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Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

Second highest state office in Louisiana

Summary

Second highest state office in Louisiana

Field	Value
post	Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
native_name	Lieutenant-Gouverneur de la Louisiane
Vicegobernador de Luisiana
image	Billy Nungesser 2019.jpg
incumbent	Billy Nungesser
incumbentsince	January 11, 2016
department	Government of Louisiana
appointer	Popular election
termlength	Four years, no term limit
formation	1846
succession	First
inaugural	Trasimond Landry

Vicegobernador de Luisiana The lieutenant governor of Louisiana (; ) is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current lieutenant governor is Billy Nungesser, a Republican. The lieutenant governor is also the commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism.

Paul J. Hardy, who served from 1988 to 1992, was the first Republican to be elected to the position since the Reconstruction Era.

History

The office was established 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 State Senate. 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. Under the new constitution, the lieutenant governor was—effective in 1976—primarily tasked with serving as acting governor in the governor's absence from the state and succeeding to gubernatorial office in the event it became vacant. The document also allowed the governor and the Louisiana State Legislature to delegate responsibilities upon the lieutenant governor at their discretion. In 1986, the legislature placed the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism under the lieutenant governor's purview, enabling them to appoint the department's leaders.

Selection

Only qualified voters in Louisiana are eligible to be elected lieutenant governor. Any potential lieutenant governor must be at least 25 years of age and have resided in the state for the five previous years. The lieutenant governor is elected on their own ticket separate from the governor.

In the event the lieutenant governor's office becomes vacant, the governor is empowered to nominate a new incumbent subject to the approval of both houses of the legislature.

Duties and responsibilities

The constitution directs the lieutenant governor to assume the office of governor if the previous incumbent vacates the office. If the incumbent governor is unable to act as governor, or is temporarily absent from the state, the lieutenant governor assumes the governor's powers and duties as acting governor. The constitution also designates the lieutenant governor an ex officio member of each committee, board, and commission on which the governor serves.

Aside from these duties, the lieutenant governor can exercise powers delegated to them by the governor or as provided by law. In this capacity they appoint the department's secretary and several other leading officers, subject to the confirmation of the State Senate.

List of lieutenant governors

;Parties

1846–1860

No.	Lt. governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes	Governor
1	Trasimond Landry		1846	1850	Democratic	Calhoun, Milburn, and Bernie McGovern. Louisiana Almanac, 2002-2003 Edition. Gretna, LA: Pelican Pub. Co, 2001. PP 462-63
2	Jean Baptiste Plauche	[[File:General Plauché.jpg	100px]]	1850	1853	Democratic
3	William Wood Farmer		1853	1854	Democratic
4	Robert C. Wickliffe	[[Image:RobertWickliffe.jpg	100px]]	1854	1856	Democratic
5	Charles Homer Mouton		1856	1856	Democratic
6	William F. Griffin		1856	1860	Democratic

Civil War era

Lieutenant governors of Confederate Louisiana

No.	Lt. governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes	Governor
7	Henry M. Hyams		1860	1864	Democratic
8	Benjamin W. Pearce		1864	1865	Democratic

Lieutenant governors of Union-held territory in Louisiana

No.	Lt. governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes	Governor
9	James M. Wells	[[Image:James Madison Wells.jpg	100px]]	1864	1865	Democrat
10	Albert Voorhies	[[File:Judge Albert Voorhies portrait.jpg	100px]]	1865	1866	Democrat

Resumption of U.S. statehood

No.	Lt. governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes	Governor
11	Oscar J. Dunn	[[Image:Lieut. Governor Dunn, La - NARA - 527896.jpg	100px]]	1868	1871	Republican
12	P. B. S. Pinchback	[[Image:P. B. S. Pinchback - Brady-Handy.jpg	100px]]	1871	1872	Republican
14	C.C. Antoine	[[Image:Caesar Antoine (circa 1873).jpg	100px]]	1873	1877	Republican
	Stephen B. Packard (Republican) 1877
15	Louis A. Wiltz	[[Image:Louis Alfred Wiltz.jpg	100px]]	1877	1880	Democratic
16	Samuel D. McEnery	[[Image:Samuel Douglas McEnery.jpg	100px]]	1880	1881	Democratic
17	William A. Robertson		1881	1881	Democratic
18	George L. Walton		1881	1882	Democratic
19	Clay Knobloch		1884	1888	Democratic
20	James Jeffries		1888	1892	Democratic
21	Charles Parlange	[[File:Charles Parlange.jpg	100px]]	1892	1893	Democratic
22	Hiram R. Lott		1893	1896	Democratic
23	Robert H. Snyder		1896	1900	Democratic
24	Albert Estopinal	[[File:EstopinalOfLouisiana.jpg	100px]]	1900	1904	Democratic
25	Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.	[[Image:Jared Young Sanders.jpg	100px]]	1904	1908	Democratic
26	Paul M. Lambremont		1908	1911	Democratic
27	Thomas C. Barret	[[File:Thomas Charles Barret.png	100px]]	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	[[File:GovOSimpson.jpg	100px]]	1924	1926	Democratic
32	Philip H. Gilbert		1926	1928	Democratic
33	Paul N. Cyr	[[File:Paul N. Cyr.png	100px]]	1928	1931	Democratic
34	Alvin Olin King	[[Image:GovKing.jpg	100px]]	1931	1932	Democratic
35	John B. Fournet		1932	1935	Democratic
36	Thomas C. Wingate		1935	1935	Democratic
37	James A. Noe	[[Image:James Noe portrait.jpg	100px]]	1935	1936	Democratic
38	Earl K. Long	[[Image:Earl Long portrait.jpg	100px]]	1936	1939	Democratic
39	Coleman Lindsey		1939	1940	Democratic
40	Marc M. Mouton		1940	1944	Democratic
41	J. Emile Verret		1944	1948	Democratic
42	William J. Dodd	[[Image:Bill_Dodd_of_Louisiana.jpg	100px]]	1948	1952	Democratic
43	C. E. Barham		1952	1956	Democratic
44	Lether Frazar		1956	1960	Democratic
45	Clarence C. (Taddy) Aycock		1960	1972	Democratic
John J. McKeithen (Democratic) 1964-1972
46	James E. (Jimmy) Fitzmorris, Jr.		1972	1980	Democratic
47	Robert Louis Freeman Sr.		1980	1988	Democratic
Edwin Edwards (Democratic) 1984-1988
48	Paul Hardy		1988	1992	Republican
49	Melinda Schwegmann		1992	1996	Democratic
50	Kathleen Babineaux Blanco	[[File:Kathleen Blanco 2006 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	1996	2004	Democratic
51	Mitchell (Mitch) Landrieu	[[Image:Mitch Landrieu 2007March01.jpg	100px]]	2004	2010	Democratic
Bobby Jindal (Republican)
52	Scott Angelle	[[Image:Scott Angelle official photo (cropped).jpg	100px]]	2010	2010	Democratic
2010	2010	Republican
53	John L. (Jay) Dardenne	[[File:Jay Dardenne Feb 2013.jpg	100px]]	2010	2016	Republican
54	Billy Nungesser	[[File:Billy Nungesser 2018.jpg	100px]]	2016	Incumbent	Republican
Jeff Landry (Republican)

References

Works cited

References

(August 27, 1975). "New Lieutenant Governor Role Seen". The Shreveport Times.
Hill, John. (July 6, 1986). "Money not only issue Legislature tackled". The Times.
"Branches of Government : Executive Branch : Statewide Elected Officials". Government of Louisiana.
Hutchinson, Piper. (June 21, 2023). "Louisiana's governor and lt. governor are out of the country. Who's running the state?". Louisiana Illuminator.
[https://books.google.com/books?id=NugqAAAAYAAJ& 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
[[s:Louisiana State Constitution of 1852 The Constitution of 1852]] shortened this term.
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
Died in office
When William Wood Farmer died in office in 1854, Robert C. Wickliffe, as president pro temp, became lieutenant governor.
[[s:Louisiana State Constitution of 1852 The Constitution of 1852]] Set this to in end in 1856
Resigned
When Charles Homer Mouton resigned from office, William F. Griffin, as president pro temp, became lieutenant governor.
Vacated the lieutenant governorship by trying to declare himself governor
As President pro tempore of the Senate became lieutenant governor when Paul N. Cyr vacated the lieutenant governorship
Became Governor on January 25, 1932

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