Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame
Introduction '''The Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame''' is a museum and hall of fame located in Winnfield, Louisiana. Created by a 1987 act of the Louisiana State Legislature, it honors the best-known politicians and political journalists in the state.The Hall of Fame is within the Winn Parish Chamber of Commerce building.Inside the museumEarl Kemp Long exhibit at Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame inductees  Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame '''Name''' '''Image''' '''Birth–death''' '''Year''''''Area of achievement'''    (1943–)  2003  Former speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1984–1988; 1992–1996; Louisiana State Senate President, 2012-2020     (1910–1999) 2018  Louisiana state representative for Orleans Parish; figure in the civil rights movement  100px  (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   100px  (1891–1969)  1994  U.S. representative for Louisiana's 8th congressional district (since disbanded), 1937–1953   100px  (1882–1936)  1997  Governor of Louisiana, 1932–1936    (1953–2017)  2009  State representative from Concordia Parish, 1984–1992; Acting Louisiana Secretary of State, 2005–2006   100px  (1934–2009)  2012  Mayor of Pineville, 1970–1998    (1948–)  2007  State senator, 1991–2008; state representative, 1976–1991; temporary member of the New Orleans City Council, 2012–2013   100px  (1948–)  2008  Lobbyist; U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 6th congressional district, 1987–2008; state representative from Baton Rouge, 1972–1987   100px  (1907–2010)  2002  Former member, secretary, and chairman of the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education     (1934–2010)  2013 Louisiana State Senator, 1964–1972; 1976–1988    (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    (1914–1998)  1996  African American civil rights attorney from Alexandria, Dean of Southern University Law Center from 1972 to 1974    100px  (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    (1935–)  2019  Academic administrator and football coach; "First Gentleman of Louisiana", 2004–2008, while his wife, Kathleen, was governor   100px  (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   100px  (1916–2013)  1994  U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1973–1991; United States Ambassador to the Holy See, 1997–2001    (1927–2008)  2004  Louisiana state senator from Ouachita and Richland parishes, 1952–1956    (1926–2002)  2002  Mayor of Lafayette, 1972–1980; 1992–1996    (1891–1971)  2002  Historian, state representative, 1929–1930; political crony of Huey Long   100px  (1944–)  2003  United States Senator, 1987 to 2005; U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 7th congressional district, 1972–1987    (1940–)  2011  Political consultant; state senator from Concordia Parish, 1972–1980; Louisiana secretary of state, 1980–1988; Louisiana insurance commissioner, 1991–2000  100px  (1926–1995)  2014  State representative from Orleans Parish, 1952–1960; Democratic national committeeman, 1964 to 1972; member of Louisiana State Board of Education, 1960s    (1942–)  2015  Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Orleans Parish, 1976–2007    (1919–2011)  1994  President, Louisiana AFL–CIO, 1956–1997    (1946–)  2015  Attorney General of Louisiana, 2008–2016; former district attorney in Madison Parish, 1979–2008    (1886–1974)  2000  Diplomat   100px (1942–)  2002  Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1995–2016; founder of Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum (1947–)  2009  State Senator, 1976–2003; member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission since 2003; candidate for governor, 2007 and U.S. Senator, 2016   100px  (1944–)  1996  Manager of Bill Clinton's Presidential campaigns, television news media commentator    (1932–1991)  2013 State representative, 1972–1980; state senator from Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, 1980–1991    (1956–)  2013  State senator from Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes from 1992 to 1996    (1975–)  2013 State senator from Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes since 2009    (1936–2019)  2003  Singer and political candidate   100px  (c. 1772–1817)  1993  First Governor of Louisiana, as well as Governor of the Territory of Orleans  100px  (1945–)  2007  Former Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education 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. (1940–)  2013 Mayor of Vidalia, 1992–2016    (1926–)  2003  District attorney of Orleans Parish, 1973–2003; investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy; father of singer Harry Connick Jr.    (1953–)  2006  Political analyst   100px  (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    (1955–)  2018  Louisiana State Representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes, 1980–1996   100px  (1899–2000)  1993  Governor of Louisiana    (1915–2011)  1993  Editorial cartoonist, ''Shreveport Times''    (1913–2008)  2007  Chair, state Republican Party, 1968–1972    (1915–2017)  2007 Republican National Committeewoman (1964–1968)  100px (1922–2014)  2013  Mayor, Bossier City, 1989–2005    (1947–)  2004  Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 2000–2004    (1944–)  2015  State representative for Ascension Parish from 1976 to 2004    (1938–)  2017  State representative (1976–1999), House Speaker (1988–1992), and district judge (1999–2006) from Monroe  100px  (1909–1991)  2002  Louisiana state representative, 1940–1948; lieutenant governor, 1948–1952; state superintendent of education, 1964–1972   100px  (1899–1975)  1999  Sheriff of St. Landry Parish, Huey Long protégé    (1946–)  2007  State representative  100px  (1927–2021)  1993 Governor of Louisiana  100px  (1966–)  2014  Current governor of Louisiana; former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Tangipahoa Parish; 56th Governor of Louisiana; part of the Edwards political family given group induction   100px  (1890–1972)  1994  United States senator    (1942–)  2015  Member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from Franklin Parish; Winnsboro cotton merchant and deputy state insurance commissioner    (1944–)  2010  State senator    (1921–2021)  1999  Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1972–1980   100px  (1950–)  2005  President of Honduras     2005  First Lady of Honduras, humanitarian worker   100px  (1849–1921)  1997  Governor of Louisiana, 1892–1900   100px  (1930–2020)  2003  Governor of Louisiana, 1996–2004    (1895–1984)  2014  Louisiana Supreme Court chief justice, speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana    (1906–1980)  1999  Louisiana Elections Commissioner, 1959–1979    (1934–2016)  2008  Lieutenant governor of Louisiana, 1980–1988    (1908–1979)  2006  Louisiana state Senator and Representative    (1942–)  2003  Sheriff of Saint Martin Parish, President of the Louisiana Sheriff's Association, National Sheriff of the Year in 1996    (1934–)  2019  Louisiana State Representative for Lafayette Parish from 1980 to 1989; print and broadcast journalist    (1900–1957)  2011  Louisiana Register of the State Land Office, 1932, first woman to attain statewide elected office in Louisiana    (1915–2005)  1995  Attorney, executive counsel to Governors John McKeithen and Edwin Edwards, helped draft the current Louisiana Constitution    (1914–2008)  2002  Louisiana state police superintendent    (1929–2014)  2014  Considered the youngest member ever elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives    (1909–2005)  2004  Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance    (1938–2005)  2002  Louisiana state representative    (1933–2006)  1995  Journalist    (1942–)  2019  Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992; former Louisiana Secretary of State and state senator from St. Martin Parish    (1939–2021)  2013  Sheriff of Grant Parish, 1976–2008; member of Louisiana Board of Pardons and Paroles   100px  (1901–1979)  2012  United States House of Representatives    (1936–)  2012  Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives   100px  (1938–2014)  2001  Journalist and chairman of the Department of Journalism at Louisiana Tech University   (1933–2019)  2006 Louisiana State Senate President from 2004 to 2008; physician in Bunkie  100px  (1952–)  2008 Democratic Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, 2005–2016  100px  (1941–)  2012  United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, 1977–1993    (1928–2001)  2014  Member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, 1964–1972; nephew of Huey and Earl Long; cousin of Russell B. Long   100px  (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 Sister of former U.S. Representative Buddy Leach    (1944–)  2016  Attorney General of Louisiana, 1992–2004   100px  (1947–)  2000  U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1991–2009   100px  (1918–2013)  2017  Civil rights activist from Baton Rouge; early organizer of Southern Christian Leadership Conference   100px  (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   100px  (1932–)  1997  United States senator, 1972–1997  100px (1897–1978) 2016  Governor of Louisiana, 1940–1944   (1934–)  2007 Lawyer, lobbyist, political appointee    (1952–)  2005  District attorney of Orleans Parish, 2003–2007    (1935–)  2008  Career diplomat and professor of the Practice of Public Policy Studies at Duke University   (1931–)  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    (1941–)  2008  State senator from Natchitoches, 1976–1996    (1926–2003)  1999  Journalist   100px  (1902–1988)  2001  Governor of Louisiana, 1952–1956    (1945–)  2011 Chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 2009–2013; associate justice, 1992–2009   (1943–)  2000 Associate justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1997–2016    (1912–1993)  2012  Editor and columnist for ''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''    (1927–2016)  2003  State representative from Avoyelles Parish and mayor of Marksville    (1943–2018)  2018 Louisiana state representative for Jefferson Parish, 1972–1976; 1980–2008; longest-serving Republican member of the state House   100px  (1955–)  2007  United States Senator 1997–2014; state treasurer, 1887–1996; state representative, 1980–1988   100px  (1930–2022)  2004  United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1979–1981; Mayor of New Orleans, 1970–1978; state representative, 1960–1966 Mayor of New Orleans    (1953–2007)  2008  Baton Rouge–based journalist     (1894–1971)  1993  Louisiana state senator    (1932–2007)  2001  Sheriff of Jefferson parish    (1921–2015)  2009 Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court, 1956–2012   100px  (1943–)  2003  United States House of Representatives   100px (1895–1960)  1993  Governor of Louisiana   100px  (1923–1985)  1994  United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, 1963–1965; 1973–1985   100px  (1893–1935)  1993  Governor of Louisiana; United States Senator     (1931–2016)  2000  Louisiana State Representative from Natchitoches   100px  (1892–1970)  2014 U.S. Senator upon the death of her husband, Huey P. Long; mother of U.S. Senator Russell B. Long   100px  (1918–2003)  1993  United States Senator   100px  (1928–2006)  1998  United States House of Representatives    (1929–2004)  2005  Louisiana Inspector General, investigative journalist in Shreveport and Baton Rouge    (1929–)  2014  First person ever to serve as mayor of two Louisiana cities, Houma and Mandeville   100px  (1894–1973)  2010  Chair, state Republican Party, candidate for governor, 1964    (1948–2014) 2015 Louisiana journalist who exposed corruption in politics and government; known for the book ''The Last Hayride''    (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    (1911–1990)  2001  Louisiana Secretary of State     (1929–2003) 2015District attorney of Bossier and Webster parishes, judge of the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal; attorney in Minden   100px  (1918–1999)  1993 Governor of Louisiana, 1964–1972; former member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana House of Representatives    (1946–2005)  2006  Louisiana Secretary of State   100px  (1926–2002)  2001  U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, 1958–1963    (1937–)  2012  Former Louisiana State Representative from Bossier Parish  100px (1939–)  2002  United States Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district, 1975–1987   100px  (1929–1989)  1993  Mayor of New Orleans   100px  (1912–1964)  1995  Mayor of New Orleans, 1946–1962; three-time candidate for governor    (1929–2016)  2004 Louisiana state senator from Lafayette   (1934–)  2011 Louisiana Superintendent of Education, 1976–1984   (1942–)  2017 Mayor of West Monroe, 1978–2018    (1930–2012)  2010  State senator from St. Bernard Parish    (1929–2006)  2010  Chair, state Republican Party    100px  (1956–)  2007  Administrator of NASA    (1935–2014)  2008  Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, 1980–2008    (1932–1978)  2009  Sheriff of Iberville Parish   100px  (1875–1948)  1998  United States Senator    (1920–2015)  1996  First woman to serve as Louisiana State Treasurer, 1968–1987    (1923–1980)  2014 Louisiana state senator from Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, 1964–1976; first president of the University of Louisiana System trustees, 1975–1980   100px  (1891–1969)  1996  Political boss    (1917–2013)  2011  State budget director    (1938–2007)  2006 State Superintendent of Education, 1996–2007; state senator, 1979–1996; state representative, 1976–1979    (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    (1942–2016)  2008  Mayor of Alexandria, 1986–2006; state senator, 1976–1984; state representative, 1972–1976    (1916–2008)  1993  Louisiana State Senator from Washington Parish    (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   (1938–2020)  1999 Retired director of Loyola University Institute of Politics     (1909–1997)  2004  State representative and state senator   100px  (1943–2021)  2000 Governor of Louisiana, 1988–1992; U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 1981–1988    (1920–2012)  2013 Political consultant in Shreveport    (1943–)  2008  former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives    (1931–2012)  2002  Mayor of Natchitoches  100px  (1904–1992)  2001  Mayor of New Orleans, 1962–1970    (1946–)  1997  First woman Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1992–1996    (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    (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    (1923–2015)  2004  Louisiana State Senator from District 38 (Caddo and De Soto parishes), 1976–1980    (1939–1990)  2005  Mayor of Princeton, New Jersey; daughter of Hale and Lindy Boggs    (1942–2012)  2011 Lobbyist   (1951–) 2003 Secretary Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections from 1992 to 2008   100px  (1941–2020)  2006  State representative for Calcasieu Parish, 1988–2004; member of the Louisiana Board of Regents, 2007–2011    (1940–) 2013 Regional and national Democratic political consultant, formerly based in Baton Rouge   100px  (1943–)  2003  U.S. representative from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 1980–2005    (1937–2004)  2009  Businessman    100px  (1784–1850) 1995  President of the United States, 1849–1850    (1941–)  2005  State senator from Richland Parish; former state representative  100px  (1928–2009)  1997  Governor of Louisiana, 1980–1984; U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 1973–1980    (1927–2012)  2010  State representative from Assumption Parish, 1955–1976  100px  (1918–2007)  1998  U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 1961–1979    (1923–2016)  2002  Louisiana State Representative from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1964–1972   (1937–2012)  2004 Journalist; bureau chief in Baton Rouge of the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'' (1980–2002)    (1933–)  1996 Radio host, writer, political consultant    (1909–1979)  1998  1970 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for ''Huey Long'' (1969)   100px  (1844–1921) 1995  Chief Justice of the United States, 1910–1921    (1948–)  2019 Founder of Acadian Ambulance in Lafayette
See also *Louisiana Center for Women and Government Hall of Fame*Old Louisiana State Capitol
References
External links *  Louisiana Political Museum – official site