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The office of attorney general of Louisiana (French: Procureur général de la Louisiane) has existed since the colonial period. Under Article IV, Section 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the attorney general is elected statewide for a four-year term and is the chief legal officer of the state. Additionally, "the attorney general shall have ...
Jeffrey Martin Landry (born December 23, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served since 2024 as the 57th governor of Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th attorney general of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024 and as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2013.
The United States District Court for the District of Louisiana was established on April 8, 1812, by 2 Stat. 701, [1] [2] several weeks before Louisiana was formally admitted as a state of the union. The District was thereafter subdivided and reformed several times. It was first subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts on March 3, 1823, by ...
The secretary of state of Louisiana (French: Secrétaire d'État de la Louisiane) is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Louisiana and serves as the head of the Louisiana Department of State. The position was created by Article 4, Section 7 of the Louisiana Constitution. The current secretary of state is Nancy Landry.
Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Louisiana governor’s race, holding off a crowded field of candidates. The win is a major victory ...
This organized the state into seven judicial districts, each consisting of groups of parishes. In 1816, the first official map of the state used the term parish, as did the 1845 constitution. Since then, the official term for Louisiana's primary civil divisions has been parishes. The 19 original parishes were joined by Catahoula Parish in 1808.
v. t. e. The president of the Louisiana State Senate is the highest-ranking member of the Louisiana State Senate. The president convenes the session and calls members to order, and can designate another state senator as the presiding officer. The Louisiana state senate president is fifth in gubernatorial line of succession in Louisiana. [1]
Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812. [15] It seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, [16] and it was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861. [17] However, since substantial parts of the state remained in Union hands throughout the war, there were two lines of governors elected.