List of colonial governors of Louisiana

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This is a list of the colonial governors of Louisiana, from the founding of the first settlement by the French in 1699 to the territory's acquisition by the United States in 1803.

Contents 1 First French period 2 Spanish period 3 Second (interim) French period 4 Notes

[edit] First French period

No.	Governor		Took Office	Left Office
1	Sauvole de la Villantry		1699	1701
2	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1701	1713
3	Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac		1713	1716
4	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1716	1717
5	Jean-Michel de Lepinay		1717	1718
6	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1718	1724
7	Pierre Dugué de Boisbriant		1724	1726
8	Étienne Périer		1726	1733
9	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1733	1743
10	Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal		1743	1753
11	Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec		1753	1763
12	Jean-Jacques Blaise d’Abbadie		1763	1765
13	Charles Philippe Aubry		1765	1766

[edit] Spanish period

No.	Governor		Took Office	Left Office
1	Antonio de Ulloa[1]		1766	1768
2	Charles Philippe Aubry		1768	1769
3	Alejandro O'Reilly (Captain General)		1769	1769
4	Luis de Unzaga		1770	1777
5	Bernardo de Gálvez		1777	1785
6	Esteban Rodríguez Miró		1785	1791
7	Francisco Luis Hector de Carondelet		1791	1797
8	Manuel Gayoso de Lemos		1797	1799
9	Sebastian de la Puerta y O'Farril Marquis de Casa Calvo		1799	1801
10	Juan Manuel de Salcedo		1801	1803

[edit] Second (interim) French period

No.	Governor		Took Office	Left Office
14	Pierre Clement de Laussat		1803	1803

For governors of the later territory and state of Louisiana under the United States, see List of Governors of Louisiana.

[edit] Notes