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C. Claiborne – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="William C. C. Claiborne" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._C._Claiborne" title="William C. C. Claiborne – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="William C. C. 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C. Claiborne</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:William_C_C_Claiborne_rectangleLAState.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/William_C_C_Claiborne_rectangleLAState.jpg/220px-William_C_C_Claiborne_rectangleLAState.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/William_C_C_Claiborne_rectangleLAState.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="400" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">William C. C. Claiborne</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1817 – November 23, 1817</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(Senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Brown (Senator)">James Brown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Johnson_(Louisiana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Johnson (Louisiana)">Henry Johnson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">1st <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Governor of Louisiana">Governor of Louisiana</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />April 30, 1812 – December 16, 1816</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Himself (as Governor of the Territory of Orleans)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Viller%C3%A9" title="Jacques Villeré">Jacques Villeré</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Governor of the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Orleans" title="Territory of Orleans">Territory of Orleans</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 20, 1803 – April 30, 1812</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Cl%C3%A9ment_de_Laussat" class="mw-redirect" title="Pierre Clément de Laussat">Pierre Clément de Laussat</a> (Under French control)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Himself (as Governor of Louisiana)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">2nd <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Mississippi#Governors_of_Mississippi_Territory" title="Governor of Mississippi">Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Territory" title="Mississippi Territory">Mississippi Territory</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 25, 1801 – March 1, 1803</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Winthrop_Sargent" title="Winthrop Sargent">Winthrop Sargent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Williams_(governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Williams (governor)">Robert Williams</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br /> from <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's at-large congressional district">at-large</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 23, 1797 – March 3, 1801</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Dickson_(congressman)" title="William Dickson (congressman)">William Dickson</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Charles Cole Claiborne</div><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1773–1775<br /><a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_Virginia" title="Sussex County, Virginia">Sussex County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Colony of Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 23, 1817 (aged approximately 42)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, Louisiana, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Republican">Democratic-Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Eliza Wilson Lewis</li><li>Marie Clarisse Duralde</li><li>Cayetana Susana "Suzette" Bosque y Fangui</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Claiborne" title="Ferdinand Claiborne">Ferdinand Claiborne</a> (brother)<br /><a href="/wiki/Claiborne_Pell" title="Claiborne Pell">Claiborne Pell</a> (great-great-great-grandnephew)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/College_of_William_%26_Mary" title="College of William & Mary">College of William & Mary</a><br />Richmond Academy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_CC_Caaiborne_Signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="William C. C. Claiborne's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/William_CC_Caaiborne_Signature.svg/128px-William_CC_Caaiborne_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/William_CC_Caaiborne_Signature.svg/192px-William_CC_Caaiborne_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/William_CC_Caaiborne_Signature.svg/256px-William_CC_Caaiborne_Signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="358" data-file-height="67" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_National_Guard" title="Louisiana National Guard">Louisiana Militia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1815</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans" title="Battle of New Orleans">Battle of New Orleans</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Charles Cole Claiborne</b> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1773–1775 – November 23, 1817) was an American politician and military officer who served as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Governor of Louisiana">governor of Louisiana</a> from April 30, 1812 to December 16, 1816. He was also possibly the youngest member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States" title="History of the United States">history of the United States</a>, although reliable sources differ about his age.<sup id="cite_ref-birthdate_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birthdate-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Claiborne supervised the transfer of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_(New_France)" title="Louisiana (New France)">Louisiana</a> from French to U.S. control after the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase" title="Louisiana Purchase">Louisiana Purchase</a> of 1803, governing the "<a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Orleans" title="Territory of Orleans">Territory of Orleans</a>" from 1804 to 1812, the year in which <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> became a <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state</a>. He won the first election for Louisiana's state Governor and served through 1816, for a total of thirteen years as Louisiana's executive administrator. <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> served as the capital city during both the colonial period and the early statehood period. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_C._C._Claiborne&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Claiborne was born in <a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_Virginia" title="Sussex County, Virginia">Sussex County, Virginia</a>, sometime between 1773 and 1775.<sup id="cite_ref-birthdate_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birthdate-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His parents were Colonel William Claiborne and Mary Leigh Claiborne.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a descendant of Colonel <a href="/wiki/William_Claiborne" title="William Claiborne">William Claiborne</a> (1600–1677), an <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> pioneer who was born in <a href="/wiki/Crayford" title="Crayford">Crayford, Kent</a>, England, and settled in the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Colony of Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Claiborne studied at the <a href="/wiki/College_of_William_%26_Mary" title="College of William & Mary">College of William and Mary</a>, then Richmond Academy. At age 16 he moved to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, which was then the seat of U.S. Congress, where he worked as a clerk under <a href="/wiki/John_Beckley" class="mw-redirect" title="John Beckley">John Beckley</a>, the clerk of the United States House of Representatives. He moved to <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> with the federal government. Claiborne then began to study law.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Congressman_from_Tennessee">Congressman from Tennessee</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_C._C._Claiborne&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Congressman from Tennessee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1794 Claiborne moved to <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> to start a law practice. Governor <a href="/wiki/John_Sevier" title="John Sevier">John Sevier</a> appointed Claiborne to the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Supreme_Court" title="Tennessee Supreme Court">Tennessee Supreme Court</a> in 1796.<sup id="cite_ref-TSCH_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSCH-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1797, he resigned his appointment to the court to run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He won, and succeeded <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a>, though he was evidently not yet <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives#Qualifications" title="United States House of Representatives">twenty-five years of age</a> as required by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution</a>. Earlier in 1797, he described his age to <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> in vague terms: "Born, Sir, at a period, when every American Breast palpitated for freedom, I became early attached to civil Liberty. ..."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Claiborne took his seat in the House on November 23, 1797.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State records indicate that, when he took his seat, he was 24.<sup id="cite_ref-Register1905_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Register1905-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other sources suggest he was 22.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His gravestone says he was 23.<sup id="cite_ref-grave_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grave-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Claiborne served in the House through 1801. The <a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_presidential_election" title="1800 United States presidential election">United States presidential election of 1800</a> was decided in the House of Representatives, due to a tie in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" title="United States Electoral College">Electoral College</a>, by which time Claiborne was over 25 years old. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_in_Mississippi_Territory">Service in Mississippi Territory</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_C._C._Claiborne&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Service in Mississippi Territory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Claiborne was appointed governor and superintendent of Indian affairs in the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Territory" title="Mississippi Territory">Mississippi Territory</a>, from 1801 to 1803. Although he favored acquiring some land from the Choctaw and Chickasaw, Claiborne was generally sympathetic and conciliatory toward <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Indians</a>. He worked long and patiently to iron out differences that arose, and to improve the material well-being of the Indians.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Claiborne was also partly successful in promoting the establishment of law and order in the region. From 1803 to 1804, he offered a two-thousand dollar reward to eliminate, once and for all, a gang of outlaws headed by the notorious <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mason" title="Samuel Mason">Samuel Mason</a>. </p><p>Though he looked out for his constituents, his positions on issues indicated a national rather than regional focus. Claiborne expressed the philosophy of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican Party</a> and helped that party defeat the <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalists</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>When a <a href="/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a> epidemic broke out in the spring of 1802, Claiborne's actions resulted in the first recorded mass vaccination in the territory and saved the city of <a href="/wiki/Natchez,_Mississippi" title="Natchez, Mississippi">Natchez</a> from the disease.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Louisiana_territorial_period">Louisiana territorial period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_C._C._Claiborne&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Louisiana territorial period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Claiborne moved to New Orleans and oversaw the transfer of Louisiana to U.S. control after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Local French and Spanish inhabitants saw it for what it was, a military occupation<sup id="cite_ref-Act1803_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Act1803-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that they resented and quoted in their <i>remonstrances</i> and meetings that they were no more than conquered subjects who had not been consulted.<sup id="cite_ref-Eaton2012_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eaton2012-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He governed what would become the state of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, then termed the "<a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Orleans" title="Territory of Orleans">Territory of Orleans</a>", during its period as a <a href="/wiki/U.S._territorial_sovereignty" title="U.S. territorial sovereignty">United States territory</a> from 1804 until 1812.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Relations with Louisiana's <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Creole_people" title="Louisiana Creole people">Créole</a> population were initially rather strained: Claiborne was young, inexperienced, and unsure of himself, and at the time of his arrival spoke no <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Planter_class" title="Planter class">white elite</a> were initially alarmed when Claiborne retained the services of <a href="/wiki/Free_people_of_color" title="Free people of color">free people of color</a> in the militia, who had served with considerable distinction during the preceding forty-year <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_(New_Spain)" title="Louisiana (New Spain)">Spanish rule</a>. Claiborne bestowed a ceremonial flag and 'colors' on the <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a>, an act which would enmesh him in a <a href="/wiki/Duel" title="Duel">duel</a> three years later. </p><p>The duel was held in then-<a href="/wiki/Spanish_West_Florida" title="Spanish West Florida">Spanish territory</a>, near the current <a href="/wiki/The_Houmas" title="The Houmas">Houmas House</a> plantation, with his arch-enemy <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Clark_(Louisiana_politician)" title="Daniel Clark (Louisiana politician)">Daniel Clark</a>. On June 8, 1807, the Governor was shot through one thigh, with the bullet lodging in the other leg.<sup id="cite_ref-Eaton2011_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eaton2011-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Claiborne gradually gained the confidence of the French elite and oversaw the taking in of Francophone refugees from the <a href="/wiki/Haitian_Revolution" title="Haitian Revolution">Haitian Revolution</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>An event which is now said to have been the largest <a href="/wiki/Slave_rebellion" title="Slave rebellion">slave rebellion</a> in U.S. history, the <a href="/wiki/1811_German_Coast_Uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="1811 German Coast Uprising">1811 German Coast Uprising</a>, occurred while Claiborne was the territorial governor. However, the American government, over which he presided, had little participation in its suppression. The <a href="/wiki/Parish_(administrative_division)" title="Parish (administrative division)">parish</a> courts, dominated by wealthy <a href="/wiki/Planter_(American_South)" class="mw-redirect" title="Planter (American South)">planters</a>, imposed quick convictions and sentencing of the black slaves who had survived the fighting. U.S. military personnel arrived too late to capture the rebels or to prevent what amounted to their massacre at the hands of American militiamen or white planters who lived along the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Claiborne himself wrote at least twice to parish officials to request that they refer cases to him for executive pardon or <a href="/wiki/Clemency" class="mw-redirect" title="Clemency">clemency</a>, rather than accept the wholesale <a href="/wiki/Death_sentences" class="mw-redirect" title="Death sentences">death sentences</a> that were being handed out in <a href="/wiki/Orleans_Parish,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Orleans Parish, Louisiana">Orleans Parish</a>, as well as in <a href="/wiki/St._Charles_Parish,_Louisiana" title="St. Charles Parish, Louisiana">St. Charles Parish</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._John_the_Baptist_Parish,_Louisiana" title="St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana">St. John the Baptist Parish</a>. The only known beneficiaries of his pardon were two men named Theodore and Henry, but no records exist of Claiborne refusing any other pardon requests related to the rebellion.<sup id="cite_ref-Eaton2011_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eaton2011-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_West_Florida" title="Republic of West Florida">Republic of West Florida</a> won a short-lived period of independence (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_West_Florida" title="Spanish West Florida">from Spain</a>) in 1810, Claiborne annexed the area to the Orleans Territory on the orders of President <a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a>, who determined to consider it as part of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase" title="Louisiana Purchase">Louisiana Purchase</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_Louisiana_statehood">After Louisiana statehood</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_C._C._Claiborne&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: After Louisiana statehood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Claiborne was the first elected governor after Louisiana became a <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a>, winning the <a href="/wiki/1812_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election" title="1812 Louisiana gubernatorial election">election of 1812</a> against <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Viller%C3%A9" title="Jacques Villeré">Jacques Villeré</a>, and serving from 1812 through 1816. On the eve of the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> he sent interpreter <a href="/wiki/Simon_Favre" title="Simon Favre">Simon Favre</a> to the Choctaws to attempt to keep them out of the war. Claiborne raised <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_States)" title="Militia (United States)">militia</a> companies and in 1814 negotiated the assistance of French pirate and slave trader <a href="/wiki/Jean_Lafitte" title="Jean Lafitte">Jean Lafitte</a> in <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans" title="Battle of New Orleans">defending New Orleans</a> from an expected British attack.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the attack occurred in 1815, Claiborne wrote to Major-General <a href="/wiki/John_Lambert_(British_Army_officer,_born_1772)" title="John Lambert (British Army officer, born 1772)">John Lambert</a> on March 25, informing him that two "distinguished citizens" of Louisiana, Michael Fortier and Chevalier de la Croix, had gone to his headquarters to <a href="/wiki/Dauphin_Island,_Alabama" title="Dauphin Island, Alabama">Dauphin Island</a> to retrieve <a href="/wiki/Black_refugee_(War_of_1812)" title="Black refugee (War of 1812)">fugitive slaves</a> who had fled to the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> and gained their freedom. Lambert's subordinate, John Power, replied to Claiborne on March 30, stating that "I should feel happy, in rendering any assistance to those Gentlemen, to enable them to execute the object of their mission, but agreeable to the determination of Major General Lambert... he did not feel himself authorized to resort to force, to oblige them [to return to their enslavers], as they threw themselves on his protection, which they were entitled to, having served with the British Army and which they did voluntarily and without compulsion".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his term as governor, Claiborne was elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>, serving from March 4, 1817, until his death on November 23, 1817,<sup id="cite_ref-NGA_Clairborne_bio_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGA_Clairborne_bio-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was 20 years to the day after his first day in Congress.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_C._C._Claiborne&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Claiborne died on November 23, 1817. The <i>Louisiana Courier</i> attributed Claiborne's demise to a "liver ailment".<sup id="cite_ref-Kastor2004_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kastor2004-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 223">: 223 </span></sup> Claiborne was buried at the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_Cemetery" title="Saint Louis Cemetery">St. Louis Cemetery</a> Number 1, in New Orleans, then the most prestigious of the city's cemeteries. This was a controversial honor, as it is a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> cemetery, while Claiborne was <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a>. He was later re-interred at the <a href="/wiki/Metairie_Cemetery" title="Metairie Cemetery">Metairie Cemetery</a> in New Orleans.<sup id="cite_ref-NGA_Clairborne_bio_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGA_Clairborne_bio-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Claiborne_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Claiborne Parish, Louisiana">Claiborne Parish, Louisiana</a>, was named in his honor as were two <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">U.S. counties</a>: <a href="/wiki/Claiborne_County,_Mississippi" title="Claiborne County, Mississippi">Claiborne County, Mississippi</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Claiborne_County,_Tennessee" title="Claiborne County, Tennessee">Claiborne County, Tennessee</a>. The longest street in New Orleans was named in his honor: <a href="/wiki/Claiborne_Avenue" title="Claiborne Avenue">Claiborne Avenue</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Supreme Court case <i>Claiborne v. Police Jury</i> established the three distinct governing structures of the U.S. in Louisiana. The decision was only made after Claiborne's death.<sup id="cite_ref-Kastor2004_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kastor2004-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <a href="/wiki/Camp_Claiborne" title="Camp Claiborne">Camp Claiborne</a> was named for him in 1939. This installation is still used today for training the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> <a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a>, particularly by the <a href="/wiki/256th_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="256th Infantry Brigade">256th Infantry Brigade</a> for road marches and land navigation.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Claiborne Building is located in downtown <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge</a> and serves as an administrative center for the Louisiana state government.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1993, Claiborne was posthumously inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame">Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame</a> in <a href="/wiki/Winnfield,_Louisiana" title="Winnfield, Louisiana">Winnfield</a>. He was among the first thirteen inductees into the Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_life_and_descendants">Family life and descendants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_C._C._Claiborne&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Family life and descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Claiborne's first two wives, Eliza Wilson Lewis and Marie Clarisse Duralde, died of <a href="/wiki/Yellow_fever" title="Yellow fever">yellow fever</a> in New Orleans, within five years of each other. The child of the first marriage, a little girl named Cornelia Tennessee Claiborne, died the same day as her mother. The second marriage produced a son, William C. C. Claiborne, Jr.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1812, Governor Claiborne married a third time, to Suzette Bosque, daughter of Don Bartólome Bosque, a <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Louisiana">Spanish colonial</a> official. Their child was Sophronië (or Sophronia) Louise Claiborne, who married <a href="/wiki/Antoine_James_de_Marigny" title="Antoine James de Marigny">Antoine James de Marigny</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Bernard_de_Marigny" title="Bernard de Marigny">Bernard de Marigny</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>William Claiborne was the great-great-great-grandfather of fashion designer <a href="/wiki/Liz_Claiborne" title="Liz Claiborne">Liz Claiborne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Claiborne was related to numerous individuals who served in Congress over several generations.<sup id="cite_ref-CQ2013_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CQ2013-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Glass2017_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glass2017-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the brother of <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Claiborne" title="Nathaniel Claiborne">Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne</a>, nephew of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Claiborne_(1749%E2%80%931812)" title="Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812)">Thomas Claiborne</a>, uncle of <a href="/wiki/John_Francis_Hamtramck_Claiborne" title="John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne">John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne</a>, granduncle of <a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Claiborne" class="mw-redirect" title="James Robert Claiborne">James Robert Claiborne</a>, great-great-great-granduncle of <a href="/wiki/Lindy_Boggs" title="Lindy Boggs">Lindy Boggs</a>, and great-great-great-granduncle of <a href="/wiki/Claiborne_Pell" title="Claiborne Pell">Claiborne Pell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CQ2013_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CQ2013-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Glass2017_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glass2017-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div 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(1790–1899)">List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_C._C._Claiborne&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or between November 23, 1773, and November 23, 1774, or in August 1775<sup id="cite_ref-WebbAmbrester2007_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WebbAmbrester2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His gravestone says he was 23 when he became a congressman (which definitely occurred on November 23, 1797).<sup id="cite_ref-grave_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grave-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">William C. C. Claiborne, Jr. (1808–1878) attended <a href="/wiki/Transylvania_University" title="Transylvania University">Transylvania University</a>, Lexington, Kentucky, from 1822–1826. The younger William Claiborne worked as a <a href="/wiki/Cotton_factor" title="Cotton factor">cotton factor</a>, served in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a>, and was an officer in the Louisiana Militia, and <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate States Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Allen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union <span class="nobold">(1862–1865)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Foster_Shepley_(judge)" title="George Foster Shepley (judge)">Shepley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hahn" title="Michael Hahn">Hahn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction Era">Reconstruction <span class="nobold">(1865–1868)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Madison_Wells" title="James Madison Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Flanders" title="Benjamin Flanders">Flanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Baker" title="Joshua Baker">Baker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State <span class="nobold">(since 1868)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_C._Warmoth" title="Henry C. 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Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Davis" title="Jimmie Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Long" title="Earl Long">E. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennon" title="Robert F. Kennon">Kennon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Long" title="Earl Long">E. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Davis" title="Jimmie Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McKeithen" title="John McKeithen">McKeithen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">E. Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Treen" title="Dave Treen">Treen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">E. Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Roemer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">E. Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Foster_(American_politician)" title="Mike Foster (American politician)">M. Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Blanco" title="Kathleen Blanco">Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Jindal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bel_Edwards" title="John Bel Edwards">J. 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Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Holmes_(politician)" title="David Holmes (politician)">Holmes</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Seal_of_Mississippi.svg/75px-Seal_of_Mississippi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Seal_of_Mississippi.svg/113px-Seal_of_Mississippi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Seal_of_Mississippi.svg/150px-Seal_of_Mississippi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">State <br /> <span class="nobold">(since 1817)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Holmes_(politician)" title="David Holmes (politician)">Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Poindexter" title="George Poindexter">Poindexter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Leake" title="Walter Leake">Leake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Brandon" title="Gerard Brandon">Brandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Holmes_(politician)" title="David Holmes (politician)">Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Brandon" title="Gerard Brandon">Brandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abram_M._Scott" title="Abram M. Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lynch_(politician)" title="Charles Lynch (politician)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Runnels" title="Hiram Runnels">Runnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Quitman" title="John A. Quitman">Quitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lynch_(politician)" title="Charles Lynch (politician)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_McNutt_(governor)" title="Alexander McNutt (governor)">McNutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilghman_Tucker" title="Tilghman Tucker">Tucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_G._Brown" title="Albert G. Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._Matthews" title="Joseph W. Matthews">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Quitman" title="John A. Quitman">Quitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Isaac_Guion" title="John Isaac Guion">Guion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Whitfield_(Mississippi)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Whitfield (Mississippi)">J. Whitfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Foote" title="Henry S. Foote">Foote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Pettus" title="John J. Pettus">Pettus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._McRae" title="John J. McRae">McRae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McWillie" title="William McWillie">McWillie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Pettus" title="John J. Pettus">Pettus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Clark_(governor)" title="Charles Clark (governor)">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Sharkey" title="William L. Sharkey">Sharkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_G._Humphreys" title="Benjamin G. Humphreys">Humphreys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adelbert_Ames" title="Adelbert Ames">Ames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Alcorn" title="James L. Alcorn">Alcorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgley_C._Powers" title="Ridgley C. 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Whitfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Murphree" title="Dennis Murphree">Murphree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_G._Bilbo" title="Theodore G. Bilbo">Bilbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Sennet_Conner" title="Martin Sennet Conner">Conner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_L._White" title="Hugh L. White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_B._Johnson_Sr." title="Paul B. Johnson Sr.">Johnson Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Murphree" title="Dennis Murphree">Murphree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_L._Bailey" title="Thomas L. Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fielding_L._Wright" title="Fielding L. Wright">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_L._White" title="Hugh L. White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_P._Coleman" title="James P. Coleman">Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Barnett" title="Ross Barnett">Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_B._Johnson_Jr." title="Paul B. Johnson Jr.">Johnson Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bell_Williams" title="John Bell Williams">J. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Waller" title="Bill Waller">Waller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Finch" title="Cliff Finch">Finch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_F._Winter" title="William F. Winter">Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Allain" title="William Allain">Allain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Mabus" title="Ray Mabus">Mabus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Fordice" title="Kirk Fordice">Fordice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Musgrove" title="Ronnie Musgrove">Musgrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haley_Barbour" title="Haley Barbour">Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Bryant" title="Phil Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tate_Reeves" title="Tate Reeves">Reeves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="United_States_senators_from_Louisiana" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_senators_from_Louisiana" title="Template:United States senators from Louisiana"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_senators_from_Louisiana" title="Template talk:United States senators from Louisiana"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_senators_from_Louisiana" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States senators from Louisiana"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_senators_from_Louisiana" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Louisiana" title="List of United States senators from Louisiana">United States senators from Louisiana</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean_No%C3%ABl_Destr%C3%A9han" title="Jean Noël Destréhan">Destréhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Posey" title="Thomas Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(Louisiana_politician)" title="James Brown (Louisiana politician)">Brown</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Johnson_(Louisiana_politician)" title="Henry Johnson (Louisiana politician)">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Bouligny" title="Dominique Bouligny">Bouligny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Livingston" title="Edward Livingston">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._Waggaman" title="George A. 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Ransdell">Ransdell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huey_Long" title="Huey Long">H. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_McConnell_Long" title="Rose McConnell Long">R. M. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_J._Ellender" title="Allen J. Ellender">Ellender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Edwards" title="Elaine Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Bennett_Johnston" title="J. Bennett Johnston">B. 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Magruder">Magruder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eligius_Fromentin" title="Eligius Fromentin">Fromentin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(Louisiana_politician)" title="James Brown (Louisiana politician)">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_S._Johnston" title="Josiah S. Johnston">J. S. Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Porter" title="Alexander Porter">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandre_Mouton" title="Alexandre Mouton">Mouton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Magill_Conrad" title="Charles Magill Conrad">Conrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Porter" title="Alexander Porter">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Johnson_(Louisiana_politician)" title="Henry Johnson (Louisiana politician)">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Soul%C3%A9" title="Pierre Soulé">Soulé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Slidell" title="John Slidell">Slidell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_Kellogg" title="William Pitt Kellogg">Kellogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_B._Eustis" title="James B. Eustis">Eustis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Jonas" title="Benjamin F. Jonas">Jonas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_B._Eustis" title="James B. 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Leonard Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindy_Boggs" title="Lindy Boggs">Lindy Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Bussie" title="Victor Bussie">Victor Bussie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_J._Ellender" title="Allen J. Ellender">Allen J. Ellender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillis_William_Long" title="Gillis William Long">Gillis William Long</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camille_Gravel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Camille Gravel (page does not exist)">Camille Gravel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Hanna_Sr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sam Hanna Sr. (page does not exist)">Sam Hanna Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeLesseps_Story_Morrison" title="DeLesseps Story Morrison">deLesseps Story Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zachary_Taylor" title="Zachary Taylor">Zachary Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Douglass_White" title="Edward Douglass White">Edward Douglass White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Berry" title="Louis Berry">Louis Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Carville" title="James Carville">James Carville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Evelyn_Parker" title="Mary Evelyn Parker">Mary Evelyn Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander_Perez" title="Leander Perez">Leander Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Weill" title="Gus Weill">Gus Weill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1997</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_K._Allen" title="Oscar K. Allen">Oscar K. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murphy_J._Foster" title="Murphy J. Foster">Murphy J. Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Bennett_Johnston" title="J. Bennett Johnston">J. Bennett Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melinda_Schwegmann" title="Melinda Schwegmann">Melinda Schwegmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Treen" title="Dave Treen">David C. Treen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1998</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speedy_Long" title="Speedy Long">Speedy Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Overton" title="John H. Overton">John H. Overton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Waggonner" title="Joe Waggonner">Joe Waggonner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Harry_Williams" title="T. Harry Williams">T. Harry Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Doucet" title="Cat Doucet">Cat Doucet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Fitzmorris" title="Jimmy Fitzmorris">Jimmy Fitzmorris</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Fowler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Douglas Fowler (page does not exist)">Douglas Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iris_Kelso" title="Iris Kelso">Iris Kelso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Renwick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ed Renwick (page does not exist)">Ed Renwick</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2000s" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2000s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Caffery" title="Jefferson Caffery">Jefferson Caffery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="William J. Jefferson">William J. Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeannette_Knoll" title="Jeannette Knoll">Jeannette Knoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_D._Long" title="Jimmy D. Long">Jimmy D. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Buddy Roemer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiley_W._Hilburn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiley W. Hilburn (page does not exist)">Wiley W. Hilburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennon" title="Robert F. Kennon">Robert F. Kennon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Lee_(sheriff)" title="Harry Lee (sheriff)">Harry Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_McSween" class="mw-redirect" title="Harold McSween">Harold McSween</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wade_O._Martin_Jr." title="Wade O. Martin Jr.">Wade O. Martin Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_H._Schiro" title="Victor H. Schiro">Victor H. Schiro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jesse_Bankston&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jesse Bankston (page does not exist)">Jesse Bankston</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenny_Bowen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenny Bowen (page does not exist)">Kenny Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Bozeman" title="Harley Bozeman">Harley Bozeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burl_Cain" title="Burl Cain">Nathan Burl Cain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dodd" title="Bill Dodd">Bill Dodd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Grevemberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francis Grevemberg (page does not exist)">Francis Grevemberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hainkel" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hainkel">John Hainkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henson_Moore" title="Henson Moore">Henson Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Sampite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Sampite (page does not exist)">Joe Sampite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Walker_(politician)" title="Lillian Walker (politician)">Lillian Walker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Alario" title="John Alario">John Alario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Breaux" title="John Breaux">John Breaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Chevalier" title="Jay Chevalier">Jay Chevalier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Connick_Sr." title="Harry Connick Sr.">Harry Connick Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Foster_(American_politician)" title="Mike Foster (American politician)">Mike Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Huntoon" title="Carolyn Huntoon">Carolyn Huntoon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raymond_Laborde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raymond Laborde (page does not exist)">Raymond Laborde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Livingston" title="Bob Livingston">Bob Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Stalder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Stalder (page does not exist)">Richard Stalder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Tauzin" title="Billy Tauzin">Billy Tauzin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Boles_(politician)" title="Billy Boles (politician)">Billy Boles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._DeWitt_Jr." title="Charles W. DeWitt Jr.">Charles W. DeWitt Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_A._Guglielmo" title="Dudley A. Guglielmo">Dudley A. Guglielmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_Landrieu" title="Moon Landrieu">Moon Landrieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_G._%22Sonny%22_Mouton_Jr." title="Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr.">Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Lindsey_Holland_Rhodes" title="Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes">Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Shehee" title="Virginia Shehee">Virginia Shehee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Wardlaw&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Wardlaw (page does not exist)">Jack Wardlaw</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_W._Bates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert W. Bates (page does not exist)">Robert W. Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Roberto_Flores" title="Carlos Roberto Flores">Carlos Roberto Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Flake_Flores&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mary Flake Flores (page does not exist)">Mary Flake Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jordan_(attorney)" title="Eddie Jordan (attorney)">Eddie J. Jordan Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curtis_Joubert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Curtis Joubert (page does not exist)">Curtis Joubert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Boggs_Sigmund" title="Barbara Boggs Sigmund">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_C._Thompson" title="Francis C. Thompson">Francis C. Thompson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Babineaux_Blanco" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathleen Babineaux Blanco">Kathleen Babineaux Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Cook" title="Charlie Cook">Charlie Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvan_Friedman" title="Sylvan Friedman">Sylvan Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_E._Hines" title="Donald E. Hines">Donald E. Hines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Fox_McKeithen" title="W. Fox McKeithen">W. Fox McKeithen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cecil_J._Picard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cecil J. Picard (page does not exist)">Cecil J. Picard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Stelly" title="Vic Stelly">Vic Stelly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Bajoie" title="Diana Bajoie">Diana E. Bajoie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Clausen" title="Sally Clausen">Sally Clausen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_deGravelles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles deGravelles (page does not exist)">Charles deGravelles</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_deGravelles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virginia deGravelles (page does not exist)">Virginia deGravelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_Downer" title="Hunt Downer">Hunt Downer</a></li> <li>Theodore "Ted" Jones</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Landrieu" title="Mary Landrieu">Mary Landrieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_O%27Keefe" title="Sean O'Keefe">Sean O'Keefe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Baker_(American_politician)" title="Richard Baker (American politician)">Richard Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Freeman_Sr." title="Robert Louis Freeman Sr.">Bobby Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kip_Holden" title="Kip Holden">Melvin "Kip" Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Joseph" title="James A. Joseph">James A. Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_G._Kelly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donald G. Kelly (page does not exist)">Donald G. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_LaPlante&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John LaPlante (page does not exist)">John LaPlante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Odom" title="Bob Odom">Bob Odom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Randolph" title="Ned Randolph">Ned Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_R._Salter" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe R. Salter">Joe R. Salter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Ater" title="Al Ater">Al Ater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster_Campbell" title="Foster Campbell">Foster Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_John_(politician)" title="Chris John (politician)">Chris John</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Lee_(Louisiana_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walter Lee (Louisiana politician) (page does not exist)">Walter Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessel_Ourso" title="Jessel Ourso">Jessel Ourso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_F._Taylor" title="Patrick F. Taylor">Patrick F. Taylor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2010s" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2010s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Rodney Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Randy_Ewing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Randy Ewing (page does not exist)">Randy Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlton_Lyons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charlton Lyons (page does not exist)">Charlton Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_B._Nunez_Jr." title="Samuel B. Nunez Jr.">Samuel B. Nunez Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Nungesser_Sr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Nungesser Sr. (page does not exist)">William Nungesser</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risley_C._Triche&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Risley C. Triche (page does not exist)">Risley C. Triche</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Brown_(politician)" title="James H. Brown (politician)">James H. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucille_May_Grace" title="Lucille May Grace">Lucille May Grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_D._Kimball" title="Catherine D. Kimball">Catherine D. Kimball</a></li> <li>J. 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