Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

The Office of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current Lieutenant Governor is Jay Dardenne, a Republican. He was elected in a special election on November 2, 2010 to replace Mitch Landrieu, who was elected to the office of Mayor of New Orleans on February 6, 2010 and resigned as Lieutenant Governor to assume the mayoral office on May 3, 2010. As prescribed in the Louisiana Constitution, Governor Bobby Jindal had appointed Scott Angelle to serve as the interim Lieutenant Governor until the special election could be held.

Paul J. Hardy, who served from 1988 to 1992, was the first Republican in the position after the Reconstruction Era.

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History

The office was first hatched by the Louisiana Constitution of 1845. Prior to that, the successor to the Governor in the event of his death or resignation was the President of the Louisiana Senate. [1] [2] A number of State Senate Presidents succeeded Governors before the 1845 Constitution was adopted, including Henry S. Thibodaux, Armand Beauvais and Jacques Dupre.

The Lieutenant Governor presided over the Louisiana Senate from 1845 until the adoption of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. Today, the 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.

List of office holders

1846-1860

No. Lt. Governor Took Office Left Office Party Notes
1 Trasimond Landry 1846 1849 [2][3]
2 Jean Baptiste Plauche 1850 1852 [2][3][4][5]
3 William Wood Farmer 1853 1854 Democratic [2][3][6]
4 Robert C. Wickliffe 1854 1856 Democratic [7][8]
5 Charles Homer Mouton 1856 Democratic [2][3][9]
6 William F. Griffin 1857 1859 Democratic [2][3][10]

Civil War Era

Lieutenant Governors of Confederate Louisiana

No. Lt. Governor Took Office Left Office Party Notes
7 Henry M. Hyams 1860 1864 Democratic
8 Benjamin W. Pearce 1864 1866 Democratic

Lieutenant Governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana

No. Lt. Governor Took Office Left Office Party Notes
9 James M. Wells 1862 1864 Republican
10 Albert Voorhies 1864 1866 Republican

Resumption of U.S. Statehood

No. Lt. Governor Took Office Left Office Party Notes
11 Oscar J. Dunn 1868 1872 Republican
12 P. B. S. Pinchback 1872 1873 Republican
13 C.C. Antoine 1873 1877 Republican
14 Louis A. Wiltz 1877 1880 Democratic
15 Samuel D. McEnery 1880 1881 Democratic
16 W.A. Robertson 1881 1881 Democratic
17 George L. Walton 1882 1884 Democratic
18 Clay Knobloch 1884 1888 Democratic
19 James Jeffries 1888 1892 Democratic
20 Charles Parlange 1892 1893 Democratic
21 Hiram R. Lott 1893 1895 Democratic
22 Robert H. Snyder 1895 1900 Democratic
23 Albert Estopinal 1900 1903 Democratic
24 H. C. Cage 1903 1904 Democratic
25 Jared Y. Sanders 1904 1908 Democratic
26 Paul M. Lambremont 1908 1911 Democratic
27 Thomas C. Barret 1912 1916 Democratic
28 Fernand Mouton 1916 1920 Democratic
29 Hewitt Bouanchaud 1920 1924 Democratic
30 Delos R. Johnson 1924 1924 Democratic
31 Oramel H. Simpson 1924 1926 Democratic
32 Philip H. Gilbert 1926 1928 Democratic
33 Paul N. Cyr 1928 1931 Democratic [11]
34 Alvin Olin King 1931 1932 Democratic [3][12][13]
35 John B. Fournet 1932 1935 Democratic
36 James A. Noe 1935 1936 Democratic
37 Earl K. Long 1936 1939 Democratic
38 Coleman Lindsey 1939 1940 Democratic
39 Marc M. Mouton 1940 1944 Democratic
40 J. Emile Verret 1944 1948 Democratic
41 William J. Dodd 1948 1952 Democratic
42 Charles E. (Cap) Barham 1952 1956 Democratic
43 Lether Frazar 1956 1960 Democratic
44 C. C. "Taddy" Aycock 1960 1972 Democratic
45 James E. Fitzmorris, Jr. 1972 1980 Democratic
46 Robert "Bobby" Freeman 1980 1988 Democratic
47 Paul Hardy 1988 1992 Republican
48 Melinda Schwegmann 1992 1996 Democratic
49 Kathleen Blanco 1996 2004 Democratic
50 Mitch Landrieu 2004 2010 Democratic
51 Scott Angelle 2010 2010 Democratic
2010 2010 Republican
52 Jay Dardenne 2010 Republican

Notes

  1. ^ Louisiana State Constitution of 1812 Article III Sect. 17th. and Louisiana State Constitution of 1845 Art. 45
  2. ^ a b c d e f Louisiana. Report of the Secretary of State to His Excellency W.W. Heard, Governor of the State of Louisiana. May 12th, 1902. [Baton Rouge: Baton Rouge news Pub. Co., State printers, 1902.] p 325
  3. ^ a b c d e f Calhoun, Milburn, and Bernie McGovern. Louisiana Almanac, 2002-2003 Edition. Gretna, LA: Pelican Pub. Co, 2001. PP 462-63
  4. ^ s:Louisiana State Constitution of 1852 The Constitution of 1852 shortened this term.
  5. ^ Hyde, Samuel C. Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1899. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. p.71
  6. ^ Died in office
  7. ^ When William Wood Farmer died in office in 1854, Robert C. Wickliffe, as President Pro Temp, became Lieutenant Governor.
  8. ^ s:Louisiana State Constitution of 1852 The Constitution of 1852 Set this to in end in 1856
  9. ^ Resigned
  10. ^ When Charles Homer Mouton Resigned from in office, William F. Griffin, as President Pro Temp, became Lieutenant Governor.
  11. ^ Vacated the Lieutenant Governorship by tring to declared himself governor
  12. ^ As President pro tempore of the Senate became Lieutenant Governor when Paul N. Cyr vacated the Lieutenant Governorship
  13. ^ Became Governor on January 25, 1932
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