiana during Reconstruction was part of the Fifth Military District, which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections.^[18] Louisiana was readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868.^[19]

The 1812 constitution established the office of governor, to serve for four years^[20] starting from the fourth Monday after the election.^[21] In 1845, the start date was moved to the fourth Monday of the January after the election;^[22] in 1864, it was moved to the second Monday of the January after the election;^[23] in 1879 it was moved to the first Monday after the General Assembly announced the election result; the 1921 Constitution fixed the new inauguration date as the second Tuesday in May.^[24] The 1974 Constitution changed the date, effective in 1980, to the second Monday of the March following the election; this was amended in 1987, to become effective in 1992, to the second Monday of January.^[25] Governors were not allowed to succeed themselves^[26] until 1864, when the constitution held no term limits. The restriction on governors succeeding themselves was reintroduced in 1868,^[27] removed in 1870,^[28] and again added in 1898.^[29] An amendment to the constitution passed in 1966 allowed governors to succeed themselves once before requiring a gap before they can be elected again.^[30] Five governors have served nonconsecutive terms. Andre B. Roman, Francis T. Nicholls, and Jimmie Davis each served two non-consecutive terms, while Earl Long and Edwin Edwards both served in three distinct stints.

In the event of a vacancy, the President of the Senate originally acted as governor.^[31] The 1845 constitution created the office of lieutenant governor, to be elected at the same time and manner as the governor^[32] and who would act as governor in the event of a vacancy.^[33] The 1913 constitution established that the lieutenant governor would become governor in case of a vacancy.^[34] The governor and the lieutenant governor are not officially elected on the same ticket.^[35]

Governors of the State of Louisiana

No.	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor[b][c]
1			William C. C. Claiborne (d. 1817) [4][5][6][7]	July 30, 1812[d] – December 17, 1816 (term-limited)[e]	Democratic- Republican[39]	1812	Office did not exist
2			Jacques Villeré (1761–1830) [40][41][42]	December 17, 1816[43] – December 18, 1820 (term-limited)[e]	Democratic- Republican[39]	1816
3			Thomas B. Robertson (1779–1828) [44][45][46]	December 18, 1820[47] – November 15, 1824 (resigned)[f]	Democratic- Republican[39]	1820
4			Henry S. Thibodaux (1769–1827) [48][49][50]	November 15, 1824[51] – December 13, 1824 (successor took office)	Democratic- Republican[39]	President of the Senate acting
5			Henry Johnson (1783–1864) [52][53][54]	December 13, 1824[55] – December 15, 1828 (term-limited)[e]	Adams Republican[52]	1824
6			Pierre Derbigny (1769–1829) [56][57][58]	December 15, 1828[39] – October 6, 1829 (died in office)	Adams Republican[59]	1828
7			Arnaud Beauvais (1783–1843) [60][61][62]	October 6, 1829[63] – January 14, 1830 (senate term ended)[g]	National Republican[60]	President of the Senate acting
8			Jacques Dupré (1773–1846) [64][65][66]	January 14, 1830[67] – January 31, 1831 (successor took office)	National Republican[64]	President of the Senate acting
9			Andre B. Roman (1795–1866) [68][69][70]	January 31, 1831[39] – February 2, 1835 (term-limited)[e]	National Republican[59]	1830 (special)[h]
10			Edward Douglass White Sr. (1795–1847) [71][72][73]	February 2, 1835[39] – February 4, 1839 (term-limited)[e]	Whig[74]	1834
9			Andre B. Roman (1795–1866) [68][69][70]	February 4, 1839[75] – January 30, 1843 (term-limited)[e]	Whig[74]	1838
11			Alexandre Mouton (1804–1885) [76][77][78]	January 30, 1843[79] – February 12, 1846 (term-limited)[e]	Democratic[80]	1842[i]
12			Isaac Johnson (1803–1853) [81][82][83]	February 12, 1846[84] – January 28, 1850 (term-limited)[j]	Democratic[80]	1846		Trasimond Landry
13			Joseph Marshall Walker (1784–1856) [86][87][88]	January 28, 1850[89] – January 20, 1853 (term-limited)[k][l]	Democratic[93]	1849[m]		Jean Baptiste Plauché
14			Paul Octave Hébert (1818–1880) [94][95][96]	January 20, 1853[92] – January 28, 1856 (term-limited)[k]	Democratic[93]	1852		William Wood Farmer (died October 29, 1854)
								Robert C. Wickliffe
15			Robert C. Wickliffe (1819–1895) [97][98][99]	January 28, 1856[100] – January 23, 1860 (term-limited)[k]	Democratic[101]	1855		Charles Homer Mouton (resigned 1856)
								William F. Griffin
16			Thomas Overton Moore (1804–1876) [102][103][104]	January 23, 1860[105] – January 25, 1864 (term-limited)[n]	Democratic[101]	1859[o]		Henry M. Hyams
17			George Foster Shepley (1819–1878) [107][108][109]	July 2, 1862[39] – March 4, 1864 (successor took office)	Military governor[o][p]		Vacant
18			Henry Watkins Allen (1820–1866) [110][111][112]	January 25, 1864[113] – June 2, 1865 (resigned)[q]	Democratic[110]	1863 (Confederate)[o]		Benjamin W. Pearce
19			Michael Hahn (1830–1886) [114][115][116]	March 4, 1864[117] – March 4, 1865 (resigned)[r]	Union Free Trade (Republican)[118]	1864 (Union)[o]		James Madison Wells
20			James Madison Wells (1808–1899) [119][120][121]	March 4, 1865[122] – June 3, 1867 (removed)[s]	Citizens Ticket[118]	Lieutenant governor acting	Vacant
						1865[o]		Albert Voorhies
21			Benjamin Flanders (1816–1896) [123][124][125]	June 6, 1867[t] – January 2, 1868 (resigned)[u]	Appointed by military occupation[39]		Vacant
22			Joshua Baker (1799–1885) [128][129][130]	January 2, 1868[v] – June 27, 1868 (removed)[w]	Appointed by military occupation[39]
23			Henry C. Warmoth (1842–1931) [133][134][135]	June 27, 1868[x] – December 9, 1872 (removed)[y]	Appointed by military occupation[39][132]
					Republican[39]	1868		Oscar Dunn (died November 22, 1871)
							Vacant
								P. B. S. Pinchback (appointed December 6, 1871)
24			P. B. S. Pinchback (1837–1921) [137][138][139]	December 9, 1872[140] – January 13, 1873 (successor took office)	Republican[39]	Lieutenant governor acting	Vacant
25			John McEnery (1833–1891) [141][142]	January 13, 1873[143] – May 22, 1873 (removed)[z]	Democratic[aa]	1872[z]		Davidson B. Penn
26			William Pitt Kellogg (1830–1918) [146][147][148]	January 13, 1873[143] – January 8, 1877 (did not run)[ab]	Republican[39]			Caesar Antoine
27			Stephen B. Packard (1839–1922)	January 8, 1877[149] – April 25, 1877 (removed)[ac]	Republican[118]	1876[ac][ad]
28			Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912) [151][152][153]	January 8, 1877[149] – January 14, 1880 (did not run)[151]	Democratic[118]			Louis A. Wiltz
29			Louis A. Wiltz (1843–1881) [154][155][156]	January 14, 1880[157] – October 16, 1881 (died in office)	Democratic[39]	1879		Samuel D. McEnery
30			Samuel D. McEnery (1837–1910) [158][159][160]	October 16, 1881[161] – May 21, 1888 (lost nomination)[162]	Democratic[39]	Lieutenant governor acting		William A. Robertson (removed December 24, 1881)
								George L. Walton
						1884		Clay Knobloch
28			Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912) [151][152][153]	May 21, 1888[163] – May 16, 1892 (did not run)	Democratic[39]	1888		James Jeffries
31			Murphy J. Foster (1849–1921) [164][165][166]	May 16, 1892[167] – May 21, 1900 (term-limited)[ae]	Anti-Lottery Democratic[169]	1892		Charles Parlange (resigned December 11, 1893)
								Hiram R. Lott (died June 2, 1895)
								Robert H. Snyder
						1896
32			William Wright Heard (1853–1926) [170][171][172]	May 21, 1900[173] – May 16, 1904 (term-limited)[ae]	Democratic[39]	1900		Albert Estopinal
33			Newton C. Blanchard (1849–1922) [174][175][176]	May 16, 1904[177] – May 18, 1908 (term-limited)[ae]	Democratic[39]	1904		Jared Y. Sanders Sr.
34			Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (1869–1944) [178][179][180]	May 18, 1908[181] – May 20, 1912 (term-limited)[ae]	Democratic[39]	1908		Paul M. Lambremont
35			Luther E. Hall (1869–1921) [182][183][184]	May 20, 1912[185] – May 15, 1916 (term-limited)[af]	Democratic[39]	1912		Thomas C. Barret
36			Ruffin G. Pleasant (1871–1937) [187][188][189]	May 15, 1916[190] – May 17, 1920 (term-limited)[af]	Democratic[39]	1916		Fernand Mouton
37			John M. Parker (1863–1939) [191][192][193]	May 17, 1920[194] – May 19, 1924 (term-limited)[ag]	Democratic[118]	1920		Hewitt Bouanchaud (resigned April 12, 1924)
								Delos R. Johnson
38			Henry L. Fuqua (1865–1926) [196][197][198]	May 19, 1924[199] – October 11, 1926 (died in office)	Democratic[39]	1924		Oramel H. Simpson
39			Oramel H. Simpson (1870–1932) [200][201][202]	October 11, 1926[203] – May 21, 1928 (lost nomination)[204]	Democratic[39]	Succeeded from lieutenant governor		Philip H. Gilbert
40			Huey Long (1893–1935) [204][205][206]	May 21, 1928[207] – January 25, 1932 (resigned)[ah]	Democratic[39]	1928		Paul N. Cyr (removed March 4, 1931)[ah]
								Alvin Olin King
41			Alvin Olin King (1890–1958) [210][208][209]	January 25, 1932[211] – May 16, 1932 (successor took office)	Democratic[39]	Succeeded from lieutenant governor	Vacant
42			Oscar K. Allen (1882–1936) [212][213][214]	May 16, 1932[215] – January 28, 1936 (died in office)	Democratic[39]	1932		John B. Fournet (resigned January 2, 1935)
								James A. Noe
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