Governors of the United States Territory of Orleans and the State of Louisiana, 1803-1865
Territorial Period
William Charles Cole Claiborne, 1803-12
State of Louisiana
William Charles Cole Claiborne, 1812-16
Jacques Philippe Villeré, 1816-20 [first native-born governor of Louisiana; son of 1768 "martyr" Joseph Roué de Villieré of the German Coast]
Thomas Bolling Robertson, 1820-24 (resigned)
Henry Schuyler Thibodaux (succeeded as president of the State Senate), 1824
Henry S. Johnson, 1824-28
Pierre Derbigny, 1828-29 (died in office)
Armand Julie Beauvais (succeeded as president of the Senate), 1829-30
Jacques Dupré (succeeded as president of the Senate), 1830-31
André Bienvenu Roman, 1831-35
Edward Douglass White, Sr. 1835-39
André Bienvenu Roman, 1839-43
Alexandre Mouton, 1843-46
Isaac Johnson, 1846-50
Joseph Marshall Walker, 1850-53
Paul Octave Hébert, 1853-56
Robert Charles Wickliffe, 1856-60
Thomas Overton Moore, 1860-64
Henry Watkins Allen, 1864-65
Michael Hahn (Union governor), 1864-65
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