Political party strength in Louisiana
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Louisiana:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Treasurer
- Auditor (until 1960) / Comptroller (1960–74; not an elected office after 1974)
- Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
- Commissioner of Insurance
- Commissioner of Elections (office abolished; in existence 1960–2004)
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: American Independent (AI), Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J), Democratic (D), Democratic-Republican (DR), Independent (I), Jackson Democrat (J), National Republican (NR), Republican (R), States' Rights Democratic Party (Dix), Unionist Democrat (UD), Whig (W), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
Before 2000
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor/ Comptroller | Ag. and For. Comm. | Ins. Comm. | Comm. of Elections | Register of Lands | Superintendent of Education | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||||
| 1803 | William C. C. Claiborne (DR)[1] | no such office | James Brown (DR) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1804 | George W. Morgan | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1805 | John Graham (DR) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1806 | James Brown (DR) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1807 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1808 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1809 | Francois Xavier Martin | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1810 | Thomas B. Robertson (DR) | Louis Moreau-Lislet | |||||||||||||||||
| 1811 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1812 | William C. C. Claiborne (DR) | Louis B. Macarty [2] (DR) | J. Montegut [2](DR) | DR Majority | DR Majority | 1 DR | James Madison and Elbridge Gerry (DR)  | ||||||||||||
| 1813 | Francois Xavier Martin(DR) | James Brown (DR) | Eligius Fromentin (DR) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1814 | Jean Baptiste DeJean [2] (DR) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1815 | Etienne Mazureau(DR) | DR Majority | DR Majority | ||||||||||||||||
| 1816 | James Monroe and Daniel Tompkins (DR) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1817 | Jacques Villeré (DR) | Etienne Mazureau (DR) | Louis Moreau-Lislet (DR) | DR Majority | DR Majority | William C. C. Claiborne (DR) | |||||||||||||
| 1818 | Silve Arnaud [2] | 1 DR | |||||||||||||||||
| 1819 | Thomas B. Robertson (DR) | DR Majority | DR Majority | Henry Johnson (DR) [3] | James Brown (DR) | ||||||||||||||
| 1820 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1821 | Thomas B. Robertson (DR)[4] | Pierre Derbigny (Anti-J) | Etienne Mazureau (Adams-Clay Rep.) | DR Majority | DR Majority | 1Anti-J | |||||||||||||
| 1822 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1823 | NR Majority | NR Majority | 2Anti-J, 1J | ||||||||||||||||
| 1824 | Isaac Trimble Preston | Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (Adams-Clay Rep.) |
Josiah S. Johnston (Anti-J) | John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun (Anti-J) | |||||||||||||||
| Henry S. Thibodaux (NR)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1825 | Henry Johnson (NR) | NR Majority | NR Majority | ||||||||||||||||
| 1826 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1827 | NR Majority | J Majority | |||||||||||||||||
| 1828 | Alonzo Morphy | Francois Gardere [2] | Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (J) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1829 | Pierre Derbigny (NR/Anti-J)[6] | George A. Waggaman [2](Anti-J) | 11W, 6D, 1? | 26W, 21D, 3? | Edward Livingston (J) | 1J, 1W, 1Anti-J | |||||||||||||
| Armand Beauvais (NR)[7] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1830 | Jacques Dupré (NR)[5] | George Eustis, Sr. (W) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1831 | Andre B. Roman (W) | W Majority | W Majority[8] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1832 | George A. Waggaman (Anti-J) |
Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (J) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1833 | George Eustis, Sr. (W) | Etienne Mazureau (W) | W Majority | D Majority | Alexander Porter (Anti-J) | ||||||||||||||
| 1834 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1835 | Edward Douglass White, Sr. (W) | Martin Blache | W Majority | W Majority[9] | |||||||||||||||
| 1836 | Robert C. Nicholas (J) | Martin Van Buren and Richard Johnson (D) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1837 | William C. C. Claiborne, Jr. | D Majority | D Majority | Alexander Mouton (J) | 2W, 1J | ||||||||||||||
| 1838 | Alfred E. Forstall | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1839 | Andre B. Roman (W) | Henry Adams Bullard | 10W, 7D[10] | 31W, 17D, 2 No Party | 3W | ||||||||||||||
| 1840 | William Pierce [2] (W) | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1841 | Christian Roselius (W) | William DeBuys [2] (W) | 8W, 8D, 1?[11] | 26W, 14D, 10? | Alexander Barrow (W) | Charles Magill Conrad (W) | 2W, 1D | ||||||||||||
| 1842 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1843 | Alexandre Mouton (D) | Isaac Trimble Preston | 9W, 8D | 34W, 26D | Henry Johnson (W) | 4D | |||||||||||||
| 1844 | James K. Polk and George M. Dallas (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1845 | 9D, 8W[11] | 34W, 26D | Pierre Soulé (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1846 | Isaac Johnson (D) | Charles Gayarré (D) | William Augustus Elmore (D) | Joseph Marshall Walker [2] (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1847 | 20D, 12W[12] | 55D, 43W[12] | Solomon W. Downs (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1848 | 17D, 15W | 51W, 47D | Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1849 | P. E. D. Livaudais[2] (D) | Pierre Soulé (D) | 3D, 1W | ||||||||||||||||
| 1850 | Joseph Marshall Walker (D) | Isaac Johnson (D) | Charles Greneaux[2] (D) | 18D, 14W | 54W, 43D | ||||||||||||||
| 1851 | 2D, 2W | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1852 | George C. McWhorter[2] (D) | 16D, 16W[13] | 53W, 44D | Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1853 | Paul Octave Hébert (D) | W. W. Farmer (D) | Andrew S. Herron (D) | 19W, 17D[14] | 50D, 41A[14] | Judah P. Benjamin (W) | 4D | ||||||||||||
| 1854 | Isaac Edward Morse (D) | 20D, 12W | 60D, 37W | John Slidell (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1855 | Robert C. Wickliffe (D) | Robert A. Hunter (D) | 3D, 1A | ||||||||||||||||
| 1856 | Robert C. Wickliffe (D) | Charles Homer Mouton (D) | Edwin Warren Moïse (D) | 18D, 12A, 1 Anti-A, 1 vac. | 47D, 41A | James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1857 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1858 | 23D, 9A | 49D, 37A, 1IW, 1 tie | |||||||||||||||||
| 1859 | William F. Griffin (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1860 | Thomas Overton Moore (D) | Henry M. Hyams (D) | Pliny D. Hardy (D) | Thomas Jenkins Semmes (D) | B. L. DeFreeze (D) | 21D, 6A, 3O, 1I, 1 vac. | 59D, 18A, 9O, 9I, 3? | John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane (D)  | |||||||||||
| 1861 | American Civil War | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1862 | Henry M. Hyams (D)[15] | James Madison Wells (R)[16] | American Civil War | ||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Overton Moore (D)[15] | George Foster Shepley (M/R)[16] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1863 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1864 | Benjamin W. Pearce (D)[15] | Albert Voorhies (R)[16] | F. S. Goode (D) | No Electors Counted | |||||||||||||||
| Henry Watkins Allen (D)[15][17] | Michael Hahn (R)[18][19] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1865 | |||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison Wells (UD)[20][21][22] | Stanislas Wrotnoski (UD) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1866 | vacant | Andrew S. Herron (D) | Adam Giffin (UD) | 32N | 98N | ||||||||||||||
| 1867 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Benjamin Flanders (R)[21][23][24] | George E. Bovee (R)[25] | B. L. Lynch (R) | John S. Harris (R) | William Pitt Kellogg (R) | 3R, 1D, 1 vac. | ||||||||||||||
| 1868 | Joshua Baker (UD)[21][23][26] | Oscar Dunn (R) | Antoine Dubuclet (R) | Horatio Seymour and Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (D) | |||||||||||||||
| Henry C. Warmoth (R)[27] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1869 | Simeon Beldon (R) | 20R, 16D | 56R, 45D | 4R, 1 vac. | |||||||||||||||
| 1870 | 5R | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1871 | 29R, 7D | 74R, 29D, 2 vac. | Joseph Rodman West (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1872 | P. B. S. Pinchback (R) | ||||||||||||||||||
| P. B. S. Pinchback (R)[20] | vacant | F. J. Herron (R) | vacant | Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 1873 | John McEnery (D)[28] | William P. Kellogg (R)[28] | Caesar Antoine (R) | Jack Wharton (R) | Alexander Pope Field (R) | [29] | [30] | 6R | |||||||||||
| William Pitt Kellogg (R) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1874 | P. G. Deslonde (R) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1875 | 27R, 9D[31] | 63D, 47R[32] | 3D, 3R | ||||||||||||||||
| 1876 | William H. Hunt (R) | James B. Eustis (D) | 4D, 2R | Rutherford B. Hayes and William Almon Wheeler (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 1877 | Stephen B. Packard (R)[33] | Francis T. Nicholls (D)[34] | Louis A. Wiltz (D) | Hiram R. Steele (D) | 20D, 16R | 64D, 42R, 4 vac. | William Pitt Kellogg (R) | ||||||||||||
| Francis T. Nicholls (D) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1878 | Will A. Strong (D) | Horatio Nash Ogden (D) | Edward A. Burke (D) | 6D | |||||||||||||||
| 1879 | 26D, 10R | 75D, 16R, 2G, 1I | Benjamin F. Jonas (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1880 | Louis A. Wiltz (D)[6] | Samuel D. McEnery (D) | Winfield Scott Hancock and William Hayden English (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1881 | William A. Robertson (D) | James C. Egan (D) | 32D, 4R[35] | 74D, 24R[36] | |||||||||||||||
| Samuel D. McEnery (D)[37] | 5D, 1R | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1882 | George L. Walton (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1883 | Randall L. Gibson (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1884 | Clay Knobloch (D) | Oscar Arroyo (D) | Milton J. Cunningham (D) | 31D, 5R[38] | 85D, 13R[39] | Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1885 | James B. Eustis (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1886 | 6D | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1887 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1888 | Francis T. Nicholls (D) | James Jeffries (D) | Leonard F. Mason (D) | Walter H. Rogers (D) | William Henry Pipes (D) | 33D, 5R | 86D, 12R | Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D) | |||||||||||
| 1889 | 5D, 1R | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1890 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1891 | Edward Douglass White (D) | 6D | |||||||||||||||||
| 1892 | Murphy J. Foster (D) | Charles Parlange (D) | T. S. Adams (D) | Milton J. Cunningham (D) | John Pickett(D) | 38D | 96D, 2R | Donelson Caffery (D) | Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) | ||||||||||
| 1893 | Hiram R. Lott (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1894 | Newton C. Blanchard (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1895 | Robert H. Snyder (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 | John T. Michel (D) | Alexander V. Fournet (D) | 32D, 4R, 2P | 60D, 24R, 14P | William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (4 votes) (D) and Thomas E. Watson (4 votes) (Pop) | ||||||||||||||
| 1897 | Samuel D. McEnery (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1898 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1899 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1900 | William Wright Heard (D) | Albert Estopinal (D) | Walter Guion (D) | LeDoux E. Smith (D) | 39D | 98D | William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1901 | Murphy J. Foster (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1903 | H. C. Cage (D) | 7D | |||||||||||||||||
| 1904 | Newton C. Blanchard (D) | Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. (D) | James M. Smith (D) | James Benjamin Aswell (D) | Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1907 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1908 | Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. (D)[40] | Paul M. Lambremont (D) | O. B. Steele (D) | T. H. Harris (D) | 41D | 114D | William Jennings Bryan and John Worth Kern (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1910 | John R. Thornton (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1912 | Luther E. Hall (D) | Thomas C. Barret (D) | Alvin Hebert (D) | Ruffin G. Pleasant (D) | LeDoux E. Smith (D) | 39D, 2I | 118D | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Marshall (D) | |||||||||||
| 1913 | Joseph E. Ransdell (D) | 8D | |||||||||||||||||
| 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1915 | W. F. Millsaps (D) | Robert F. Broussard (D) | 7D, 1 Prog. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1916 | Ruffin G. Pleasant (D) | Fernand Mouton (D) | James J. Bailey (D) | Adolphe V. Coco (D) | Henry Hunsicker (D) | 36D, 5 Prog. | 106D, 12 Prog. | ||||||||||||
| 1917 | Walter Guion (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1919 | Edward James Gay (D) | 8D | |||||||||||||||||
| 1920 | John M. Parker (D) | Hewitt Bouanchaud (D) | Howell Morgan (D) | 41D | 118D | James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1921 | Edwin S. Broussard (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1922 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 | Henry L. Fuqua (D)[6] | Delos R. Johnson (D) | Percy Saint (D) | 39D | 101D | John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan (D) | |||||||||||||
| Oramel H. Simpson (D) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1926 | Philip H. Gilbert (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oramel H. Simpson (D)[20] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1928 | Huey Long (D)[41][42] | Paul N. Cyr (D) | Al Smith and Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1931 | Lucille May Grace (D) | Vacant [43] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1932 | Alvin Olin King (D)[20][44] | John B. Fournet (D) | E. A. Conway (D) | Gaston L. Porterlie (D) | Huey Long (D)[6] | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) | |||||||||||||
| Oscar K. Allen (D)[6] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1933 | John H. Overton (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1935 | James A. Noe (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1936 | James A. Noe (D)[20] | Earl Long (D) | A. P. Tugwell (D) | Rose McConnell Long (D) | |||||||||||||||
| Richard W. Leche (D)[45] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1937 | Allen J. Ellender (D) [6] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1939 | Coleman Lindsey (D) | James B. Ellison (D) | |||||||||||||||||
| Earl K. Long (D)[20] | Lessley P. Gardiner (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1940 | Sam H. Jones (D) | Marc M. Mouton (D) | Jack P. F. Gremillion (D) | Eugene Stanley (D) | John E. Coxe (D) | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Wallace (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1944 | Jimmie H. Davis (D) | J. Emile Verret (D) | Wade O. Martin, Jr. (D) | Fred S. LeBlanc (D) | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Earl Long (D) | Bill Dodd (D) | Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr. (D) | Shelby M. Jackson (D) | William C. Feazel (D) [2] | Strom Thurmond and Fielding L. Wright (Dix) | |||||||||||||
| 1949 | Russell B. Long (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | Robert F. Kennon (D) | C. E. "Cap" Barham (D) | Fred S. LeBlanc (D) | Allison Kolb (D) | Dave L. Pearce (D) | Ellen Bryan Moore (D) | Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1953 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Earl Long (D) | Lether Frazar (D) | Jack P. F. Gremillion (D) | Bill Dodd (D) | Sidney McCrory (D) | Lucille May Grace (D) | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Jimmie Davis (D) | Taddy Aycock (D) | Roy R. Theriot (D) | Dave L. Pearce (D) | Rufus D. Hayes (D) | Douglas Fowler(D) | Ellen Bryan Moore (D) | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | |||||||||||
| 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | John McKeithen (D)[46] | Dudley Guglielmo (D) | Bill Dodd (D) | 103D, 2R[47] | Barry Goldwater and William E. Miller (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | 102D, 3R[48] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | 101D, 4R[49] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Mary Evelyn Parker (D) | 105D | George Wallace and Curtis LeMay (I) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 38D, 1R[50] | 104D, 1R[51] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Edwin Edwards (D) | Jimmy Fitzmorris (D) | William J. Guste (D) | Sherman A. Bernard (D) | Louis J. Michot (D) | 39D | 101D, 4R | Elaine Edwards (D) [2] | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | ||||||||||
| 1973 | J. Bennett Johnston (D) | 7D, 1R | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Appointed Position | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | 6D, 2R | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Paul Hardy (D) | Gil Dozier (D) | Appointed Position | J. Kelly Nix (D) | 38D, 1R[52] | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1977 | 99D, 6R[53] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | 98D, 7R[54] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | 5D, 3R | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Dave Treen (R) | Robert "Bobby" Freeman (D) | James H. "Jim" Brown (D) | Bob Odom (D) | Jerry Fowler (D) | 39D | 95D, 10R[55] | Ronald Reagan and George Bush (R) | |||||||||||
| 1981 | 6D, 2R | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Edwin Edwards (D) | Thomas Clausen (D) | 37D, 2R[56] | 93D, 11R, 1I | |||||||||||||||
| 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | John Breaux (D) | 5D, 3R | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Buddy Roemer (D) | Paul Hardy (R) | W. Fox McKeithen (D) | Mary Landrieu (D) | Douglas D. Green (D) | Appointed Position | 34D, 5R | 88D, 16R, 1I | George Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | ||||||||||
| 1989 | 4D, 4R | ||||||||||||||||||
| W. Fox McKeithen (R)[57] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Buddy Roemer (R)[58] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Edwin Edwards (D) | Melinda Schwegmann (D) | Richard Ieyoub (D) | James H. "Jim" Brown (D) | 33D, 6R | 87D, 17R, 1I | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | 4D, 3R | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 5R, 2D | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Mike Foster (R) | Kathleen Blanco (D) | Ken Duncan (D) | 26D, 13R | 78D, 27R | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Mary Landrieu (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor/ Comptroller | Ag. and For. Comm. | Ins. Comm. | Comm. of Elections | Registrar of Lands | Superintendent of Education | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes | ||
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | |||||||||||||||||
2000–present
Notes
- From 1804 to 1812, what would later become the State of Louisiana was known as the Territory of Orleans. The contemporary Louisiana Territory was to the north and did not include modern Louisiana.
- Appointed by Governor.
- Resigned to become governor.
- Resigned to take a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana.
- As president of the state Senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- Died in office.
- As president of the state Senate, acted as governor until his term as Senate president expired.
- Elected a Democrat, Alexandre Mouton, as a minority-party Speaker.
- Elected a Democrat, Alcée Louis la Branche, as a minority-party Speaker.
- May have been 11W, 6D.
- A Whig, Felix Garcia, was elected as Senate President.
- With the Constitution of 1845 going into effect, each legislator elected in 1846 only served a one-year term.
- With the Lt. Governor, Jean Baptiste Plauché, being a Democrat, he broke the tie and the Democrats organized the chamber.
- With the Constitution of 1852 going into effect, each legislator elected that year only served a one-year term.
- Of Confederate-held territory in Louisiana.
- Of Union-held territory in Louisiana.
- Removed from office after the Union took control of Louisiana following the surrender of the Confederacy; moved to Mexico City.
- Governor of Union-held territory in Louisiana.
- Resigned to take a seat in the United States Senate, but was denied his seat, Louisiana having not yet been readmitted to the Union.
- As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- Reconstruction-era governor subordinate to U.S. military rule.
- Removed from office by General Philip Sheridan, who held Wells accountable for the unstable political conditions stemming from the granting of suffrage to blacks.
- Appointed military governor.
- Resigned.
- Was removed from office by Governor Warmoth for misfeasance
- When Louisiana was readmitted to the Union, Baker and General Winfield Scott Hancock, who had appointed him, were removed from power in the state.
- Impeached but never convicted; however, Warmoth was still removed from office with 35 days remaining in his term. All charges were later expunged.
- The State Returning Board declared McEnery the winner over William P. Kellogg in 1872, but a second election board was formed that declared Kellogg the winner. Both men were sworn into office on the same day by opposing legislatures. After armed skirmishes erupted, President Ulysses S. Grant stepped in, declaring Kellogg the winner on September 20, 1873.
- As mentioned in the gubernatorial note, there were two competing legislatures sworn in: one Democratic, and one Republican.
- As mentioned in the gubernatorial note, there were two competing legislatures sworn in: one Democratic, and one Republican.
- To resolve the conflict with the two competing legislatures in what was known as the Wheeler Compromise, control of the Senate was given to the Republicans by this margin.
- To resolve the conflict with the two competing legislatures in what was known as the Wheeler Compromise, control of the House was given to the Democrats by this margin.
- Packard was the Radical Republican candidate for governor in 1876. In a disputed outcome, both Packard and his Democratic opponent, Francis T. Nicholls, were inaugurated. Nicholls had led in the balloting by eight thousand votes, but the Republican-controlled State Returning Board cited fraud and declared Packard the victor. Pinchback, however, refused to support Packard and endorsed Nicholls.
- Won the 1876 election over Stephen B. Packard, but the Republican-controlled State Returning Board declared Packard the winner. Nicholls took office anyway and assembled a government that was eventually recognized by the federal government as the proper state government.
- Starting with this election, senators were all elected at the same time to 4-year terms.
- Starting with this election, representatives were all elected at the same time to 4-year terms.
- As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
- Due to a state constitutional amendment, elections to the legislature were moved up to April every fourth year.
- Due to a state constitutional amendment, elections to the legislature were moved up to April every fourth year.
- Elected to the United States Senate but refused the seat, choosing to remain governor.
- Impeached on charges of bribery and corruption, but not convicted.
- Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate; was elected to the Senate in 1930, but did not take office until 1932, preferring to remain in office as governor.
- Governor Huey Long was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1930 but delayed taking office until 1932 so his Lieutenant Governor, Paul N. Cyr, would not take over as Governor
- Paul N. Cyr was lieutenant governor under Long and stated that he would succeed Long when Long left for the Senate, but Long demanded Cyr forfeit his office. King, as president of the state Senate, was elevated to lieutenant governor and later governor.
- Resigned due to a fraud scandal; was later convicted of mail fraud and served five years in prison. He was pardoned by President Harry S. Truman in 1953.
- First governor elected to consecutive terms after the 1921 constitution was amended in 1966 to allow governors to serve two consecutive terms.
- Morley Hudson and Taylor O'Hearn were the first Republicans elected to the Legislature in the 20th Century."Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Roderick Miller was elected in a special election
- Edward Clark Gaudin was elected in a special election
- A.C. Clemons switched parties from Democrat to Republican, becoming the first Republican in the State Senate in the 20th Century.
- James Sutterfield was elected in a special election from Orleans Parish, becoming the first Republican to do so in the 20th Century.
- Edwards Barham became the first Republican elected to the State Senate in the 20th Century.
- A.J. McNamara and Lane A. Carson switched parties from Democrat to Republican.
- Michael F. Thompson switched parties from Democrat to Republican.
- Ed Scogin switched parties from Democrat to Republican just before the start of the new session.
- Ken Hollis was elected as a Republican, and Ken Osterberger switched parties after the election from Democrat to Republican.
- Incumbent Democrat McKeithen switched parties in 1989.
- Was elected as a Democrat in 1987 but switched parties to Republican in 1991.
- Died July 15, 2005
- Acting Commissioner from 2000 to 2003. Resigned February 15, 2006.
- Resigned May 3, 2010 to become Mayor of New Orleans.
- Acting Secretary of State through his entire tenure.
- Kennedy switched parties from Democratic to Republican on August 27, 2007.
- Republican Rep. Bobby Jindal and Richard H. Baker resigned in early 2008 to take other positions. Republican Steve Scalise and Democrat Don Cazayoux won special elections in May to succeed them, respectively.
- Michael L. Jackson switched from Democrat to Independent after the 2008 legislative session before a run for the United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2008
- Appointed Lieutenant Governor on May 12, 2010 as a Democrat, Angelle switched parties and became a Republican on October 26. His term as Lieutenant Governor ended on November 22, 2010.
- Resigned May 8, 2018.
- Caldwell switched parties from Democratic to Republican on February 11, 2011.
- Combination of special elections and party switches flip chamber to Republican control prior to the legislative session.
- Six Democratic representatives switched parties in the lead-up to the 2011 legislative session, giving the Republicans the majority in the chamber. One Republican representative switched to Independent.
- Acting Treasurer from January 9, 2018 to November 18, 2017.
- Acting Secretary of State from May 9 to May 23, 2018. Confirmed Secretary of State from then onward.
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