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Encyclopedia > Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

The Office of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current Lieutenant Governor is Mitch Landrieu (D). Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city Baton Rouge [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... This article or section needs additional references or sources. ...

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The office was first created by the Louisiana Constitution of 1852. Prior to that, the successor to the Governor in the event of his death or resignation was the President Pro Tempore of the Louisiana Senate. A number of State Senate Presidents succeeded Governors before the 1852 Constitution was adopted, including Henry S. Thibodaux, Armand Beauvais and Jacques Dupre. A President Pro Tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of the United States Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the President of the Senate. ... The Louisiana Senate is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. ... Henry Schuyler Thibodaux (1769-1827) was Governor of Louisiana briefly. ... Armand Beauvais, Acting Governor of Louisiana 1828-1829 Armand Julie Beauvais (1783-1843) was a Justice of the Peace, a Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, President of the Louisiana Senate and Governor of Louisiana. ... Jacques Dupre, Acting Governor of Louisiana 1830-1831 Jacques Dupre (1773 - September 14, 1846) was a Lousiana State Representative, State Senator and Acting Governor. ...


The Lieutenant Governor presided over the Louisiana Senate from 1853 until the adoption of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. Today, te Lieutenant Governor exercises powers delegated to him by the Governor as provided by law. [He] also serves as governor in the event of a vacancy in the office, if the Governor is unable to act as governor, or is out of state. Under the constitution, the Lieutenant Governor no longer serves as ex-officio president of the Senate, but he is made an ex-officio member of each committee, board and commission on which the Governor serves. (Louisiana Constitution Article IV, Section 6) Additionally, the Lieutenant Governor serves as Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. This is a list of Governors of [[Louisiana== First French Era == Sauvole de la Villantry 1699-1701 Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville 1701-1713 Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac 1713-1716 Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville 1716-1717 Jean-Michel de Lepinay 1717-1718 Jean...


List of Office Holders


1853-1860

No. Lt. Governor Took Office Left Office Party
1 W.W. Farmer 1853 1855 Democratic
2 Robert C. Wickliffe 1855 1856 Democratic
3 Charles Homer Mouton 1856 1859 Democratic
4 William F. Griffin 1859 1860 Democratic

Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Robert C. Wickliffe (January 6, 1819 – April 18, 1895) was Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Louisiana from 1856-60. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ...

Civil War Era

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Lieutenant Governors of Confederate Louisiana

No. Lt. Governor Took Office Left Office Party
5 Henry M. Hyams 1860 1864 Democratic
6 Benjamin W. Pearce 1864 1866 Democratic

Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (traditional) The Bonnie Blue Flag (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861–April 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (from April 3, 1865) Language(s) English (de facto) Government Republic President... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ...

Lieutenant Governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana

No. Lt. Governor Took Office Left Office Party
7 James M. Wells 1862 1864 Republican
8 Albert Voorhies 1864 1866 Republican

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Resumption of U.S. Statehood

No. Lt. Governor Took Office Left Office Party
9 Oscar J. Dunn 1868 1872 Republican
10 P. B. S. Pinchback 1872 1873 Republican
11 C.C. Antoine 1873 1877 Republican
12 Louis A. Wiltz 1877 1880 Democratic
13 Samuel D. McEnery 1880 1881 Democratic
14 W.A. Robertson 1881 1881 Democratic
15 George L. Walton 1882 1884 Democratic
16 Clay Knobloch 1884 1888 Democratic
17 James Jeffries 1888 1892 Democratic
18 Charles Parlange 1892 1893 Democratic
19 Hiram R. Lott 1893 1895 Democratic
20 Robert H. Snyder 1895 1900 Democratic
21 Albert Estopinal 1900 1903 Democratic
22 H. C. Cage 1903 1904 Democratic
23 Jared Y. Sanders 1904 1908 Democratic
24 Paul M. Lambremont 1908 1911 Democratic
25 Thomas C. Barret 1912 1916 Democratic
26 Fernand Mouton 1916 1920 Democratic
27 Hewitt Bouanchaud 1920 1924 Democratic
28 Delos R. Johnson 1924 1924 Democratic
29 Oramel H. Simpson 1924 1926 Democratic
30 Philip H. Gilbert 1926 1928 Democratic
31 Paul M. Cyr 1928 1932 Democratic
32 John B. Fournet 1932 1935 Democratic
33 James A. Noe 1935 1936 Democratic
34 Earl K. Long 1936 1939 Democratic
35 Coleman Lindsey 1939 1940 Democratic
36 Marc M. Mouton 1940 1944 Democratic
37 J. Emile Verret 1944 1948 Democratic
38 William J. Dodd 1948 1952 Democratic
39 Charles E. (Cap) Barham 1952 1956 Democratic
40 Lether Frazar 1956 1960 Democratic
41 C. C. "Taddy" Aycock 1960 1964 Democratic
42 James E. Fitzmorris, Jr. 1972 1980 Democratic
43 Robert "Bobby" Freeman 1980 1988 Democratic
44 Paul Hardy 1988 1992 Republican
45 Melinda Schwegmann 1992 1996 Democratic
46 Kathleen Blanco 1996 2004 Democratic
47 Mitch Landrieu 2004 Present Democratic
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This page has been tagged since April 2007. Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was the first African-American to become governor of a U.S. State. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Louis Alfred Wiltz (October 22, 1843 – October 16, 1881) served as Governor of Louisiana USA from 1880 – 1881. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 - June 10, 1910) served as Governor of Louisiana from 1881 until 1888, and as a United States Senator from 1897 until 1910. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Albert Estopinal (January 30, 1845 – April 28, 1919) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Jared Young Sanders, Sr. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Oramel H. Simpson became governor of the state of Louisiana upon the death of his predecessor, Henry L. Fuqua. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... James A. Noe, Sr. ... Earl Kemp Long (26 August 1895 - 5 September 1960) was an American politician and three-time Governor of Louisiana. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... J. Emile Verret (1886 - February 9, 1965) was the Democratic lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1944-1948, having served under James Houston Jimmie Davis in the first of Davis two nonconsecutive terms in the states highest constitutional office. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... William Joseph Bill Dodd (November 25, 1909--November 16, 1991) held some half dozen important positions in Louisiana government in the mid-twentieth century, including the offices of state representative, lieutenant governor, state auditor, president of the State Board of Education, and superintendent of education, but he never achieved his... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Charles Emmett Cap Barham (September 26, 1905 -- February 23, 1972), was the Democratic lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1952 - 1956, who is credited with having established the office independent from that of the governor. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Lether Edward Frazar (December 1, 1904 - May 15, 1960) was the Democratic lieutenant governor of Louisiana under Governor Earl Kemp Long from 1956-1960, who had earlier, as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Beauregard Parish authored the state teacher retirement law. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... James Edward Jimmy Fitzmorris, Jr. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Robert Louis Bobby Freeman (born April 27, 1934) is a Plaquemine (Iberville Parish) lawyer who was the Democratic lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1980-1988. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Paul Jude Hardy (born October 18, 1942) was the first Republican and thus far the only Republican to be elected as lieutenant governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction. ... Image File history File links Paul_Hardy. ... Melinda B. Schwegmann (born October 25, 1946) was the Democratic lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1992-1996 -- the first woman to hold the position. ... Image File history File links Insert_image_here. ... Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (born December 15, 1942) is an American politician. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources. ... Image File history File links Information_icon. ...



 

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