Author: Miriam G. ReevesPublisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455605200
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Governors of Louisiana
Author: Miriam G. ReevesPublisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455605200
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Louisiana Governors
Author: Joseph G. Dawson IIIPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807115275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Louisiana Governors is a one-volume reference work on the diverse, frequently colorful leaders of Louisiana since the eighteenth century. From Iberville to Edwards, this biographical directory provides a comprehensive look into the lives of sixty-six men who have wielded their political power in molding the history of the state. Joseph G. Dawson’s introduction sets the stage for this knowledgeable look at Louisiana’s governors by examining the historical evolution of the governorship over the past three centuries. Dawson focuses not only on the evolution of the office but also on the dominant personalities who have served it and the ever changing constitutions that have guided it. For the first time, students of Louisiana history will have at their disposal a chronological compilation of scholarly essays on the lives of the men who have served at Louisiana’s chief executive. Providing first a short biographical sketch of the governor under consideration, each essay includes an analytical discussion of the governor’s administration and of his role in the state’s history. A bibliography pertaining to the governor and his era follows each essay. The Louisiana Governors describes in rich detail the influence of French and Spanish colonial governors on Louisiana’s leaders of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The rivalry that now exists between the chief executive and the legislature, as well as the factionalism that has surfaced in the political system, is directly rooted in the state’s colonial past. It has been said that Louisianians like their politicians like their food—hot and spicy. They have not been disappointed. From the Lemoyne brothers, Iberville and Bienville, of the French colonial era, to the Long brothers, Huey and Earl, of the twentieth century, Louisiana’s governors have attracted ardent loyalty and vigorous criticism simultaneously. They have been hailed by critics as dictators, political mavericks, puppets, and even rubber-stamp governors. But whether weak or powerful, charismatic or unimposing, these men have braved controversy and political turmoil to create a governorship steeped in tradition.
Louisiana Governors
Author: Walter Greaves CowanPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604733209
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Walter Greaves Cowan and Jack B. McGuire, veteran authorities on the Louisiana political scene, trace the history of the state's leaders from the French and Spanish colonial eras to the present day. Using a variety of sources, including personal interviews with the recent governors, they describe unforgettable personalities. Such early figures as Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville set the tone for later colonial governors. They had their troubles, fending off protesting Indians and other French and Spanish leaders vying for power. Following the Louisiana Purchase, American politics took control. The Whigs, Know Nothings, Republicans, and Democrats have all waxed and waned through times of slavery, secession, suffrage, and segregation. The early twentieth century saw the rise of Huey P. Long, who established himself as a virtual dictator. An assassin's bullet ended Long's life in 1935, but his followers managed to hold on to the governorship until 1940. In 1948 his brother, Earl Long, brought the family back into power. Over the years, two governors were impeached but were not removed from office, and two governors were jailed in federal prison. The experiences, decisions, and conflicts of Louisiana governors have reflected and influenced the history of the state, often in dramatic and fascinating ways.
Message of the Governor of Louisiana
Author: Louisiana. Governor (1864-1865 : Hahn)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Biographical Sketches of Louisiana's Governors
Author: Mrs. Eugene Soniat du FossatPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Governors of Louisiana
Author: Miriam G. ReevesReport of the Governor of Louisiana, on the Amount Necessary for Defensive Military Purposes, to the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana
Author: Louisiana. Governor (1860-1864 : Moore)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"My Fellow Citizens--"
Author: Sidney J. RomeroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Biographical Sketches of Louisiana's Governors, From D'Iberville to McEnery, by a Louisianaise, as a Contribution to the Exhibit of Woman's Work, in the Louisiana State Department, at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, L
Author: Eugene Soniat Du FossatPublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781376644418
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF LOUIS
Author: Eugene Mrs Soniat Du FossatPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781360653235
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.