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.

The

sale of Louisiana
to the United States.

At the same time, there are parts of present-day

West Florida Revolt
in 1810.

List

French Louisiana (1682–1762)

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
1 Sauvolle
(1671–1701) 		1699 1701
(Died in office)
2
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

(1680–1767) 		1701 1713
3 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
(1658–1730) 		1713 1716
4
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

(1680–1767) 		1716 1717
5
Jean-Michel de Lepinay

(c. 1665–1721) 		1717 1718
6
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

(1680–1767) 		1718 1724
7 Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand
(1675–1736) 		1724 1726
8 Étienne Perier
(1686–1766) 		1726 1733
9
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

(1680–1767) 		1733 1743
10
Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial

(1698–1778) 		1743 1753
11 Louis Billouart
(1704–1770) 		1753 1763
12 Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie
(1726–1765) 		1763 1765
(Died in office)
13 Charles Philippe Aubry
(c. 1720–1770) 		1765 1768

Spanish Louisiana (1762–1803)

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
1 Antonio de Ulloa
(1716–1795) 		1766 1768
2 Charles Philippe Aubry
(c. 1720–1770) 		1768 1769
3 Alejandro O'Reilly
(1722–1794) 		1769 1769
4 Luis de Unzaga
(1721–1790) 		1770 1777
5 Bernardo de Gálvez
(1746–1786) 		1777 1785
6 Esteban Rodríguez Miró
(1744–1795) 		1785 1791
7 Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet
(1748–1807) 		1791 1797
8 Manuel Gayoso de Lemos
(1747–1799) 		1797 1799
9 Francisco Bouligny
(1736–1800) 		1799 1799
10
Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farrill

(1751–1820) 		1799 1801
— Nicolás María Vidal (Acting Civil Governor)
(1739–1806) 		1799 1801
11 Juan Manuel de Salcedo
(1743–c. 1810) 		1801 1803

French Republic Louisiana (1803–1803)

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office
1
Pierre Clément de Laussat[a]

(1756–1835) 		1803 1803
  1. Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. However, news of the Sale of Louisiana
    reached Bernadotte before he set sail from La Rochelle in May 1803 and he refused the position. Spain officially transferred control of Louisiana to Laussat on November 30, 1803, and he oversaw the transfer of the territory to the United States on December 20, 1803.

See also

References

  • Cowan, Walter Greaves; McGuire, Jack B., eds. (2010). Louisiana Governors: Rulers, Rascals, and Reformers. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi.
    ISBN 978-1-60473-320-4
    .
  • Dawson III, Joseph G. (1990). The Louisiana Governors: From Iberville to Edwards. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: LSU Press.
    ISBN 978-0-8071-1527-5
    .
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