(1861 - 1865) UNITED STATES WARTIME MILITARY GOVERNORS (1862 - 1865) PERIOD OF MILITARY OCCUPATION (1865 - 1877) |
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(1861 - 1865) UNITED STATES WARTIME MILITARY GOVERNORS (1862 - 1865) PERIOD OF MILITARY OCCUPATION (1865 - 1877) |
1861-1864Thomas Overton Moore - Democrat (Governor Moore completed his elected term of 1860-1864) |
1864-1865Henry Watkins Allen - Democrat * (*Allen was elected as the "Know Nothing" American Party candidate and later joined the Democratic Party) |
1862-1864Gen. George F. Shepley - Democrat (Unionist) (Shepley was appointed Military Governor by his friend Gen. Benjamin Butler, for the parishes under Federal control.) |
1864-1865Michael Hahn - Free State Party (Hahn was elected as Civil Governor on the Free State ticket in the area of the state controlled by Federal troops. He resigned in 1865 to take a U.S. Senate seat but was not seated by the Radical Congress.) |
1865-James Madison Wells - Republican (As Lt. Governor, Wells succeeded when Hahn advanced to U.S. Senate) |
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1865-1867 James Madison Wells - Republican (Wells was removed from office on June 3, 1867 by Gen. Sheridan.) |
1867-1868Benjamin Franklin Flanders - Republican (He was appointed by Gen. Sheridan.) |
1868-Joshua Baker - Democrat (Unionist) (Baker was appointed by Gen. Hancock and removed by Gen. Grant) |
1868-1872Henry Clay Warmoth - Republican (He was elected under Constitution of 1868 and was appointed Governor prior to inauguration by Gen. U.S. Grant after the removal of Baker. Warmoth was impeached in December 1872.) |
1872-John McEnery - Democrat; Liberal Republican (The Warmouth-controlled elections board declared McEnery the winner against Kellogg; a rival board declared Kellogg the winner. Warmouth was impeached and Pinchback served as governor for 35 days. Gen. Grant then seated Kellogg with Federal protection.) |
1872-1873P. B. S. Pinchback - Republican (Pinchback, an African American, was the acting Lt. Governor and succeeded after the impeachment of Warmoth; he served for 35 days.) |
1872-1877William Pitt Kellogg - Republican (He was declared elected by Gen. U.S. Grant over Democrat McEnery who received the most votes.) |