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.
1803–1903
Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||||
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Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||||
1803 | William C. C. Claiborne (DR)[lower-alpha 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 (DR) | ||||||||||||
1810 | Thomas B. Robertson (DR) | Louis Moreau-Lislet (DR) | |||||||||||
1811 | |||||||||||||
1812 | Louis B. Macarty (DR)[lower-alpha 2] | J. Montegut (DR)[lower-alpha 2] | DR majority | DR majority | Jean Noël Destréhan (DR) | Allan B. Magruder (DR) | Thomas B. Robertson (DR) | Madison/ Gerry (DR) ![]() | |||||
Thomas Posey (DR) | |||||||||||||
1813 | Francois Xavier Martin (DR) | James Brown (DR) | Eligius Fromentin (DR) | ||||||||||
1814 | Jean Baptiste DeJean (DR)[lower-alpha 2] | ||||||||||||
1815 | Etienne Mazureau (DR) | DR majority | DR majority | ||||||||||
1816 | Monroe/ 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[lower-alpha 2] | Thomas Butler (DR) | |||||||||||
1819 | Thomas B. Robertson (DR) | DR majority | DR majority | Henry Johnson (DR)[lower-alpha 3] | James Brown (DR) | ||||||||
1820 | |||||||||||||
1821 | Thomas B. Robertson (DR)[lower-alpha 4] | Pierre Derbigny (NR) | Etienne Mazureau (DR) | DR majority | DR majority | Josiah S. Johnston (DR) | |||||||
1822 | |||||||||||||
1823 | NR majority | NR majority | 2NR, 1J | ||||||||||
1824 | Isaac Trimble Preston | Dominique Bouligny (DR) | Josiah S. Johnston (DR) | Adams/ Calhoun (NR) ![]() | |||||||||
Henry S. Thibodaux (NR)[lower-alpha 5] | Dominique Bouligny (NR) | Josiah S. Johnston (NR) | |||||||||||
1825 | Henry Johnson (NR) | NR majority | NR majority | ||||||||||
1826 | |||||||||||||
1827 | NR majority | J majority | |||||||||||
1828 | Alonzo Morphy | Francois Gardere[lower-alpha 2] | Jackson/ Calhoun (J) ![]() | ||||||||||
1829 | Pierre Derbigny (NR)[lower-alpha 6] | George A. Waggaman (NR)[lower-alpha 2] | 11W, 6D, 1? | 26W, 21D, 3? | Edward Livingston (J) | 1J, 1W, 1NR | |||||||
Arnaud Beauvais (NR)[lower-alpha 7] | |||||||||||||
1830 | Jacques Dupré (NR)[lower-alpha 5] | George Eustis Sr. (W) | |||||||||||
1831 | Andre B. Roman (W) | W majority | W majority[lower-alpha 8] | ||||||||||
1832 | George Eustis Sr. (W) | George A. Waggaman (NR) | Jackson/ Van Buren (J) ![]() | ||||||||||
1833 | Etienne Mazureau (W) | W majority | D majority | Alexander Porter (NR) | |||||||||
1834 | |||||||||||||
1835 | Edward Douglass White Sr. (W) | Martin Blache | W majority | W majority[lower-alpha 9] | |||||||||
1836 | Robert C. Nicholas (J) | Van Buren/ Johnson (D) ![]() | |||||||||||
1837 | William C. C. Claiborne Jr. | D majority | D majority | Robert C. Nicholas (D) | Alexandre Mouton (D) | 2W, 1J | |||||||
1838 | Alfred E. Forstall | ||||||||||||
1839 | Andre B. Roman (W) | Henry Adams Bullard (W) | 10W, 7D[lower-alpha 10] | 31W, 17D, 2I | 3W | ||||||||
1840 | William Pierce (W)[lower-alpha 2] | Harrison/ Tyler (W) ![]() | |||||||||||
1841 | Christian Roselius (W) | William DeBuys (W)[lower-alpha 2] | 8W, 8D, 1?[lower-alpha 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 | Polk/ Dallas (D) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1845 | 9D, 8W[lower-alpha 11] | 34W, 26D | Pierre Soulé (D) | ||||||||||
1846 | Isaac Johnson (D) | Charles Gayarré (D) | William Augustus Elmore (D) | Joseph Marshall Walker (D)[lower-alpha 2] | |||||||||
1847 | 20D, 12W[lower-alpha 12] | 55D, 43W[lower-alpha 12] | Solomon W. Downs (D) | ||||||||||
1848 | 17D, 15W | 51W, 47D | Taylor/ Fillmore (W) ![]() | ||||||||||
1849 | P. E. D. Livaudais (D)[lower-alpha 2] | Pierre Soulé (D) | 3D, 1W | ||||||||||
1850 | Joseph Marshall Walker (D) | Isaac Johnson (D) | Charles Greneaux (D)[lower-alpha 2] | 18D, 14W | 54W, 43D | ||||||||
1851 | 2D, 2W | ||||||||||||
1852 | George C. McWhorter (D)[lower-alpha 2] | 16D, 16W[lower-alpha 13] | 53W, 44D | Pierce/ King (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1853 | Paul Octave Hébert (D) | W. W. Farmer (D) | Andrew S. Herron (D) | 19W, 17D[lower-alpha 14] | 50D, 41KN[lower-alpha 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, 1KN | ||||||||||
1856 | Robert C. Wickliffe (D) | Charles Homer Mouton (D) | Edwin Warren Moïse (D) | 18D, 12KN, 1AA, 1 vac. | 47D, 41KN | Buchanan/ Breckinridge (D) ![]() | |||||||
1857 | |||||||||||||
1858 | 23D, 9KN | 49D, 37KN, 1IW, 1 tie | |||||||||||
1859 | William F. Griffin (D) | Judah P. Benjamin (D) | |||||||||||
1860 | Thomas O. Moore (D) | Henry M. Hyams (D) | Pliny D. Hardy (D) | Thomas Jenkins Semmes (D) | B. L. DeFreeze (D) | 21D, 6KN, 3O, 1I, 1 vac. | 59D, 18KN, 9O, 9I, 3? | Breckinridge/ Lane (SD) ![]() | |||||
1861 | American Civil War | ||||||||||||
1862 | Henry M. Hyams (D)[lower-alpha 15] |
James Madison Wells (UD)[lower-alpha 16] |
American Civil War | ||||||||||
Thomas O. Moore (D)[lower-alpha 15] |
George Foster Shepley (M/D)[lower-alpha 16] | ||||||||||||
1863 | |||||||||||||
1864 | Benjamin W. Pearce (D)[lower-alpha 15] |
Albert Voorhies (D)[lower-alpha 16] | F. S. Goode (D) | No Electors Counted | |||||||||
Henry Allen (D)[lower-alpha 15][lower-alpha 17] | Michael Hahn (U)[lower-alpha 16][lower-alpha 18] | ||||||||||||
1865 | |||||||||||||
James Madison Wells (UD)[lower-alpha 19][lower-alpha 20][lower-alpha 21] | Stanislas Wrotnowski (UD) | Adam Giffin (UD) | |||||||||||
1866 | vacant | Andrew S. Herron (D) | 32N | 98N | |||||||||
1867 | |||||||||||||
Benjamin Flanders (R)[lower-alpha 20][lower-alpha 22][lower-alpha 23] | George E. Bovee (R)[lower-alpha 24] | B. L. Lynch (R) | John S. Harris (R) | William Pitt Kellogg (R) | 3R, 1D, 1 vac. | ||||||||
1868 | Joshua Baker (UD)[lower-alpha 20][lower-alpha 22][lower-alpha 25] | Oscar Dunn (R) | Antoine Dubuclet (R) | Seymour/ Blair (D) ![]() | |||||||||
Henry C. Warmoth (R)[lower-alpha 26] | |||||||||||||
1869 | Simeon Beldon (R) | 20R, 16D | 56R, 45D | 4R, 1 vac. | |||||||||
1870 | 5R | ||||||||||||
1871 | 29R, 7D | 74R, 29D, 2 vac. | J. R. West (R) | ||||||||||
1872 | P. B. S. Pinchback (R) | ||||||||||||
P. B. S. Pinchback (R)[lower-alpha 19] | vacant | Francis J. Herron (R) | vacant | Grant/ Wilson (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1873 | John McEnery (D)[lower-alpha 27] | William Pitt Kellogg (R)[lower-alpha 27] | Caesar Antoine (R) | Jack Wharton (R) | Alexander Pope Field (R) | disputed[lower-alpha 28] | disputed[lower-alpha 28] | 6R | |||||
William Pitt Kellogg (R) | |||||||||||||
1874 | Pierre G. Deslonde (R) | ||||||||||||
1875 | 27R, 9D[lower-alpha 29] | 63D, 47R[lower-alpha 29] | 3D, 3R | ||||||||||
1876 | William H. Hunt (R) | James B. Eustis (D) | 4D, 2R | Hayes/ Wheeler (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1877 | Stephen B. Packard (R)[lower-alpha 30] | Francis T. Nicholls (D)[lower-alpha 31] | 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, 2GB, 1I | Benjamin F. Jonas (D) | ||||||||||
1880 | Louis A. Wiltz (D)[lower-alpha 6] | Samuel D. McEnery (D) | Hancock/ English (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1881 | William A. Robertson (D) | James C. Egan (D) | 32D, 4R[lower-alpha 32] | 74D, 24R[lower-alpha 32] | |||||||||
Samuel D. McEnery (D)[lower-alpha 33] | 5D, 1R | ||||||||||||
1882 | George L. Walton (D) | ||||||||||||
1883 | Randall L. Gibson (D) | ||||||||||||
1884 | Clay Knobloch (D) | Oscar Arroyo (D) | Joe Cunningham (D) | 31D, 5R[lower-alpha 34] | 85D, 13R[lower-alpha 34] | Cleveland/ 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 | Cleveland/ Thurman (D) ![]() | |||||
1889 | 5D, 1R | ||||||||||||
1890 | |||||||||||||
1891 | Edward Douglass White (D) | 6D | |||||||||||
1892 | Murphy J. Foster (D) | Charles Parlange (D) | T. S. Adams (D) | Joe Cunningham (D) | John Pickett(D) | 38D | 96D, 2R | Donelson Caffery (D) | Cleveland/ Stevenson (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, 2Pop | 60D, 24R, 14Pop | 4 – Bryan/ Sewall (D) ![]() 4 – Bryan/ Watson (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 | Bryan/ Stevenson (D) ![]() | ||||||
1901 | Murphy J. Foster (D) | ||||||||||||
1902 | |||||||||||||
1903 | H. C. Cage (D) | 7D | |||||||||||
Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes | ||
Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress |
1904–1951
Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||||||
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Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Ag. and For. Comm. | Register of Lands | Supt. of Education | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||||
1904 | Newton C. Blanchard (D) | Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (D) | John T. Michel (D) | Walter Guion (D) | James M. Smith (D) | James Benjamin Aswell (D) | 39D | 98D | Murphy J. Foster (D) | Samuel D. McEnery (D) | 7D | Parker/ Davis (D) ![]() | ||||
1905 | ||||||||||||||||
1906 | ||||||||||||||||
1907 | ||||||||||||||||
1908 | Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (D)[lower-alpha 35] | Paul M. Lambremont (D) | O. B. Steele (D) | Fred J. Grace | T. H. Harris (D) | 41D | 114D | Bryan/ Kern (D) ![]() | ||||||||
1909 | ||||||||||||||||
1910 | John 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 | Wilson/ Marshall (D) ![]() | ||||||||
1913 | Joseph E. Ransdell (D) | 8D | ||||||||||||||
1914 | ||||||||||||||||
1915 | W. F. Millsaps (D) | Robert F. Broussard (D) | 7D, 1Prog | |||||||||||||
1916 | Ruffin G. Pleasant (D) | Fernand Mouton (D) | James J. Bailey (D) | Adolphe V. Coco (D) | Henry Hunsicker (D) | Harry Wilson (D) | 36D, 5Prog | 106D, 12Prog | ||||||||
1917 | Walter Guion (D) | |||||||||||||||
1918 | ||||||||||||||||
1919 | Edward J. Gay (D) | 8D | ||||||||||||||
1920 | John M. Parker (D) | Hewitt Bouanchaud (D) | Howell Morgan (D) | 41D | 118D | Cox/ Roosevelt (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1921 | Edwin S. Broussard (D) | |||||||||||||||
1922 | ||||||||||||||||
1923 | ||||||||||||||||
1924 | Henry L. Fuqua (D)[lower-alpha 6] | Delos R. Johnson (D) | Percy Saint (D) | L. B. Baynard, Jr. (D) | 39D | 101D | Davis/ Bryan (D) ![]() | |||||||||
Oramel H. Simpson (D) | ||||||||||||||||
1925 | ||||||||||||||||
1926 | Philip H. Gilbert (D) | |||||||||||||||
Oramel H. Simpson (D)[lower-alpha 19] | ||||||||||||||||
1927 | ||||||||||||||||
1928 | Huey Long (D)[lower-alpha 36][lower-alpha 37] | Paul N. Cyr (D) | Haney B. Connor (D) | Smith/ Robinson (D) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1929 | ||||||||||||||||
1930 | Alice Lee Grosjean | |||||||||||||||
1931 | Lucille May Grace (D) | vacant[lower-alpha 38] | ||||||||||||||
1932 | Alvin Olin King (D)[lower-alpha 39] | John B. Fournet (D) | E. A. Conway (D) | Gaston L. Porterlie (D) | Jess S. Cave (D) | Huey Long (D)[lower-alpha 6] | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) ![]() | |||||||||
Oscar K. Allen (D)[lower-alpha 6] | ||||||||||||||||
1933 | John H. Overton (D) | |||||||||||||||
1934 | ||||||||||||||||
1935 | James A. Noe (D) | |||||||||||||||
1936 | James A. Noe (D)[lower-alpha 19] | Earl Long (D) | A. P. Tugwell (D) | Rose McConnell Long (D) | ||||||||||||
Richard W. Leche (D)[lower-alpha 40] | ||||||||||||||||
1937 | Allen J. Ellender (D) | |||||||||||||||
1938 | ||||||||||||||||
1939 | Coleman Lindsey (D) | James Ellison (D) | ||||||||||||||
Earl Long (D)[lower-alpha 19] | Lessley Gardiner (D) | |||||||||||||||
1940 | Sam H. Jones (D) | Marc M. Mouton (D) | Jack P. F. Gremillion (D) | Eugene Stanley (D) | John E. Coxe (D) | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1941 | ||||||||||||||||
1942 | ||||||||||||||||
1943 | ||||||||||||||||
1944 | Jimmie Davis (D) | J. Emile Verret (D) | Wade O. Martin Jr. (D) | Fred S. LeBlanc (D) | Roosevelt/ Truman (D) ![]() | |||||||||||
1945 | ||||||||||||||||
1946 | ||||||||||||||||
1947 | ||||||||||||||||
1948 | Earl Long (D) | Bill Dodd (D) | Bolivar E. Kemp (D) | Millard Perkins (D) | Shelby M. Jackson (D) | William C. Feazel (D)[lower-alpha 2] | Thurmond/ Wright (Dix) ![]() | |||||||||
1949 | W. E. Anderson (D) | Russell B. Long (D) | ||||||||||||||
1950 | ||||||||||||||||
1951 | ||||||||||||||||
Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Ag. and For. Comm. | Registrar of Lands | Supt. of Education | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes | ||
Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress |
1952–2003
Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||||||||||
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Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor/ Comptroller | Ag. and For. Comm. | Ins. Comm. | Comm. of Elections | Registrar of Lands | Supt. of Ed. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||||
1952 | Robert F. Kennon (D) | C. E. "Cap" Barham (D) | Wade O. Martin Jr. (D) | Fred S. LeBlanc (D) | A. P. Tugwell (D) | Allison Kolb (D) | Dave L. Pearce (D) | no such office | no such office | Ellen Bryan Moore (D) |
Shelby M. Jackson (D) |
39D | 101D | Allen J. Ellender (D) [lower-alpha 6] | Russell B. Long (D) | 8D | Stevenson/ Sparkman (D) ![]() | ||
1953 | |||||||||||||||||||
1954 | |||||||||||||||||||
1955 | |||||||||||||||||||
1956 | Earl Long (D) | Lether Edward Frazar (D) | Jack P. F. Gremillion (D) | Bill Dodd (D) | Sidney McCrory (D) | appointed | Lucille May Grace (D) | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) ![]() | |||||||||||
1957 | Rufus D. Hayes (D) | vacant | |||||||||||||||||
1958 | |||||||||||||||||||
1959 | |||||||||||||||||||
1960 | Jimmie Davis (D) | Taddy Aycock (D) | Roy R. Theriot (D) | Dave L. Pearce (D) | Douglas Fowler (D) | Ellen Bryan Moore (D) |
Kennedy/ Johnson (D) ![]() | ||||||||||||
1961 | |||||||||||||||||||
1962 | |||||||||||||||||||
1963 | |||||||||||||||||||
1964 | John McKeithen (D)[lower-alpha 41] | Dudley A. Guglielmo (D) | Bill Dodd (D) | 103D, 2R[lower-alpha 42] | Goldwater/ Miller (R) ![]() | ||||||||||||||
1965 | |||||||||||||||||||
1966 | 102D, 3R[lower-alpha 43] | ||||||||||||||||||
1967 | 101D, 4R[lower-alpha 44] | ||||||||||||||||||
1968 | Mary Evelyn Parker (D) | 105D | Wallace/ LeMay (AI) ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
1969 | |||||||||||||||||||
1970 | 38D, 1R[lower-alpha 45] | 104D, 1R[lower-alpha 46] | |||||||||||||||||
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)[lower-alpha 2] | Nixon/ Agnew (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1973 | J. Bennett Johnston (D) | 7D, 1R | |||||||||||||||||
1974 | appointed | ||||||||||||||||||
1975 | 6D, 2R | ||||||||||||||||||
1976 | Paul Hardy (D) | Gil Dozier (D) | appointed | J. Kelly Nix (D) | 38D, 1R[lower-alpha 47] | Carter/ Mondale (D) ![]() | |||||||||||||
1977 | 99D, 6R[lower-alpha 48] | ||||||||||||||||||
1978 | 98D, 7R[lower-alpha 49] | ||||||||||||||||||
1979 | 5D, 3R | ||||||||||||||||||
1980 | Dave Treen (R) | Robert Louis Freeman Sr. (D) |
Jim Brown (D) | Bob Odom (D) | Jerry Fowler (D) | 39D | 95D, 10R[lower-alpha 50] | Reagan/ Bush (R) ![]() | |||||||||||
1981 | 6D, 2R | ||||||||||||||||||
1982 | |||||||||||||||||||
1983 | |||||||||||||||||||
1984 | Edwin Edwards (D) | Thomas Clausen (D) | 37D, 2R[lower-alpha 51] | 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 | 34D, 5R | 88D, 16R, 1I | Bush/ Quayle (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1989 | 4D, 4R | ||||||||||||||||||
W. Fox McKeithen (R)[lower-alpha 52] | |||||||||||||||||||
1990 | |||||||||||||||||||
1991 | Buddy Roemer (R)[lower-alpha 53] | ||||||||||||||||||
1992 | Edwin Edwards (D) | Melinda Schwegmann (D) | Richard Ieyoub (D) | Jim Brown (D) | 33D, 6R | 87D, 17R, 1I | Clinton/ 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
2000 | John Kennedy (D) | Suzanne Haik Terrell (R) |
74D, 31R | Bush/ Cheney (R) ![]() | |||||||||||||||
2001 | J. Robert Wooley (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
2002 | |||||||||||||||||||
2003 | 4R, 3D | ||||||||||||||||||
Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor/ Comptroller | Ag. and For. Comm. | Ins. Comm. | Comm. of Elections | Registrar of Lands | Supt. of Ed. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes | ||
Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress |
2004–present
Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||||
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Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Ag. and For. Comm. | Ins. Comm. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
2004 | Kathleen Blanco (D) | Mitch Landrieu (D)[lower-alpha 54] | W. Fox McKeithen (R)[lower-alpha 6] | Charles Foti (D) | John Kennedy (D) | Bob Odom (D) | J. Robert Wooley (D)[lower-alpha 55] | 24D, 15R | 66D, 37R, 2I | Mary Landrieu (D) | John Breaux (D) | 4R, 3D | Bush/ Cheney ![]() |
2005 | David Vitter (R) | 5R, 2D | |||||||||||
2006 | Al Ater (D)[lower-alpha 56] | Jim Donelon (R) | |||||||||||
2007 | Jay Dardenne (R) | ||||||||||||
2008 | Bobby Jindal (R) | Buddy Caldwell (D) | John Kennedy (R)[lower-alpha 57] | Michael G. Strain (R) | 23D, 16R | 53D, 50R, 2I | 4R, 3D[lower-alpha 58] | McCain/ Palin (R) ![]() | |||||
2009 | 53D, 50R, 2I[lower-alpha 59] | 6R, 1D | |||||||||||
2010 | Scott Angelle (D) | ||||||||||||
Scott Angelle (R)[lower-alpha 60] | |||||||||||||
2011 | Jay Dardenne (R) | Tom Schedler (R)[lower-alpha 23] | Buddy Caldwell (R)[lower-alpha 61] | 22R, 17D[lower-alpha 62] | 55R, 46D, 4I[lower-alpha 63] | ||||||||
2012 | 24R, 15D | 58R, 45D, 2I | Romney/ Ryan (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
2013 | 5R, 1D | ||||||||||||
2014 | 26R, 13D | 59R, 44D, 2I | |||||||||||
2015 | Bill Cassidy (R) | ||||||||||||
2016 | John Bel Edwards (D) |
Billy Nungesser (R) | Jeff Landry (R) | 25R, 14D | 61R, 42D, 2I | Trump/ Pence (R) ![]() | |||||||
2017 | Ron Henson (R)[lower-alpha 64] | 61R, 41D, 3I | John Kennedy (R) | ||||||||||
2018 | Kyle Ardoin (R)[lower-alpha 65] | John Schroder (R) | |||||||||||
2019 | 61R, 39D, 5I | ||||||||||||
2020 | 27R, 12D | 68R, 35D, 2I | Trump/ Pence (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
2021 | |||||||||||||
68R, 34D, 3I[lower-alpha 66] | |||||||||||||
2022 | |||||||||||||
69R, 34D, 2I[lower-alpha 66] | |||||||||||||
2023 | |||||||||||||
71R, 33D, 1I[lower-alpha 67] | |||||||||||||
2024 | Jeff Landry (R) | Nancy Landry (R) | Liz Murrill (R) | John Fleming (R) | Tim Temple (R) | 28R, 11D | 73R, 32D | ||||||
Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Ag. and For. Comm. | Ins. Comm. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress |
- 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.
- The Lt. Governor, Jean Baptiste Plauché, 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.
- 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 Pitt 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.
- Due to the opposing election boards, two separate and competing legislatures were 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 and control of the House was given to the Democrats.
- 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. Former governor P. B. S. Pinchback, however, refused to support fellow Republican Packard, and instead 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 and 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.
- 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.[1]
- Roderick Miller was elected in a special election.[2]
- Edward Clark Gaudin was elected in a special election.[2]
- A.C. Clemons switched parties from Democratic 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.[2]
- Edwards Barham became the first Republican elected to the State Senate in the 20th century.[3]
- A.J. McNamara and Lane A. Carson switched parties from Democratic to Republican.
- Michael F. Thompson switched parties from Democratic to Republican.
- Ed Scogin switched parties from Democratic 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 Democratic to Republican.
- Switched parties in 1989.
- Elected as a Democrat in 1987 but switched parties to Republican in 1991.
- Resigned May 3, 2010 to become Mayor of New Orleans.
- Acting Commissioner from 2000 to 2003. Resigned February 15, 2006.
- Acting Secretary of State through his entire tenure.
- Kennedy switched parties from Democratic to Republican on August 27, 2007.
- Republican Rep. Bobby Jindal resigned in 2008 to become Governor of Louisiana and Richard Baker resigned in early 2008 to become a lobbyist. Republican Steve Scalise and Democrat Don Cazayoux won special elections in May to succeed them, respectively.
- Michael L. Jackson switched parties from Democratic to Independent after the 2008 legislative session before a run for the United States House of Representatives.
- 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.
- Switched parties from Democratic to Republican on February 11, 2011.
- A combination of special elections and party switches flipped the 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.
- Malinda White switched parties from Democratic to Independent on July 1, 2021, then switched from Independent to Republican on June 14, 2022.
- Francis C. Thompson and Jeremy LaCombe switched parties from Democratic to Republican on March 16, 2023 and April 10, 2023, respectively. Mandie Landry switched parties from Independent to Democratic on March 29, 2023.
References
- David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library (September 15, 2011). Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2012 (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013 – via legis.la.gov.
- http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=938670 Archived 2015-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
See also
- Law and government in Louisiana
- Politics of Louisiana
- Elections in Louisiana
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