08 Jan 2024 Jeff Landry Jeff Landry grew up in the small town of St. Martinsville where his mother was a schoolteacher and his parents took him to church every day. Later, Jeff learned the… Bradley Peck
27 Sep 2019 Donna Edwards Louisiana First Lady Donna Hutto Edwards was born in Meridian, Mississippi, and moved with her family to Amite, Louisiana, where she met her future husband, Governor John Bel Edwards. She… wpengine
27 Sep 2019 John Bel Edwards Governor John Bel Edwards was born seventh out of eight children to Sheriff Frank Jr. and Dora Jean Edwards. He grew up hunting and fishing in Amite, a rural town… Clay Carpenter
01 Jan 2018 William Charles Cole Claiborne WILLIAM C.C. CLAIBORNE, Louisiana's first governor, was born in Sussex County, Virginia in 1775. His education was attained at the Richmond Academy, and for a short time at William and… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Jacques Philippe Villere JACQUES P. VILLERE was born in St. John's Parish, Louisiana on April 28, 1760. His education was attained in France at the expense of Louis XVI. Villere served in the… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Thomas Bolling Robertson THOMAS B. ROBERTSON was born near Petersburg, Virginia on February 27 around 1775. His education was attained at William and Mary College, from which he graduated in 1797. He then… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Henry Schuyler Thibodeaux HENRY S. THIBODEAUX was born in Albany, New York in 1769. He was orphaned as a baby, and raised by the Schuyler family in Scotland. In 1794, he moved to… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny PIERRE A. C. B. DERBIGNY was born in Laon, France on June 30, 1767. After studying law at St. Genevieve, Derbigny left France, and immigrated to Santo Domingo. He later… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Armand Beauvais ARMAND BEAUVAIS (shown in some sources as Arnaud Julie Beauvais) was born in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana on September 6, 1783. His education was limited and attained through private tutoring.… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Jacques Dupre JACQUES DUPRE was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 12, 1773. His education was limited and attained through private tutoring. During the War of 1812, he served as a… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Edward Douglass White EDWARD D. WHITE was born in Maury County, Tennessee on March 3, 1795. His education was attained in the Louisiana common schools and at the University of Nashville, where he… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Andre Bienvenu Roman ANDRE B. ROMAN was born in Opelousas County, Louisiana on March 5, 1795. His education was attained at St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland, where he graduated from in 1815.… National Governors Association