Name
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Image
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Birth–death
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Year
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Area of achievement
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John Alario |
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(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(1891–1969) |
1994 |
U.S. representative for Louisiana's 8th congressional district (since disbanded), 1937–1953[5]
|
Oscar K. Allen |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(1948–) |
2008 |
Lobbyist; U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 6th congressional district, 1987–2008; state representative from Baton Rouge, 1972–1987[9]
|
Jesse Bankston |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(c. 1772–1817) |
1993 |
First Governor of Louisiana, as well as Governor of the Territory of Orleans[26]
|
Sally Clausen |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(1909–1991) |
2002 |
Louisiana state representative, 1940–1948; lieutenant governor, 1948–1952; state superintendent of education, 1964–1972[2]
|
Cat Doucet |
|
(1899–1975) |
1999 |
Sheriff of St. Landry Parish, Huey Long protégé[39]
|
Hunt Downer |
|
(1946–) |
2007 |
State representative[2]
|
Edwin Edwards |
|
(1927–2021) |
1993 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1972-80, 1984-88, 1992-96; U.S. Representative, 1965-72[40]
|
John Bel Edwards |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(1950–) |
2005 |
President of Honduras[43]
|
Mary Flake Flores |
|
|
2005 |
First Lady of Honduras, humanitarian worker[43]
|
Murphy J. Foster |
|
(1849–1921) |
1997 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1892–1900[44]
|
Murphy J. Foster Jr. |
|
(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 |
|
(1934–2022) |
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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(1952–) |
2008 |
Democratic Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, 2005–2016[59]
|
Jerry Huckaby |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(1947–) |
2000 |
U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1991–2009[63]
|
T.J. Jemison |
|
(1918–2013) |
2017 |
Civil rights activist from Baton Rouge; early organizer of Southern Christian Leadership Conference[64]
|
Chris John |
|
(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. |
|
(1932–) |
1997 |
United States senator, 1972–1997[66]
|
Sam Houston Jones |
|
(1897–1978) |
2016 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1940–1944[67]
|
Theodore "Ted" Jones |
|
(1934–2019) |
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 |
|
(1931–2020) |
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 |
|
(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 |
|
(1955–) |
2007 |
United States Senator 1997–2014; state treasurer, 1887–1996; state representative, 1980–1988[79]
|
Moon Landrieu |
|
(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 |
|
(1943–) |
2003 |
United States House of Representatives[83]
|
Earl Long |
|
(1895–1960) |
1993 |
Governor of Louisiana[84]
|
Gillis William Long |
|
(1923–1985) |
1994 |
United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, 1963–1965; 1973–1985[85]
|
Huey P. Long |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(1918–2003) |
1993 |
United States Senator [87]
|
Speedy Long |
|
(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 |
|
(1929–2021) |
2014 |
First person to serve as mayor of two Louisiana cities, Houma and Mandeville[46]
|
Charlton Lyons |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(1929–1989) |
1993 |
Mayor of New Orleans[99]
|
deLesseps Story Morrison Sr. |
|
(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 |
|
(1934–2020) |
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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(1943–) |
2003 |
U.S. representative from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 1980–2005[127]
|
Patrick F. Taylor |
|
(1937–2004) |
2009 |
Businessman [128]
|
Zachary Taylor |
|
(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 |
|
(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 |
|
(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]
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Edward Douglass White |
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(1844–1921) |
1995 |
Chief Justice of the United States, 1910–1921[136]
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Richard Zuschlag |
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(1948–2024) |
2019 |
Founder of Acadian Ambulance in Lafayette[15]
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