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Pages in category "African-American mayors in Louisiana" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Pierre Caliste Landry (April 19, 1841 – December 22, 1921) was born into slavery and went on to become an attorney, Methodist Episcopal minister, mayor, newspaper editor, and state legislator in Louisiana. [1]
Louisiana: 1992 2004 David Burgess (born 1959) Democratic: Georgia: 1998 January 1, 2007: Appointed to office and won subsequent election; lost bid for re-election Michael L. Williams (born 1953) Republican: Texas: January 3, 1999: March 31, 2011: Resigned Lambert Boissiere (born 1965) Democratic: Louisiana: January 1, 2005: January 1, 2023 ...
The first African-American mayors were elected during Reconstruction in the Southern United States beginning about 1867. African Americans in the South were also elected to many local offices, such as sheriff and Justice of the Peace, and state offices such as legislatures as well as a smaller number of federal offices.
African-American mayors in Louisiana (17 P) Mayors of Alexandria, Louisiana (5 P) B. Mayors of Baton Rouge, Louisiana (10 P) Mayors of Bossier City, Louisiana (1 P) L.
Baton Rouge state Sen. Cleo Fields is first out of the gate in the campaign for Louisiana's new majority Black 6th Congressional District, but others are also considering the race from the ...
Pierre Caliste Landry – Ascension Parish 1874–1878 (also Louisiana House, postmaster, and mayor) Jules A. Masicot – Orleans Parish 1872–1876 (also Louisiana House and Louisiana Constitutional Convention) [45] Julien J. Monette – 3rd State Senate District/Orleans and St. Bernard parishes 1868
LaToya Cantrell (née Wilder; born April 3, 1972) [1] is an American politician serving as the Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana since May 7, 2018. A Democrat, Cantrell is the first woman to hold the office. Before becoming mayor, Cantrell represented District B on the New Orleans City Council from 2012 to 2018. [2] [3]