Name | Image | Birth–death | Year | Area of achievement |
John Alario | | (1943–) | 2003 | Former speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1984–1988; 1992–1996; Louisiana State Senate President, 2012-2020 [1][2] |
Avery Alexander | | (1910–1999) | 2018 | Louisiana state representative for Orleans Parish; figure in the civil rights movement[3] |
Rodney Alexander | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Rep._Rodney_Alexander.jpg/100px-Rep._Rodney_Alexander.jpg) | (1946–) | 2010 | Former U.S. representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, 2003–2013; secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs, 2013–2014; state representative for Jackson Parish, 1988–2002[4] |
A. Leonard Allen | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/A._Leonard_Allen.jpg/100px-A._Leonard_Allen.jpg) | (1891–1969) | 1994 | U.S. representative for Louisiana's 8th congressional district (since disbanded), 1937–1953[5] |
Oscar K. Allen | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Oscar_K._Allen.jpg/100px-Oscar_K._Allen.jpg) | (1882–1936) | 1997 | Governor of Louisiana, 1932–1936[6] |
Al Ater | | (1953–2017) | 2009 | State representative from Concordia Parish, 1984–1992; Acting Louisiana Secretary of State, 2005–2006[2] |
Fred Baden | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Fred_baden_obit.jpg/100px-Fred_baden_obit.jpg) | (1934–2009) | 2012 | Mayor of Pineville, 1970–1998[7] |
Diana Bajoie | | (1948–) | 2007 | State senator, 1991–2008; state representative, 1976–1991; temporary member of the New Orleans City Council, 2012–2013[2][8] |
Richard Baker | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Richard_Baker%2C_109th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg/100px-Richard_Baker%2C_109th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg) | (1948–) | 2008 | Lobbyist; U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 6th congressional district, 1987–2008; state representative from Baton Rouge, 1972–1987[9] |
Jesse Bankston | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Jesse_Bankston_07-04-2008_03%3B43%3B19PM.JPG/100px-Jesse_Bankston_07-04-2008_03%3B43%3B19PM.JPG) | (1907–2010) | 2002 | Former member, secretary, and chairman of the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education [10] |
Charles C. Barham | | (1934–2010) | 2013 | Louisiana State Senator, 1964–1972; 1976–1988[11] |
Robert W. Bates | | (1941–2020) | 2005 | United States Secret Service agent who accompanied President Richard M. Nixon to China; operates commercial horticultural nursery in Forest Hill in Rapides Parish[12] |
Louis Berry | | (1914–1998) | 1996 | African American civil rights attorney from Alexandria, Dean of Southern University Law Center from 1972 to 1974 [13] |
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/KBlancoChalmetteIce.jpg/100px-KBlancoChalmetteIce.jpg) | (1942–2019) | 2006 | Governor of Louisiana, 2004–2008; Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1996–2004; Louisiana Public Service Commissioner, 1989–1996; state representative from Lafayette, 1984–1989[14] |
Raymond Blanco | | (1935–2022) | 2019 | Academic administrator and football coach; "First Gentleman of Louisiana", 2004–2008, while his wife, Kathleen, was governor[15] |
Hale Boggs | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Hale_Boggs_%28D%E2%80%93LA%29.jpg/100px-Hale_Boggs_%28D%E2%80%93LA%29.jpg) | (1914–1972) | 1993 | U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1947–1973; Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, 1971–1973; House Majority Whip, 1962–1971[16] |
Lindy Boggs | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Corinne_Lindy_Boggs.jpg/100px-Corinne_Lindy_Boggs.jpg) | (1916–2013) | 1994 | U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1973–1991]; United States Ambassador to the Holy See, 1997–2001[17] |
Billy Boles | | (1927–2008) | 2004 | Louisiana state senator from Ouachita and Richland parishes, 1952–1956[8] |
Kenny Bowen | | (1926–2002) | 2002 | Mayor of Lafayette, 1972–1980; 1992–1996 |
Harley Bozeman | | (1891–1971) | 2002 | Historian, state representative, 1929–1930; political crony of Huey Long[2][18] |
John Breaux | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/John_Breaux%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_standing.jpg/100px-John_Breaux%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_standing.jpg) | (1944–) | 2003 | United States Senator, 1987 to 2005; U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 7th congressional district, 1972–1987[19] |
James H. "Jim" Brown | | (1940–) | 2011 | Political consultant; state senator from Concordia Parish, 1972–1980; Louisiana secretary of state, 1980–1988; Louisiana insurance commissioner, 1991–2000[20] |
J. Marshall Brown | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/J._Marshall_Brown_of_LA_IMG_20131015_0001.jpg/100px-J._Marshall_Brown_of_LA_IMG_20131015_0001.jpg) | (1926–1995) | 2014 | State representative from Orleans Parish, 1952–1960; Democratic national committeeman, 1964 to 1972; member of Louisiana State Board of Education, 1960s |
Peppi Bruneau | | (1942–) | 2015 | Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Orleans Parish, 1976–2007[21] |
Victor Bussie | | (1919–2011) | 1994 | President, Louisiana AFL–CIO, 1956–1997 |
Buddy Caldwell | | (1946–) | 2015 | Attorney General of Louisiana, 2008–2016; former district attorney in Madison Parish, 1979–2008[21] |
Jefferson Caffery | | (1886–1974) | 2000 | Diplomat[22] |
Burl Cain | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Warden_Burl_Cain_St_Francisville.jpg/100px-Warden_Burl_Cain_St_Francisville.jpg) | (1942–) | 2002 | Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1995–2016; founder of Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum[23] |
Foster Campbell | | (1947–) | 2009 | State Senator, 1976–2003; member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission since 2003; candidate for governor, 2007 and U.S. Senator, 2016[8] |
James Carville | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/James_Carville_1.jpg/100px-James_Carville_1.jpg) | (1944–) | 1996 | Manager of Bill Clinton's Presidential campaigns, television news media commentator [24] |
Leonard J. Chabert | | (1932–1991) | 2013 | State representative, 1972–1980; state senator from Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, 1980–1991 |
Marty James Chabert | | (1956–) | 2013 | State senator from Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes from 1992 to 1996 |
Norby Chabert | | (1975–) | 2013 | State senator from Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes since 2009[11] |
Jay Chevalier | | (1936–2019) | 2003 | Singer and political candidate[25] |
William C.C. Claiborne | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/William_C_C_Claiborne_rectangleLAState.jpg/100px-William_C_C_Claiborne_rectangleLAState.jpg) | (c. 1772–1817) | 1993 | First Governor of Louisiana, as well as Governor of the Territory of Orleans[26] |
Sally Clausen | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/2015-03-08_Sally_Clausen_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-2015-03-08_Sally_Clausen_%28cropped%29.jpg) | (1945–) | 2007 | Former Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education[27] Also served as Adjunct Professor for Louisiana State University, Deputy Commissioner of Administration, Secretary of Education for the Office of the Governor, and President of Southeastern Louisiana University.[28] |
Hyram Copeland | | (1940–) | 2013 | Mayor of Vidalia, 1992–2016[29] |
Harry Connick, Sr. | | (1926–2024) | 2003 | District attorney of Orleans Parish, 1973–2003; investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy; father of singer Harry Connick Jr.[30] |
Charlie Cook | | (1953–) | 2006 | Political analyst[31] |
Jay Dardenne | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Jay_Dardenne_Feb_2013.jpg/100px-Jay_Dardenne_Feb_2013.jpg) | (1954–) | 2018 | Lieutenant governor of Louisiana, 2010–2016; Louisiana secretary of state, 2006–2010; state senator from Baton Rouge, 1992–2006; Louisiana Commissioner of Administration, since 2016[32] |
Quentin Dastugue | | (1955–) | 2018 | Louisiana State Representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes, 1980–1996[33] |
Jimmie Davis | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Jimmie_Davis_1962.jpg/100px-Jimmie_Davis_1962.jpg) | (1899–2000) | 1993 | Governor of Louisiana[34] |
Pap Dean | | (1915–2011) | 1993 | Editorial cartoonist, Shreveport Times |
Charles deGravelles | | (1913–2008) | 2007 | Chair, state Republican Party, 1968–1972[35] |
Virginia deGravelles | | (1915–2017)[36] | 2007 | Republican National Committeewoman (1964–1968)[35] |
George Dement | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/George_Dement.jpeg/100px-George_Dement.jpeg) | (1922–2014) | 2013 | Mayor, Bossier City, 1989–2005[37] |
Charles W. DeWitt Jr. | | (1947–) | 2004 | Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 2000–2004[2] |
Juba Diez | | (1944–) | 2015 | State representative for Ascension Parish from 1976 to 2004[21] |
Jimmy Dimos | | (1938–2023) | 2017 | State representative (1976–1999), House Speaker (1988–1992), and district judge (1999–2006) from Monroe[38] |
Bill Dodd | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bill_Dodd_of_Louisiana.jpg/100px-Bill_Dodd_of_Louisiana.jpg) | (1909–1991) | 2002 | Louisiana state representative, 1940–1948; lieutenant governor, 1948–1952; state superintendent of education, 1964–1972[2] |
Cat Doucet | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Cat_Doucet.jpg/100px-Cat_Doucet.jpg) | (1899–1975) | 1999 | Sheriff of St. Landry Parish, Huey Long protégé[39] |
Hunt Downer | | (1946–) | 2007 | State representative[2] |
Edwin Edwards | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Edwin_Edwards.jpg/100px-Edwin_Edwards.jpg) | (1927–2021) | 1993 | Governor of Louisiana, 1972-80, 1984-88, 1992-96; U.S. Representative, 1965-72[40] |
John Bel Edwards | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/John_Bel_Edwards.jpg/100px-John_Bel_Edwards.jpg) | (1966–) | 2014 | Governor of Louisiana, 2016-24; former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Tangipahoa Parish; 56th Governor of Louisiana; part of the Edwards political family given group induction |
Allen J. Ellender | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/AllenJosephEllender.jpg/100px-AllenJosephEllender.jpg) | (1890–1972) | 1994 | United States senator[41] |
Noble Ellington | | (1942–) | 2015 | Member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from Franklin Parish; Winnsboro cotton merchant and deputy state insurance commissioner[21] |
Randy Ewing | | (1944–) | 2010 | State senator[8] |
Jimmy Fitzmorris | | (1921–2021) | 1999 | Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1972–1980[42] |
Carlos Roberto Flores | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Carlos_Flores_Facusse.JPG/100px-Carlos_Flores_Facusse.JPG) | (1950–) | 2005 | President of Honduras[43] |
Mary Flake Flores | | | 2005 | First Lady of Honduras, humanitarian worker[43] |
Murphy J. Foster | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Murphy_James_Foster.jpg/100px-Murphy_James_Foster.jpg) | (1849–1921) | 1997 | Governor of Louisiana, 1892–1900[44] |
Murphy J. Foster Jr. | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/GovFoster1.JPG/100px-GovFoster1.JPG) | (1930–2020) | 2003 | Governor of Louisiana, 1996–2004[45] |
John B. Fournet | | (1895–1984) | 2014 | Louisiana Supreme Court chief justice, speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana[46] |
Douglas Fowler | | (1906–1980) | 1999 | Louisiana Elections Commissioner, 1959–1979[47] |
Robert "Bobby" Freeman | | (1934–2016) | 2008 | Lieutenant governor of Louisiana, 1980–1988[48] |
Sylvan Friedman | | (1908–1979) | 2006 | Louisiana state Senator and Representative[8][49] |
Charles Fuselier | | (1942–) | 2003 | Sheriff of Saint Martin Parish, President of the Louisiana Sheriff's Association, National Sheriff of the Year in 1996[50] |
Ron Gomez | | (1934–) | 2019 | Louisiana State Representative for Lafayette Parish from 1980 to 1989; print and broadcast journalist[15] |
Lucille May Grace | | (1900–1957) | 2011 | Louisiana Register of the State Land Office, 1932, first woman to attain statewide elected office in Louisiana[51] |
Camille Gravel | | (1915–2005) | 1995 | Attorney, executive counsel to Governors John McKeithen and Edwin Edwards, helped draft the current Louisiana Constitution[52] |
Francis Grevemberg | | (1914–2008) | 2002 | Louisiana state police superintendent[53] |
Dick Guidry | | (1929–2014) | 2014 | Considered the youngest member ever elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives[54] |
Dudley A. Guglielmo | | (1909–2005) | 2004 | Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance[55] |
John Hainkel | | (1938–2005) | 2002 | Louisiana state representative[2] |
Sam Hanna | | (1933–2006) | 1995 | Journalist |
Paul Hardy | | (1942–) | 2019 | Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992; former Louisiana Secretary of State and state senator from St. Martin Parish[15] |
Leonard R. "Pop" Hataway | | (1939–2021) | 2013 | Sheriff of Grant Parish, 1976–2008; member of Louisiana Board of Pardons and Paroles |
Felix Edward Hébert | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Felix_Edward_Hebert.jpg/100px-Felix_Edward_Hebert.jpg) | (1901–1979) | 2012 | United States House of Representatives[56] |
E. L. Henry | | (1936–) | 2012 | Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1972-80[2] |
Wiley W. Hilburn | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bf/Wiley_W._Hilburn_07-04-2008_03%3B59%3B34PM.JPG/100px-Wiley_W._Hilburn_07-04-2008_03%3B59%3B34PM.JPG) | (1938–2014) | 2001 | Journalist and chairman of the Department of Journalism at Louisiana Tech University[57] |
Donald E. Hines | | (1933–2019) | 2006 | Louisiana State Senate President from 2004 to 2008; physician in Bunkie[8][58] |
Melvin "Kip" Holden | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Kip.jpg/100px-Kip.jpg) | (1952–) | 2008 | Democratic Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, 2005–2016[59] |
Jerry Huckaby | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jerry_Huckaby_Scan_Doc0002.jpg/100px-Jerry_Huckaby_Scan_Doc0002.jpg) | (1941–) | 2012 | United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, 1977–1993[60] |
John S. Hunt, II | | (1928–2001) | 2014 | Member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, 1964–1972; nephew of Huey and Earl Long; cousin of Russell B. Long[46] |
Carolyn Huntoon | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Dr._Carolyn_Huntoon%2C_JSC_Director.jpg/100px-Dr._Carolyn_Huntoon%2C_JSC_Director.jpg) | (1940–) | 2003 | Director Johnson Space Center, Agency Representative at the White House in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy[61] Sister of former U.S. Representative Buddy Leach |
Richard Ieyoub | | (1944–2023) | 2016 | Attorney General of Louisiana, 1992–2004[62] |
William J. Jefferson | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/William_Jefferson%2C_official_photo.jpg/100px-William_Jefferson%2C_official_photo.jpg) | (1947–) | 2000 | U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1991–2009[63] |
T.J. Jemison | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/T._J._Jemison%2C_1983.jpg/100px-T._J._Jemison%2C_1983.jpg) | (1918–2013) | 2017 | Civil rights activist from Baton Rouge; early organizer of Southern Christian Leadership Conference[64] |
Chris John | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Chrisjohn.jpg/100px-Chrisjohn.jpg) | (1960–) | 2009 | U.S. representative for Louisiana's 7th congressional district (since disbanded), 1997–2005; lost the 2004 U.S. Senate election to David Vitter[65] |
J. Bennett Johnston Jr. | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/J000189.jpg/100px-J000189.jpg) | (1932–) | 1997 | United States senator, 1972–1997[66] |
Sam Houston Jones | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Sam_H._Jones_portrait.jpg/100px-Sam_H._Jones_portrait.jpg) | (1897–1978) | 2016 | Governor of Louisiana, 1940–1944[67] |
Theodore "Ted" Jones | | (1934–) | 2007 | Lawyer, lobbyist, political appointee[68] |
Eddie J. Jordan Jr. | | (1952–) | 2005 | District attorney of Orleans Parish, 2003–2007[69] |
James A. Joseph | | (1935–2023) | 2008 | Career diplomat and professor of the Practice of Public Policy Studies at Duke University[70] |
Curtis Joubert | | (1931–) | 2005 | Mayor of Eunice, 1981–1994; state representative for St. Landry Parish, 1968–1972; former member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Board of Trustees for Colleges and Universities[71] |
Donald G. Kelly | | (1941–) | 2008 | State senator from Natchitoches, 1976–1996[8][72] |
Iris Kelso | | (1926–2003) | 1999 | Journalist[73] |
Robert F. Kennon | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Robert_F._Kennon_portrait.jpg/100px-Robert_F._Kennon_portrait.jpg) | (1902–1988) | 2001 | Governor of Louisiana, 1952–1956[74] |
Catherine D. Kimball | | (1945–) | 2011 | Chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 2009–2013; associate justice, 1992–2009[75] |
Jeannette Knoll | | (1943–) | 2000 | Associate justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1997–2016[76] |
Adras LaBorde | | (1912–1993) | 2012 | Editor and columnist for The Alexandria Daily Town Talk[77] |
Raymond Laborde | | (1927–2016) | 2003 | State representative from Avoyelles Parish and mayor of Marksville[2] |
Charles D. Lancaster Jr. | | (1943–2018) | 2018 | Louisiana state representative for Jefferson Parish, 1972–1976; 1980–2008; longest-serving Republican member of the state House[78] |
Mary Landrieu | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Mary_Landrieu_Senate_portrait.jpg/100px-Mary_Landrieu_Senate_portrait.jpg) | (1955–) | 2007 | United States Senator 1997–2014; state treasurer, 1887–1996; state representative, 1980–1988[79] |
Moon Landrieu | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Moon_Landrieu_official_portrait.jpg/100px-Moon_Landrieu_official_portrait.jpg) | (1930–2022) | 2004 | United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1979–1981; Mayor of New Orleans, 1970–1978; state representative, 1960–1966[80] Mayor of New Orleans |
John LaPlante | | (1953–2007) | 2008 | Baton Rouge–based journalist [81] |
Dudley LeBlanc | | (1894–1971) | 1993 | Louisiana state senator[8] |
Harry Lee | | (1932–2007) | 2001 | Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, 1980-2007; father of current Jefferson Parish president Cynthia Lee-Sheng [82] |
Walter Lee | | (1921–2015) | 2009 | Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court, 1956–2012 |
Bob Livingston | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/BobLivingston.jpg/100px-BobLivingston.jpg) | (1943–) | 2003 | United States House of Representatives[83] |
Earl Long | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Earl_Long_portrait.jpg/100px-Earl_Long_portrait.jpg) | (1895–1960) | 1993 | Governor of Louisiana[84] |
Gillis William Long | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Gillis_William_Long.jpg/100px-Gillis_William_Long.jpg) | (1923–1985) | 1994 | United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, 1963–1965; 1973–1985[85] |
Huey P. Long | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/HueyPLongGesture.jpg/100px-HueyPLongGesture.jpg) | (1893–1935) | 1993 | Governor of Louisiana; United States Senator [86] |
Jimmy D. Long | | (1931–2016) | 2000 | Louisiana State Representative from Natchitoches[2] |
Rose McConnell Long | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/RoseLong.jpg/100px-RoseLong.jpg) | (1892–1970) | 2014 | U.S. Senator upon the death of her husband, Huey P. Long; mother of U.S. Senator Russell B. Long[46] |
Russell B. Long | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Russell_B._Long.jpg/100px-Russell_B._Long.jpg) | (1918–2003) | 1993 | United States Senator [87] |
Speedy Long | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Speedy_Long.jpg/100px-Speedy_Long.jpg) | (1928–2006) | 1998 | United States House of Representatives[88] |
Bill Lynch | | (1929–2004) | 2005 | Louisiana Inspector General, investigative journalist in Shreveport and Baton Rouge[89] |
Edward "Bubby" Lyons | | (1929–) | 2014 | First person ever to serve as mayor of two Louisiana cities, Houma and Mandeville[46] |
Charlton Lyons | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Charlton_Lyons_in_1921.jpg/100px-Charlton_Lyons_in_1921.jpg) | (1894–1973) | 2010 | Chair, state Republican Party, candidate for governor, 1964[90] |
John Maginnis | | (1948–2014) | 2015 | Louisiana journalist who exposed corruption in politics and government; known for the book The Last Hayride[21] |
Robert Mann | | (1958–) | 2014 | Manship Chair in Journalism at Louisiana State University; aide to U.S. Sens. Russell Long and John Breaux; communications director, Gov. Kathleen Blanco; political historian[91] |
Wade O. Martin Jr. | | (1911–1990) | 2001 | Louisiana Secretary of State [92] |
Charles A. Marvin | | (1929–2003) | 2015 | District attorney of Bossier and Webster parishes, judge of the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal; attorney in Minden[93] |
John McKeithen | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/John_McKeithen_%28LA%29.png/100px-John_McKeithen_%28LA%29.png) | (1918–1999) | 1993 | Governor of Louisiana, 1964–1972; former member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana House of Representatives[94] |
W. Fox McKeithen | | (1946–2005) | 2006 | Louisiana Secretary of State[95] |
Harold McSween | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Harold_B_McSween%2C_1958.jpg/100px-Harold_B_McSween%2C_1958.jpg) | (1926–2002) | 2001 | U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, 1958–1963[96] |
Billy Montgomery | | (1937–) | 2012 | Former Louisiana State Representative from Bossier Parish[97] |
W. Henson Moore, III | | (1939–) | 2002 | United States Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district, 1975–1987[98] |
Ernest Nathan Morial | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Dutch_Morial_Crop_1985.jpg/100px-Dutch_Morial_Crop_1985.jpg) | (1929–1989) | 1993 | Mayor of New Orleans[99] |
deLesseps Story Morrison Sr. | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Chep_Morrison_1961.jpg/100px-Chep_Morrison_1961.jpg) | (1912–1964) | 1995 | Mayor of New Orleans, 1946–1962; three-time candidate for governor |
Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr. | | (1929–2016) | 2004 | Louisiana state senator from Lafayette[8] |
J. Kelly Nix | | (1934–) | 2011 | Louisiana Superintendent of Education, 1976–1984[100] |
Dave Norris | | (1942–) | 2017 | Mayor of West Monroe, 1978–2018[38] |
Samuel B. Nunez Jr. | | (1930–2012) | 2010 | State senator from St. Bernard Parish[8] |
William "Billy" Nungesser | | (1929–2006) | 2010 | Chair, state Republican Party [101] |
Sean O'Keefe | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Sean_O%27Keefe.jpg/100px-Sean_O%27Keefe.jpg) | (1956–) | 2007 | Administrator of NASA[102] |
Bob Odom | | (1935–2014) | 2008 | Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, 1980–2008[103] |
Jessel Ourso | | (1932–1978) | 2009 | Sheriff of Iberville Parish[104] |
John H. Overton | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/John_Overton.jpg/100px-John_Overton.jpg) | (1875–1948) | 1998 | United States Senator[105] |
Mary Evelyn Parker | | (1920–2015) | 1996 | First woman to serve as Louisiana State Treasurer, 1968–1987[106] |
Harvey Peltier Jr. | | (1923–1980) | 2014 | Louisiana state senator from Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, 1964–1976; first president of the University of Louisiana System trustees, 1975–1980[107][108] |
Leander Perez | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/L_H_Perez_1914_Jambalaya.jpg/100px-L_H_Perez_1914_Jambalaya.jpg) | (1891–1969) | 1996 | Political boss[109] |
Ralph Perlman | | (1917–2013) | 2011 | State budget director[110] |
Cecil J. Picard | | (1938–2007) | 2006 | State Superintendent of Education, 1996–2007; state senator, 1979–1996; state representative, 1976–1979[111] |
Albin Provosty | | (1865–1932) | 2015 | Member of the Louisiana State Senate from Pointe Coupee Parish from 1912 to 1920; district attorney and newspaper publisher; member of the Scott family[112] |
Ned Randolph | | (1942–2016) | 2008 | Mayor of Alexandria, 1986–2006; state senator, 1976–1984; state representative, 1972–1976[2][8] |
Benjamin Burras "Sixty" Rayburn | | (1916–2008) | 1993 | Louisiana State Senator from Washington Parish[8] |
Edmund Reggie | | (1926–2013) | 2004 | City judge in Crowley who spearheaded the state's Presidential campaign for John F. Kennedy; his daughter Victoria Reggie Kennedy is the widow of U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy[113] |
Ed Renwick | | (1938–2020) | 1999 | Retired director of Loyola University Institute of Politics [114] |
Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes | | (1909–1997) | 2004 | State representative and state senator[8][115] |
Buddy Roemer | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Buddy_Roemer_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/100px-Buddy_Roemer_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg) | (1943–2021) | 2000 | Governor of Louisiana, 1988–1992; U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 1981–1988[116] |
Angelo Roppolo | | (1920–2012) | 2013 | Political consultant in Shreveport[117] |
Joe R. Salter | | (1943–) | 2008 | former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives[2] |
Joe Sampite | | (1931–2012) | 2002 | Mayor of Natchitoches[118] |
Victor H. Schiro | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Victor_H._Schiro_%28politician%29.jpg/100px-Victor_H._Schiro_%28politician%29.jpg) | (1904–1992) | 2001 | Mayor of New Orleans, 1962–1970[119] |
Melinda Schwegmann | | (1946–) | 1997 | First woman Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1992–1996[120] |
Jock Scott | | (1947–2009) | 2015 | Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Alexandria who worked for the four-year status of Louisiana State University at Alexandria[21] |
Nauman Scott | | (1916–2001) | 2015 | Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, based in Alexandria; ordered extensive busing in 1981 to compel racial integration of public schools[21] |
Virginia Shehee | | (1923–2015) | 2004 | Louisiana State Senator from District 38 (Caddo and De Soto parishes), 1976–1980[8][121] |
Barbara Boggs Sigmund | | (1939–1990) | 2005 | Mayor of Princeton, New Jersey; daughter of Hale and Lindy Boggs[122] |
Charlie Smith | | (1942–2012) | 2011 | Lobbyist[123] |
Richard Stalder | | (1951–) | 2003 | Secretary Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections from 1992 to 2008[124] |
Vic Stelly | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vic_Stelly_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Vic_Stelly_%28cropped%29.jpg) | (1941–2020) | 2006 | State representative for Calcasieu Parish, 1988–2004; member of the Louisiana Board of Regents, 2007–2011[125] |
Raymond Strother | | (1940–2022) | 2013 | Regional and national Democratic political consultant, formerly based in Baton Rouge[126] |
Billy Tauzin | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Billy_tauzin.jpg/100px-Billy_tauzin.jpg) | (1943–) | 2003 | U.S. representative from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 1980–2005[127] |
Patrick F. Taylor | | (1937–2004) | 2009 | Businessman [128] |
Zachary Taylor | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Zachary_Taylor-circa1850.jpg/100px-Zachary_Taylor-circa1850.jpg) | (1784–1850) | 1995 | President of the United States, 1849–1850[129] |
Francis C. Thompson | | (1941–) | 2005 | State senator from Richland Parish; former state representative[8][130] |
David Treen | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Dave_Treen.jpg/100px-Dave_Treen.jpg) | (1928–2009) | 1997 | Governor of Louisiana, 1980–1984; U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 1973–1980[131] |
Risley C. Triche | | (1927–2012) | 2010 | State representative from Assumption Parish, 1955–1976[2] |
Joe Waggonner | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Joe_Waggonner.jpg/100px-Joe_Waggonner.jpg) | (1918–2007) | 1998 | U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 1961–1979[132] |
Lillian W. Walker | | (1923–2016) | 2002 | Louisiana State Representative from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1964–1972[2] |
Jack Wardlaw | | (1937–2012) | 2004 | Journalist; bureau chief in Baton Rouge of the New Orleans Times-Picayune (1980–2002)[133] |
Gus Weill | | (1933–2018) | 1996 | Radio host, writer, political consultant[134] |
T. Harry Williams | | (1909–1979) | 1998 | 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Huey Long (1969)[135] |
Edward Douglass White | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Edward_White%2C_head-and-shoulders_portrait%2C_facing_slightly_left%2C_1905.jpg/100px-Edward_White%2C_head-and-shoulders_portrait%2C_facing_slightly_left%2C_1905.jpg) | (1844–1921) | 1995 | Chief Justice of the United States, 1910–1921[136] |
Richard Zuschlag | | (1948–) | 2019 | Founder of Acadian Ambulance in Lafayette[15] |