Senator, 1892–1900 (D) James "Jimmy" Domengeaux, Law, Lafayette congressman and Cajun cultural spokesman (D) Allen J. Ellender, Law 1913, U.S. Senator, agriculture committee chair (D) Newt Gingrich, U.S. Representative, 1979–1998 and Speaker of the House, 1995–1998 (R) Tim Griffin, L '94, U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas (R) Felix Edward Hébert, U.S. Representatives, 1940–1977 (D) Bob Livingston, former U.S. Representative, 1977–1999 (R) John H. Overton, Law, 1897, former U.S. senator from Louisiana (D) Pedro Pierluisi, B.A., 1980, Puerto Rico's member of Congress (D) former Attorney General and President, New Party for Progress Cedric Richmond, L '98, U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district (D) Jared Y. Sanders Jr., U.S. Representative (D), later States Rights Party Luther Strange, B.A. 1975, Law 1978, U.S. Senator from Alabama, 2017–2018 (R) Gene Taylor, U.S. Representative, 1989–2011 (D-turned-R) David Vitter, Law, former U.S. senator from Louisiana, 2005–2017 (R) U.S. Governors Newton C. Blanchard, former governor of Louisiana (D) Murphy J. Foster Sr., governor of Louisiana (D) Michael Hahn, governor of Louisiana (D) Luther E. Hall, governor of Louisiana (D) Alvin Olin King, former governor of Louisiana (D) Richard W. Leche, former governor of Louisiana (D) Huey Long, Law, former governor of Louisiana (D) John McEnery, former governor of Louisiana (D) Francis T. Nicholls, governor of Louisiana (D) Jared Y. Sanders Sr., former governor of Louisiana (D) Oramel H. Simpson, former governor of Louisiana (D) David C. Treen, former governor of Louisiana (R) Bob Wise, Law, 1975, former governor of West Virginia (D) U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and other prominent federal officials Howard Henry Baker Jr., 1945, U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan (R) Regina Benjamin, MBA 1991, Surgeon General of the United States (2009–13) Matt Coleman, U.S. Small Business Administration spokesman & Regional Communications Director Donald Ensenat, Law, 1973, White House chief of protocol Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (D) (2009–2013) Stephen Douglas Johnson, AB '85, L '88, U.S. House Chief Counsel for Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit(1995–98) and Bush White House Senior Advisor to the Office of Federal Housing Oversight (2001–03) Diplomats Howard Henry Baker Jr. (1945), U.S. Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to Japan (R) Lindy Boggs, Newcomb 1935, U.S. Representative 1973–1991, Tulane benefactor (D), U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, 1997-2001 Kristie Kenney, G '79, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, former ambassador to the Philippines and