Governor (Louisiana)

Governor of the State of Louisiana
Seal of Louisiana
Incumbent John Bel Edwards since January 11, 2016
Style	The Honorable
Residence	Louisiana Governor's Mansion
Term length	Four years, renewable once consecutively: eligible again after 4-year respite.
Formation	Louisiana Constitution
Salary	$130,000 (2013, annual)

This is a list of the Governors of Louisiana (French: Gouverneurs de Louisiane), from acquisition by the United States in 1803 to the present day; for earlier governors of Louisiana see List of colonial governors of Louisiana.

In 1803, Europe was about to become involved in a continental war. The French Empire, led by Napoleon, had begun an aggressive expansionist policy which challenged the interests of United Kingdom. When the Haitian Revolution, with British support, overthrew the French colonial rule on that island, the French Empire began reorganizing its military. To finance this, Napoleon sold the colony of Louisiana to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. From 1804 to 1812, the lower area which would eventually become the modern state was known as the "Territory of Orleans". The vast area to the north was called the "Louisiana Territory".

^† Murdered/Died in office

This is a table of congressional, other governorships, and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Louisiana except where noted. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

As of January 2017^[update], there are five former U.S. governors of Louisiana who are currently living at this time, the oldest being Edwin W. Edwards (served 1972–1980, 1984–1988 and 1992–1996, born 1927). The most recent governor, and also the most recently serving governor, to die was David C. Treen (served 1980–1984, born 1928), on October 29, 2009.