List of colonial governors of Louisiana

This is a list of the colonial governors of Louisiana, from the founding of the first settlement by the French in 1699 to the territory's acquisition by the United States in 1803.

First French period

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No.	Governor		Took Office	Left Office	Capital Location
1	Sauvole de la Villantry		1699	1701	Fort Maurepas
2	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1701	1713	Fort Maurepas & Mobile
3	Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac		1713	1716	Mobile
4	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1716	1717	Mobile
5	Jean-Michel de Lepinay		1717	1718	Mobile
6	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1718	1724	Mobile & Fort Maurepas & Biloxi New Orleans
7	Pierre Dugué de Boisbriant		1724	1726	New Orleans
8	Étienne Périer		1726	1733	New Orleans
9	Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville		1733	1743	New Orleans
10	Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal		1743	1753	New Orleans
11	Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec		1753	1763	New Orleans
12	Jean-Jacques Blaise d’Abbadie		1763	1765	New Orleans
13	Charles Philippe Aubry		1765	1766	New Orleans

Spanish period

No.	Governor		Took Office	Left Office	Capital Location
1	Antonio de Ulloa[1]		1766	1768	New Orleans
2	Charles Philippe Aubry (acting)		1768	1769	New Orleans
3	Alejandro O'Reilly (Captain General)		1769	1769	New Orleans
4	Luis de Unzaga		1770	1777	New Orleans
5	Bernardo de Gálvez		1777	1785	New Orleans
6	Esteban Rodríguez Miró		1785	1791	New Orleans
7	Francisco Luis Hector de Carondelet		1791	1797	New Orleans
8	Manuel Gayoso de Lemos		1797	1799	New Orleans
9	Sebastian de la Puerta y O'Farril Marquis de Casa Calvo		1799	1801	New Orleans
10	Juan Manuel de Salcedo		1801	1803	New Orleans

Second (interim) French period

No.	Governor		Took Office	Left Office	Capital Location
14	Pierre Clement de Laussat		1803	1803	New Orleans

For governors of the later territory and state of Louisiana under the United States, see List of Governors of Louisiana.

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