Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame

Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame

LA Political Museum Location within Louisiana
Established	1987
Location	498 E. Main Street, Winnfield, Louisiana
Coordinates	31°55′36″N92°38′07″W / 31.926776°N 92.635376°W / 31.926776; -92.635376
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 ^[1] of the Louisiana State Legislature, it honors the best-known politicians and political journalists in the state.

Inside the museum

Hall of Fame inductees

Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame

Name	Image	Birth–death	Year	Area of achievement
John Alario		(1943–)	2003	Former speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1984–1988; 1992–1996; Louisiana State Senate President, 2012-2020 [2] [3]
Avery Alexander		(1910–1999)	2018	Louisiana state representative for Orleans Parish; figure in the civil rights movement [4]
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 [5]
A. Leonard Allen		(1891–1969)	1994	U.S. representative for Louisiana's 8th congressional district (since disbanded), 1937–1953 [6]
Oscar K. Allen		(1882–1936)	1997	Governor of Louisiana, 1932–1936 [7]
Al Ater		(1953–2017)	2009	State representative from Concordia Parish, 1984–1992; Acting Louisiana Secretary of State, 2005–2006 [3]
Fred Baden		(1934–2009)	2012	Mayor of Pineville, 1970–1998 [8]
Diana Bajoie		(1948–)	2007	State senator, 1991–2008; state representative, 1976–1991; temporary member of the New Orleans City Council, 2012–2013 [3] [9]
Richard Baker		(1948–)	2008	Lobbyist; U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 6th congressional district, 1987–2008; state representative from Baton Rouge, 1972–1987 [10]
Jesse Bankston		(1907–2010)	2002	Former member, secretary, and chairman of the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education [11]
Charles C. Barham		(1934–2010)	2013	Louisiana State Senator, 1964–1972; 1976–1988 [12]
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 [13]
Louis Berry		(1914–1998)	1996	African American civil rights attorney from Alexandria, Dean of Southern University Law Center from 1972 to 1974 [14]
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 [15]
Raymond Blanco		(1935–2022)	2019	Academic administrator and football coach; "First Gentleman of Louisiana", 2004–2008, while his wife, Kathleen, was governor [16]
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 [17]
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 [18]
Billy Boles		(1927–2008)	2004	Louisiana state senator from Ouachita and Richland parishes, 1952–1956 [9]
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 [3] [19]
John Breaux		(1944–)	2003	United States Senator, 1987 to 2005; U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 7th congressional district, 1972–1987 [20]
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 [21]
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 [22]
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 [22]
Jefferson Caffery		(1886–1974)	2000	Diplomat [23]
Burl Cain		(1942–)	2002	Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1995–2016; founder of Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum [24]
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 [9]
James Carville		(1944–)	1996	Manager of Bill Clinton's Presidential campaigns, television news media commentator [25]
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 [12]
Jay Chevalier		(1936–2019)	2003	Singer and political candidate [26]
William C.C. Claiborne		(c. 1772–1817)	1993	First Governor of Louisiana, as well as Governor of the Territory of Orleans [27]
Sally Clausen		(1945–)	2007	Former Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education [28] 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. [29]
Hyram Copeland		(1940–)	2013	Mayor of Vidalia, 1992–2016 [30]
Harry Connick, Sr.		(1926–2024)	2003	District attorney of Orleans Parish, 1973–2003; investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy; father of singer Harry Connick Jr. [31]
Charlie Cook		(1953–)	2006	Political analyst [32]
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 [33]
Quentin Dastugue		(1955–)	2018	Louisiana State Representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes, 1980–1996 [34]
Jimmie Davis		(1899–2000)	1993	Governor of Louisiana [35]
Pap Dean		(1915–2011)	1993	Editorial cartoonist, Shreveport Times
Charles deGravelles		(1913–2008)	2007	Chair, state Republican Party, 1968–1972 [36]
Virginia deGravelles		(1915–2017) [37]	2007	Republican National Committeewoman (1964–1968) [36]
George Dement		(1922–2014)	2013	Mayor, Bossier City, 1989–2005 [38]
Charles W. DeWitt Jr.		(1947–)	2004	Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 2000–2004 [3]
Juba Diez		(1944–)	2015	State representative for Ascension Parish from 1976 to 2004 [22]
Jimmy Dimos		(1938–2023)	2017	State representative (1976–1999), House Speaker (1988–1992), and district judge (1999–2006) from Monroe [39]
Bill Dodd		(1909–1991)	2002	Louisiana state representative, 1940–1948; lieutenant governor, 1948–1952; state superintendent of education, 1964–1972 [3]
Cat Doucet		(1899–1975)	1999	Sheriff of St. Landry Parish, Huey Long protégé [40]
Hunt Downer		(1946–)	2007	State representative [3]
Edwin Edwards		(1927–2021)	1993	Governor of Louisiana, 1972–80, 1984–88, 1992–96; U.S. Representative, 1965-72 [41]
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 [42]
Noble Ellington		(1942–)	2015	Member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from Franklin Parish; Winnsboro cotton merchant and deputy state insurance commissioner [22]
Randy Ewing		(1944–)	2010	State senator [9]
Jimmy Fitzmorris		(1921–2021)	1999	Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1972–1980 [43]
Carlos Roberto Flores		(1950–)	2005	President of Honduras [44]
Mary Flake Flores			2005	First Lady of Honduras, humanitarian worker [44]
Murphy J. Foster		(1849–1921)	1997	Governor of Louisiana, 1892–1900 [45]
Murphy J. Foster Jr.		(1930–2020)	2003	Governor of Louisiana, 1996–2004 [46]
John B. Fournet		(1895–1984)	2014	Louisiana Supreme Court chief justice, speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana [47]
Douglas Fowler		(1906–1980)	1999	Louisiana Elections Commissioner, 1959–1979 [48]
Robert "Bobby" Freeman		(1934–2016)	2008	Lieutenant governor of Louisiana, 1980–1988 [49]
Sylvan Friedman		(1908–1979)	2006	Louisiana state Senator and Representative [9] [50]
Charles Fuselier		(1942–)	2003	Sheriff of Saint Martin Parish, President of the Louisiana Sheriff's Association, National Sheriff of the Year in 1996 [51]
Ron Gomez		(1934–2022)	2019	Louisiana State Representative for Lafayette Parish from 1980 to 1989; print and broadcast journalist [16]
Lucille May Grace		(1900–1957)	2011	Louisiana Register of the State Land Office, 1932, first woman to attain statewide elected office in Louisiana [52]
Camille Gravel		(1915–2005)	1995	Attorney, executive counsel to Governors John McKeithen and Edwin Edwards, helped draft the current Louisiana Constitution [53]
Francis Grevemberg		(1914–2008)	2002	Louisiana state police superintendent [54]
Dick Guidry		(1929–2014)	2014	Considered the youngest member ever elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives [55]
Dudley A. Guglielmo		(1909–2005)	2004	Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance [56]
John Hainkel		(1938–2005)	2002	Louisiana state representative [3]
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 [16]
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 [57]
E. L. Henry		(1936–)	2012	Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1972-80 [3]
Wiley W. Hilburn		(1938–2014)	2001	Journalist and chairman of the Department of Journalism at Louisiana Tech University [58]
Donald E. Hines		(1933–2019)	2006	Louisiana State Senate President from 2004 to 2008; physician in Bunkie [9] [59]
Melvin "Kip" Holden		(1952–)	2008	Democratic Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, 2005–2016 [60]
Jerry Huckaby		(1941–)	2012	United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, 1977–1993 [61]
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 [47]
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 [62] Sister of former U.S. Representative Buddy Leach
Richard Ieyoub		(1944–2023)	2016	Attorney General of Louisiana, 1992–2004 [63]
William J. Jefferson		(1947–)	2000	U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1991–2009 [64]
T.J. Jemison		(1918–2013)	2017	Civil rights activist from Baton Rouge; early organizer of Southern Christian Leadership Conference [65]
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 [66]
J. Bennett Johnston Jr.		(1932–)	1997	United States senator, 1972–1997 [67]
Sam Houston Jones		(1897–1978)	2016	Governor of Louisiana, 1940–1944 [68]
Theodore "Ted" Jones		(1934–2019)	2007	Lawyer, lobbyist, political appointee [69]
Eddie J. Jordan Jr.		(1952–)	2005	District attorney of Orleans Parish, 2003–2007 [70]
James A. Joseph		(1935–2023)	2008	Career diplomat and professor of the Practice of Public Policy Studies at Duke University [71]
Curtis Joubert		(1931–2020)	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 [72]
Donald G. Kelly		(1941–)	2008	State senator from Natchitoches, 1976–1996 [9] [73]
Iris Kelso		(1926–2003)	1999	Journalist [74]
Robert F. Kennon		(1902–1988)	2001	Governor of Louisiana, 1952–1956 [75]
Catherine D. Kimball		(1945–)	2011	Chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 2009–2013; associate justice, 1992–2009 [76]
Jeannette Knoll		(1943–)	2000	Associate justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1997–2016 [77]
Adras LaBorde		(1912–1993)	2012	Editor and columnist for The Alexandria Daily Town Talk [78]
Raymond Laborde		(1927–2016)	2003	State representative from Avoyelles Parish and mayor of Marksville [3]
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 [79]
Mary Landrieu		(1955–)	2007	United States Senator 1997–2014; state treasurer, 1987–1996; state representative, 1980–1988 [80]
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 [81] Mayor of New Orleans
John LaPlante		(1953–2007)	2008	Baton Rouge–based journalist [82]
Dudley LeBlanc		(1894–1971)	1993	Louisiana state senator [9]
Harry Lee		(1932–2007)	2001	Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, 1980-2007; father of current Jefferson Parish president Cynthia Lee-Sheng [83]
Walter Lee		(1921–2015)	2009	Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court, 1956–2012
Bob Livingston		(1943–)	2003	United States House of Representatives [84]
Earl Long		(1895–1960)	1993	Governor of Louisiana [85]
Gillis William Long		(1923–1985)	1994	United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, 1963–1965; 1973–1985 [86]
Huey P. Long		(1893–1935)	1993	Governor of Louisiana; United States Senator [87]
Jimmy D. Long		(1931–2016)	2000	Louisiana State Representative from Natchitoches [3]
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 [47]
Russell B. Long		(1918–2003)	1993	United States Senator [88]
Speedy Long		(1928–2006)	1998	United States House of Representatives [89]
Bill Lynch		(1929–2004)	2005	Louisiana Inspector General, investigative journalist in Shreveport and Baton Rouge [90]
Edward "Bubby" Lyons		(1929–2021)	2014	First person to serve as mayor of two Louisiana cities, Houma and Mandeville [47]
Charlton Lyons		(1894–1973)	2010	Chair, state Republican Party, candidate for governor, 1964 [91]
John Maginnis		(1948–2014)	2015	Louisiana journalist who exposed corruption in politics and government; known for the book The Last Hayride [22]
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 [92]
Wade O. Martin Jr.		(1911–1990)	2001	Louisiana Secretary of State [93]
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 [94]
John McKeithen		(1918–1999)	1993	Governor of Louisiana, 1964–1972; former member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana House of Representatives [95]
W. Fox McKeithen		(1946–2005)	2006	Louisiana Secretary of State [96]
Harold McSween		(1926–2002)	2001	U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, 1958–1963 [97]
Billy Montgomery		(1937–)	2012	Former Louisiana State Representative from Bossier Parish [98]
W. Henson Moore, III		(1939–)	2002	United States Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district, 1975–1987 [99]
Ernest Nathan Morial		(1929–1989)	1993	Mayor of New Orleans [100]
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 [9]
J. Kelly Nix		(1934–2020)	2011	Louisiana Superintendent of Education, 1976–1984 [101]
Dave Norris		(1942–)	2017	Mayor of West Monroe, 1978–2018 [39]
Samuel B. Nunez Jr.		(1930–2012)	2010	State senator from St. Bernard Parish [9]
William "Billy" Nungesser		(1929–2006)	2010	Chair, state Republican Party [102]
Sean O'Keefe		(1956–)	2007	Administrator of NASA [103]
Bob Odom		(1935–2014)	2008	Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, 1980–2008 [104]
Jessel Ourso		(1932–1978)	2009	Sheriff of Iberville Parish [105]
John H. Overton		(1875–1948)	1998	United States Senator [106]
Mary Evelyn Parker		(1920–2015)	1996	First woman to serve as Louisiana State Treasurer, 1968–1987 [107]
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 [108] [109]
Leander Perez		(1891–1969)	1996	Political boss [110]
Ralph Perlman		(1917–2013)	2011	State budget director [111]
Cecil J. Picard		(1938–2007)	2006	State Superintendent of Education, 1996–2007; state senator, 1979–1996; state representative, 1976–1979 [112]
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 [113]
Ned Randolph		(1942–2016)	2008	Mayor of Alexandria, 1986–2006; state senator, 1976–1984; state representative, 1972–1976 [3] [9]
Benjamin Burras "Sixty" Rayburn		(1916–2008)	1993	Louisiana State Senator from Washington Parish [9]
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 [114]
Ed Renwick		(1938–2020)	1999	Retired director of Loyola University Institute of Politics [115]
Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes		(1909–1997)	2004	State representative and state senator [9] [116]
Buddy Roemer		(1943–2021)	2000	Governor of Louisiana, 1988–1992; U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 1981–1988 [117]
Angelo Roppolo		(1920–2012)	2013	Political consultant in Shreveport [118]
Joe R. Salter		(1943–)	2008	former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives [3]
Joe Sampite		(1931–2012)	2002	Mayor of Natchitoches [119]
Victor H. Schiro		(1904–1992)	2001	Mayor of New Orleans, 1962–1970 [120]
Melinda Schwegmann		(1946–)	1997	First woman Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1992–1996 [121]
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 [22]
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 [22]
Virginia Shehee		(1923–2015)	2004	Louisiana State Senator from District 38 (Caddo and De Soto parishes), 1976–1980 [9] [122]
Barbara Boggs Sigmund		(1939–1990)	2005	Mayor of Princeton, New Jersey; daughter of Hale and Lindy Boggs [123]
Charlie Smith		(1942–2012)	2011	Lobbyist [124]
Richard Stalder		(1951–)	2003	Secretary Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections from 1992 to 2008 [125]
Vic Stelly		(1941–2020)	2006	State representative for Calcasieu Parish, 1988–2004; member of the Louisiana Board of Regents, 2007–2011 [126]
Raymond Strother		(1940–2022)	2013	Regional and national Democratic political consultant, formerly based in Baton Rouge [127]
Billy Tauzin		(1943–)	2003	U.S. representative from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 1980–2005 [128]
Patrick F. Taylor		(1937–2004)	2009	Businessman [129]
Zachary Taylor		(1784–1850)	1995	President of the United States, 1849–1850 [130]
Francis C. Thompson		(1941–)	2005	State senator from Richland Parish; former state representative [9] [131]
David Treen		(1928–2009)	1997	Governor of Louisiana, 1980–1984; U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 1973–1980 [132]
Risley C. Triche		(1927–2012)	2010	State representative from Assumption Parish, 1955–1976 [3]
Joe Waggonner		(1918–2007)	1998	U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 1961–1979 [133]
Lillian W. Walker		(1923–2016)	2002	Louisiana State Representative from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1964–1972 [3]
Jack Wardlaw		(1937–2012)	2004	Journalist; bureau chief in Baton Rouge of the New Orleans Times-Picayune (1980–2002) [134]
Gus Weill		(1933–2018)	1996	Radio host, writer, political consultant [135]
T. Harry Williams		(1909–1979)	1998	1970 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Huey Long (1969) [136]
Edward Douglass White		(1844–1921)	1995	Chief Justice of the United States, 1910–1921 [137]
Richard Zuschlag		(1948–2024)	2019	Founder of Acadian Ambulance in Lafayette [16]

See also

• Museums portal
• Biography portal

• Louisiana Center for Women and Government Hall of Fame
• Old Louisiana State Capitol

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External links

• Louisiana Political Museum – official site