Established | 1987 |
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Location | 498 E. Main Street, Winnfield, Louisiana |
Coordinates | 31°55′36″N 92°38′07″W / 31.926776°N 92.635376°W |
Website | LPM Official Site |
The Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame is a museum and hall of fame located in Winnfield, Louisiana. Created by a 1987 act of the Louisiana State Legislature, it honors the best-known politicians and political journalists in the state.
Name | Image | Birth–death | Year | Area of achievement |
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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 | (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–) | 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–) | 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–) | 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–) | 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–) | 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–) | 2007 | Lawyer, lobbyist, political appointee [68] | |
Eddie J. Jordan Jr. | (1952–) | 2005 | District attorney of Orleans Parish, 2003–2007 [69] | |
James A. Joseph | (1935–) | 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 | (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–) | 2014 | First person ever 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–) | 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–) | 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–) | 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 | (1844–1921) | 1995 | Chief Justice of the United States, 1910–1921 [136] | |
Richard Zuschlag | (1948–) | 2019 | Founder of Acadian Ambulance in Lafayette [15] |
Established | 1987 |
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Location | 498 E. Main Street, Winnfield, Louisiana |
Coordinates | 31°55′36″N 92°38′07″W / 31.926776°N 92.635376°W |
Website | LPM Official Site |
The Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame is a museum and hall of fame located in Winnfield, Louisiana. Created by a 1987 act of the Louisiana State Legislature, it honors the best-known politicians and political journalists in the state.
Name | Image | Birth–death | Year | Area of achievement |
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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 | (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–) | 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–) | 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–) | 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–) | 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–) | 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–) | 2007 | Lawyer, lobbyist, political appointee [68] | |
Eddie J. Jordan Jr. | (1952–) | 2005 | District attorney of Orleans Parish, 2003–2007 [69] | |
James A. Joseph | (1935–) | 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 | (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–) | 2014 | First person ever 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–) | 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–) | 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–) | 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 | (1844–1921) | 1995 | Chief Justice of the United States, 1910–1921 [136] | |
Richard Zuschlag | (1948–) | 2019 | Founder of Acadian Ambulance in Lafayette [15] |