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The Office of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current Lieutenant Governor is Mitch Landrieu, a Democrat.

Paul J. Hardy (1988-1992) is thus far the only Republican to have served in the position since 1887.

[edit] History

The office was first created by the Louisiana Constitution of 1852. Prior to that, the successor to the Governor in the event of his death or resignation was the President of the Louisiana Senate^[1]. A number of State Senate Presidents succeeded Governors before the 1852 Constitution was adopted, including Henry S. Thibodaux, Armand Beauvais and Jacques Dupre.

The Lieutenant Governor presided over the Louisiana Senate from 1853 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.

[edit] List of Office Holders

[edit] 1853-1860

No.	Lt. Governor	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	W.W. Farmer	1853	1855	Democratic
2	Robert C. Wickliffe	1855	1856	Democratic
3	Charles Homer Mouton	1856	1859	Democratic
4	William F. Griffin	1859	1860	Democratic

[edit] Civil War Era

[edit] Lieutenant Governors of Confederate Louisiana

No.	Lt. Governor		Took Office	Left Office	Party
5	Henry M. Hyams		1860	1864	Democratic
6	Benjamin W. Pearce		1864	1866	Democratic

[edit] Lieutenant Governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana

No.	Lt. Governor		Took Office	Left Office	Party
7	James M. Wells		1862	1864	Republican
8	Albert Voorhies		1864	1866	Republican

[edit] Resumption of U.S. Statehood

No.	Lt. Governor	Took Office	Left Office	Party
9	Oscar J. Dunn	1868	1872	Republican
10	P. B. S. Pinchback	1872	1873	Republican
11	C.C. Antoine	1873	1877	Republican
12	Louis A. Wiltz	1877	1880	Democratic
13	Samuel D. McEnery	1880	1881	Democratic
14	W.A. Robertson	1881	1881	Democratic
15	George L. Walton	1882	1884	Democratic
16	Clay Knobloch	1884	1888	Democratic
17	James Jeffries	1888	1892	Democratic
18	Charles Parlange	1892	1893	Democratic
19	Hiram R. Lott	1893	1895	Democratic
20	Robert H. Snyder	1895	1900	Democratic
21	Albert Estopinal	1900	1903	Democratic
22	H. C. Cage	1903	1904	Democratic
23	Jared Y. Sanders	1904	1908	Democratic
24	Paul M. Lambremont	1908	1911	Democratic
25	Thomas C. Barret	1912	1916	Democratic
26	Fernand Mouton	1916	1920	Democratic
27	Hewitt Bouanchaud	1920	1924	Democratic
28	Delos R. Johnson	1924	1924	Democratic
29	Oramel H. Simpson	1924	1926	Democratic
30	Philip H. Gilbert	1926	1928	Democratic
31	Paul N. Cyr	1928	1932	Democratic
32	John B. Fournet	1932	1935	Democratic
33	James A. Noe	1935	1936	Democratic
34	Earl K. Long	1936	1939	Democratic
35	Coleman Lindsey	1939	1940	Democratic
36	Marc M. Mouton	1940	1944	Democratic
37	J. Emile Verret	1944	1948	Democratic
38	William J. Dodd	1948	1952	Democratic
39	Charles E. (Cap) Barham	1952	1956	Democratic
40	Lether Frazar	1956	1960	Democratic
41	C. C. "Taddy" Aycock	1960	1964	Democratic
42	James E. Fitzmorris, Jr.	1972	1980	Democratic
43	Robert "Bobby" Freeman	1980	1988	Democratic
44	Paul Hardy	1988	1992	Republican
45	Melinda Schwegmann	1992	1996	Democratic
46	Kathleen Blanco	1996	2004	Democratic
47	Mitch Landrieu	2004	Present	Democratic