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Louisiana State Governors

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	Name	Age	Term	Life
1.	William Charles Cole Claiborne	37	1812-1816	1775-1817
2.	Jacques Philippe Villere	55	1816-1820	1761-1830
3.	Thomas Bolling Robertson	42	1820-1824	1778-1828
4.	Henry Schuyler Thibodeaux	55	1824	1769-1827
5.	Henry S. Johnson	45	1824-1828	1779-1850
6.	PAC Bourisgay Derbigny	59	1828-1829	1769-1829
7.	Armand Beauvais	46	1829-1830	1783-1843
8.	Jacques Dupre	57	1830-1831	1773-1846
9.	Andre Bienvenu Roman	36	1831-1835	1795-1866
10.	Edward Douglas White	40	1835-1839	1895-1847
11.	Andre Bienvenu Roman	44	1839-1843	1795-1866
12.	Alexander Mouton	39	1843-1846	1804-1885
13.	Isaac Johnson	43	1846-1850	1803-1853
14.	Joseph Marshall Walker	64	1850-1853	1786-1856
15.	Paul Octave Hebert	35	1853-1856	1818-1880
16.	Robert Charles Wickliffe	37	1856-1860	1819-1892
17.	Thomas Overton Moore	56	1860-1864	1804-1876
18.	George F. Sheply (Military)	43	1862-1864	1819-1878
19.	Henry Watkins Allen (Confederate)	44	1864-1865	1820-1885
20.	George Michael Hahn (Union)	34	1864-1865	1830-1886
21.	James Madison Wells	57	1865-1867	1808-1899
22.	Benjamin Franklin Flanders	51	1867-1868	1816-1896
23.	Joshua Baker	69	1868	1799-1885
24.	Henry C. Warmoth	26	1868-1872	1842-1931
24.	Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback	35	1872-1873	1837-1921
25.	John McEnery, de jure	?	1873	?-?
25.	William Pitt Kellogg, de facto	42	1873-1877	1831-1918
26.	Francis T. Nicholls	43	1877-1880	1834-1912
27.	Louis Alfred Wiltz	37	1880-1881	1843-1881
28.	Samuel Douglas McEnery	44	1881-1888	1837-1910
29.	Francis Tillou Nicholls	54	1888-1892	1834-1912
30.	Murphy James Foster	43	1892-1900	1849-1921
31.	William Wright Heard	?	1900-1904	?-?
32.	Newton Crain Blanchard	?	1904-1908	?-?
33.	Jared Young Sanders	?	1908-1911	?-?
34.	Paul M. Lambremont	?	1911-1912	?-?
35.	Luther Egbert Hall	?	1912-1916	?-?
36.	Ruffin G. Pleasant	?	1916-1920	?-?
37.	John M. Parker	?	1920-1924	?-?
38.	Henry L. Fuqua	?	1924-1926	?-?
39.	Oramel H. Simpson	?	1926-1928	?-?
40.	Huey Pierce Long, Jr.	?	1928-1931	?-?
41.	Alvin O. King	?	1932-1933	?-?
42.	Oscar K. Allen	?	1933-1935	?-?
43.	James A. Noe	?	1935-1936	?-?
44.	Richard Webster Leche	?	1936-1939	?-?
45.	Earl Kemp Long	?	1939-1941	?-?
46.	Sam Houston Jones	?	1941-1944	?-?
47.	James Houston Davis	?	1960-1964	?-?
48.	Earl Kemp Long	?	1948-1952	?-?
49.	Robert Floyd Kennon	?	1952-1956	?-?
50.	Earl Kemp Long	?	1956-1960	?-?
51.	James Houston Davis	?	1960-1964	?-?
52.	John McKeithen	46	1964-1972	1918-1999
53.	Edwin W. Edwards	?	1972-1980	?-?
54.	David Treen	?	1980-1984	?-?
55.	Edwin W. Edwards	?	1984-1988	?-?
56.	Buddy Roemer	?	1988-1992	?-?
57.	Edwin W. Edwards	?	1992-1996	?-?
58.	Mike Foster	?	1996-2004	?-?

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Territorial Commissioners

The two Territorial Commissioners were chosen personally by President Thomas Jefferson to oversee the transition of the Spanish colony of Louisiana to an American territory.

Name	Age	Term	Life
William C. C. Claiborne	28	1803	1775-1817
General James Wilkinson	46	1803	1757-1825

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Territorial Delegates

Territorial Delegates were the first elected officials to represent the people of Louisiana in the United States Congress.

	Name	Age	Term	Life
1.	Daniel Clark	38	1806-1809	1765-1813
2.	Julien Poydras	?	1809-1812	?-?

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Territorial Governors

William C. C. Claiborne was the only Territorial Governor of Louisiana.

	Name	Age	Term	Life
	William Charles Cole Claiborne	28	1803-1809	1775-1817

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