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, since 2012 [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-) |
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-) |
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][19] |
John Breaux |
 |
(1944-) |
2003 |
United States Senator, 1987 to 2005; U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 7th congressional district, 1972-1987[20] |
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[21] |
J. Marshall Brown |
 |
(1924-deceased) |
2014 |
State representative from Orleans Parish, 1952-1960; Democratic national committeeman, 1964 to 1972; member of Louisiana State Board of Education, 1960s
|
Peppi Bruneau |
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(1942-) |
2015 |
Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Orleans Parish, 1976-2007[22] |
Victor Bussie |
|
(1919-2011) |
1994 |
President, Louisiana AFL-CIO, 1956-1997[23] |
Buddy Caldwell |
|
(1946-) |
2015 |
Attorney General of Louisiana, 2008-2016; former district attorney in Madison Parish, 1979-2008[22] |
Jefferson Caffery |
|
(1886-1974) |
2000 |
Diplomat[24] |
Burl Cain |
 |
(1942-) |
2002 |
Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1995-2016; founder of Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum[25] |
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 [26] |
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- ) |
2003 |
Singer and political candidate[27] |
William C.C. Claiborne |
 |
(c1772-1817) |
1993 |
First Governor of Louisiana, as well as Governor of the Territory of Orleans[28] |
Sally Clausen |
 |
(1945-) |
2007 |
Former Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education[29] 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.[30] |
Hyram Copeland |
|
(1940-) |
2013 |
Mayor of Vidalia, 1992-2016[31] |
Harry Connick, Sr. |
|
(1926-) |
2003 |
District Attorney of Orleans Parish, 1973-2003; investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy; father of singer Harry Connick Jr.[32] |
Charlie Cook |
|
(1953-) |
2006 |
Political analyst[33] |
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[34] |
Quentin Dastugue |
|
(1955-) |
2018 |
Louisiana State Representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes, 1980-1996[35] |
Jimmie Davis |
 |
(1899-2000) |
1993 |
Governor of Louisiana[36] |
Pap Dean |
|
(1915-2011) |
1993 |
Editorial cartoonist, Shreveport Times[37] |
Charles deGravelles |
|
(1913-2008) |
2007 |
Chair, state Republican Party, 1968-1972[38] |
Virginia deGravelles |
|
(1915-) |
2007 |
Republican National Committeewoman (1964-1968)[38] |
George Dement |
 |
(1922-2014) |
2013 |
Mayor, Bossier City, 1989-2005[39] |
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[22] |
Jimmy Dimos |
|
(1938-) |
2017 |
State representative (1976-1999), House Speaker (1988-1992), and district judge (1999-2006) from Monroe[40] |
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 [41] |
Hunt Downer |
|
(1946-) |
2007 |
State Representative[2] |
Edwin Edwards |
 |
(1927-) |
1993 |
Governor of Louisiana[42] |
John Bel Edwards |
 |
(1966- ) |
2014 |
Current governor of Louisiana; 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 [43] |
Noble Ellington |
|
(1942-) |
2015 |
Member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from Franklin Parish; Winnsboro cotton merchant and deputy state insurance commissioner[22] |
Randy Ewing |
|
(1944-) |
2010 |
State Senator[8] |
Jimmy Fitzmorris |
|
(1921-) |
1999 |
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1972-1980[44] |
Carlos Roberto Flores |
 |
(1950-) |
2005 |
President of Honduras[45] |
Mary Flake Flores |
|
|
2005 |
First Lady of Honduras, humanitarian worker[45] |
Murphy J. Foster |
 |
(1849-1921) |
1997 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1996-2004[46] |
Murphy J. Foster Jr. |
 |
(1930-) |
2003 |
Governor of Louisiana[47] |
John B. Fournet |
|
(1895-1984) |
2014 |
Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice, Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana[48] |
Douglas Fowler |
|
(1906-1980) |
1999 |
Louisiana Elections Commissioner, 1959-1979[49] |
Robert "Bobby" Freeman |
|
(1934-2016) |
2008 |
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1980-1988[50] |
Sylvan Friedman |
|
(1908-1979) |
2006 |
Louisiana state Senator and Representative[8][51] |
Charles Fuselier |
|
(1942- ) |
2003 |
Sheriff of Saint Martin Parish, President of the Louisiana Sheriff's Association, National Sheriff of the Year in 1996[52] |
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[53] |
Camille Gravel |
|
(1915-2005) |
1995 |
Attorney, executive counsel to Governors John McKeithen and Edwin Edwards, helped draft the current Louisiana Constitution[54] |
Francis Grevemberg |
|
(1914-2008) |
2002 |
Louisiana state police superintendent[55] |
Dick Guidry |
|
(1929-2014) |
2014 |
Considered the youngest member ever elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives[56] |
Dudley A. Guglielmo |
|
(1909-2005) |
2004 |
Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance[57] |
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-) |
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[58] |
E. L. Henry |
|
(1936-) |
2012 |
Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives[2] |
Wiley W. Hilburn |
 |
(1938-2014) |
2001 |
Journalist and chairman of the Department of Journalism at Louisiana Tech University[59] |
Donald E. Hines |
|
(1933-) |
2006 |
Louisiana State Senate President from 2004 to 2008; physician in Bunkie[8][60] |
Melvin "Kip" Holden |
 |
(1952-) |
2008 |
Democratic Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, 2005-2016[61] |
Jerry Huckaby |
 |
(1941-) |
2012 |
United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, 1977-1993[62] |
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[48] |
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[63] Sister of former U.S. Representative Buddy Leach
|
Richard Ieyoub |
|
(1944-) |
2016 |
Attorney General of Louisiana, 1992-2004[64] |
William J. Jefferson |
 |
(1947-) |
2000 |
U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1991-2009[65] |
T.J. Jemison |
|
(1918-2013) |
2017 |
Civil rights activist from Baton Rouge; early organizer of Southern Christian Leadership Conference[66] |
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[67] |
J. Bennett Johnston Jr. |
 |
(1932-) |
1997 |
United States Senator, 1972-1997[68] |
Sam Houston Jones |
 |
(1897-1978) |
2016 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1940-1944[69] |
Theodore "Ted" Jones |
|
(1934-) |
2007 |
Lawyer, lobbyist, political appointee[70] |
Eddie J. Jordan Jr. |
|
(1952-) |
2005 |
District Attorney of Orleans Parish, 2003-2007[71] |
James A. Joseph |
|
(1935-) |
2008 |
Career diplomat and Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Studies at Duke University[72] |
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[73] |
Donald G. Kelly |
|
(1941-) |
2008 |
State Senator from Natchitoches, 1976-1996[8][74] |
Iris Kelso |
|
(1926-2003) |
1999 |
Journalist[75] |
Robert F. Kennon |
 |
(1902-1988) |
2001 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1952-1956[76] |
Catherine D. Kimball |
|
(1945-) |
2011 |
Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 2009-2013; associate justice, 1992-2009[77] |
Jeannette Knoll |
|
(1943-) |
2000 |
Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1997-2016[78] |
Adras LaBorde |
|
(1912-1993) |
2012 |
Editor and columnist for The Alexandria Daily Town Talk[79] |
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[80] |
Mary Landrieu |
 |
(1955-) |
2007 |
United States Senator 1997-2014; state treasurer, 1887-1996; state representative, 1980-1988[81] |
Moon Landrieu |
 |
(1930-) |
2004 |
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1979-1981; Mayor of New Orleans, 1970-1978; state representative, 1960-1966[82] Mayor of New Orleans
|
John LaPlante |
|
(1953-2007) |
2008 |
Baton Rouge-based journalist [83] |
Dudley LeBlanc |
|
(1894-1971) |
1993 |
Louisiana State Senator[8] |
Harry Lee |
|
(1932-2007) |
2001 |
Sheriff of Jefferson parish [84] |
Walter Lee |
|
(1921-2015) |
2009 |
Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court, 1956-2012
|
Bob Livingston |
 |
(1943-) |
2003 |
United States House of Representatives[85] |
Earl Long |
 |
(1895-1960) |
1993 |
Governor of Louisiana[86] |
Gillis William Long |
 |
(1923-1985) |
1994 |
United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, 1963-1965; 1973-1985[87] |
Huey P. Long |
 |
(1893-1935) |
1993 |
Governor of Louisiana; United States Senator [88] |
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[48] |
Russell B. Long |
 |
(1918-2003) |
1993 |
United States Senator [89] |
Speedy Long |
 |
(1928-2006) |
1998 |
United States House of Representatives[90] |
Bill Lynch |
|
(1929-2004) |
2005 |
Louisiana Inspector General, investigative journalist in Shreveport and Baton Rouge[91][92] |
Edward "Bubby" Lyons |
|
(1929-) |
2014 |
First person ever to serve as mayor of two Louisiana cities, Houma and Mandeville[48] |
Charlton Lyons |
 |
(1894-1973) |
2010 |
Chair, state Republican Party, candidate for governor, 1964[93] |
John Maginnis |
|
(1948-2014) |
2015 |
Louisiana journalist who exposed corruption in politics and government; known for the book The Last Hayride[22] |
Robert Mann (Louisiana historian) |
|
(1958-) |
2014 |
Director of the Manship Chair of Journalism at Louisiana State University; political historian[94] |
Wade O. Martin Jr. |
|
(1911-1990) |
2001 |
Louisiana Secretary of State [95] |
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[96] |
John McKeithen |
|
(1918-1999) |
1993 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1964-1972; former member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana House of Representatives[97] |
W. Fox McKeithen |
|
(1946-2005) |
2006 |
Louisiana Secretary of State[98] |
Harold McSween |
|
(1926-2002) |
2001 |
U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, 1958-1963[99] |
Billy Montgomery |
|
(1937-) |
2012 |
Former Louisiana State Representative from Bossier Parish[100] |
W. Henson Moore, III |
|
(1939-) |
2002 |
United States Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district, 1975-1987[101] |
Ernest Nathan Morial |
 |
(1929-1989) |
1993 |
Mayor of New Orleans[102] |
deLesseps Story Morrison Sr. |
 |
(1912-1964) |
1995 |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1946-1962; three-time candidate for governor[103] |
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[104] |
Dave Norris |
|
(1942-) |
2017 |
Mayor of West Monroe, 1978-2018[40] |
Samuel B. Nunez Jr. |
|
(1930-2012) |
2010 |
State senator from St. Bernard Parish[8] |
William "Billy" Nungesser |
|
(1929-2006) |
2010 |
Chair, state Republican Party [105] |
Sean O'Keefe |
 |
(1956-) |
2007 |
Administrator of NASA [106] |
Bob Odom |
|
(1935-2014) |
2008 |
Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, 1980-2008[107] |
Jessel Ourso |
|
(1932-1978) |
2009 |
Sheriff of Iberville Parish[108] |
John H. Overton |
 |
(1875-1948) |
1998 |
United States Senator[109] |
Mary Evelyn Parker |
|
(1920-2015) |
1996 |
First woman to serve as Louisiana State Treasurer, 1968-1987[110] |
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[111][112] |
Leander Perez |
 |
(1891-1969) |
1996 |
Political boss [113] |
Ralph Perlman |
|
(1917-2013) |
2011 |
State budget director[114] |
Cecil J. Picard |
|
(1938-2007) |
2006 |
State Superintendent of Education, 1996-2007; state senator, 1979-1996; state representative, 1976-1979[115] |
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[116] |
Ned Randolph |
|
(1942-2016) |
2008 |
Mayor of Alexandria, 1986-2006; state senator, 1976-1984; state representative, 1972-1976[2][8] |
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 [117] |
Ed Renwick |
|
(1938-) |
1999 |
Retired director of Loyola University Institute of Politics [118] |
Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes |
|
(1909-1997) |
2004 |
State representative and state senator[8][119] |
Buddy Roemer |
 |
(1943-) |
2000 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1988-1992; U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 1981-1988[120] |
Angelo Roppolo |
|
(1920-2012) |
2013 |
Political consultant in Shreveport[121] |
Joe R. Salter |
|
(1943-) |
2008 |
former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives[2] |
Joe Sampite |
|
(1931-2012) |
2002 |
Mayor of Natchitoches[122] |
Victor H. Schiro |
 |
(1904-1992) |
2001 |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1962-1970[123] |
Melinda Schwegmann |
|
(1946-) |
1997 |
First woman Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1992-1996[124] |
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[22] |
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[22] |
Virginia Shehee |
|
(1923-2015) |
2004 |
Louisiana State Senator from District 38 (Caddo and De Soto parishes), 1976-1980[8][125] |
Barbara Boggs Sigmund |
|
(1939-1990) |
2005 |
Mayor of Princeton, New Jersey; daughter of Hale and Lindy Boggs[126] |
Charlie Smith |
|
|
2011 |
Lobbyist[127] |
Richard Stalder |
|
(1951-) |
2003 |
Secretary Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections from 1992 to 2008[128] |
Vic Stelly |
|
(1941-) |
2006 |
State representative for Calcasieu Parish, 1988-2004; member of the Louisiana Board of Regents, 2007-2011[129] |
Raymond Strother |
|
(1940-) |
2013 |
Regional and national Democratic political consultant, formerly based in Baton Rouge[130] |
Billy Tauzin |
 |
(1943-) |
2003 |
U.S. representative from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 1980-2005[131] |
Patrick F. Taylor |
|
(1937-2004) |
2009 |
Businessman [132] |
Zachary Taylor |
 |
(1784-1850) |
1995 |
President of the United States, 1849-1850[133] |
Francis C. Thompson |
|
(1941-) |
2005 |
State senator from Richland Parish; former state representative[8][134] |
David Treen |
 |
(1928-2009) |
1997 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1980-1984; U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 1973-1980[135] |
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[136] |
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)[137] |
Gus Weill |
|
(1933-) |
1996 |
Radio host, writer, political consultant[138] |
T. Harry Williams |
|
(1909-1979) |
1998 |
1970 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Huey Long (1969)[139] |
Edward Douglass White |
 |
(1844-1921) |
1995 |
Chief Justice of the United States, 1910-1921[140] |
Richard Zuschlag |
|
(1948-) |
2019 |
Founder of Acadian Ambulance in Lafayette[15] |