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The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans (French: Maire de La Nouvelle-Orléans) has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the 1803 acquisition by the U.S. of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km 2) of the French province La Louisiane.
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The 1973 elections were the last municipal elections in New Orleans held using the closed primary system. In 1975, Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards signed a bill which changed all elections, except those for president, to an open primary system where all candidates regardless of party run on the same ballot. If one candidate does not receive an ...
The election of Reform Democrat de Lesseps Story Morrison to Mayor in 1946 marked the end of RDO hegemony in New Orleans. The RDO's defeat was due in large measure to behind-the-scenes workings of Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis and the Uptown New Orleans elite, who specifically sought to end the machine that had run New Orleans for six decades ...
The Battle of Liberty Place Monument is a stone obelisk on an inscribed plinth, formerly on display in New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana, commemorating the "Battle of Liberty Place", an 1874 attempt by Democratic White League paramilitary organizations to take control of the government of Louisiana from its Reconstruction Era Republican leadership after a disputed gubernatorial election.
Robert Maestri (incumbent) 63,273 47.3 — 1942: Robert Maestri (incumbent) 75,713 55 Shirley Wimberley — 1938: cancelled by constitutional amendment — 1936: Robert Maestri by acclamation — 1934: T. Semmes Walmsley (incumbent) 47,753 45 John Klorer, Sr. 32,066 29 cancelled after Klorer withdrew Francis Williams 28,085 26 1930: T. Semmes ...
The 1977 municipal elections were the first under Louisiana's open primary law signed by Governor Edwin Edwards two years earlier. Under the New Orleans City Charter adopted by voters in 1954, Incumbent mayor Moon Landrieu was term-limited.
The New Orleans mayoral election of 1969-1970 resulted in the election of Moon Landrieu as mayor of New Orleans. This election also saw an unexpectedly strong showing for a Republican candidate; the party had previously had negligible support in the city. Incumbent mayor Victor H. Schiro was term-limited after winning elections in 1961 and 1965.