List of mayors of Lafayette, Louisiana
Mayor of Lafayette | |
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![]() Flag of the City of Lafayette, LA | |
Incumbent Josh Guillory since July 6, 2020 | |
Style | The Honorable |
Term length | Four years renewable three times |
Inaugural holder | Alphonse Neveu |
Formation | 1869 |
Website | Mayor's Office website |
The Office of the Mayor of Lafayette, known historically as Vermilionville, was established by an amendment passed on March 9, 1869, which replaced the "regular preliminaries of laying out" enacted by the Legislature upon the incorporation of Vermilionville on March 11, 1836.[1] This amended city charter remained in place until 1914, when the citizens of Lafayette voted in favor of discarding the mayor-council government to be replaced by a city commission, the first of three members, the Commissioner of Public Safety, would serve as an ex-officio mayor.[2]
List[]
# | Mayor | Term start | Term end | ||
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1 | Alphonse Neveu | January 13, 1869 | June 14, 1870 | ||
2 | William O. Smith | June 14, 1870 | January 15, 1871 | ||
3 | William Brandt | January 15, 1871 | November 22, 1872 | Democratic | |
4 | William O. Smith | November 22, 1872 | January 23, 1873 | ||
5 | Auguste Monnier | January 23, 1873 | November 26, 1875 | Democratic | |
6 | John O. Mouton | November 26, 1875 | July 28, 1876 | ||
7 | G. C. Salles | July 28, 1876 | May 12, 1877 | ||
8 | John O. Mouton | May 12, 1877 | October 3, 1879 | ||
9 | John Clegg | October 3, 1879 | January 8, 1881 | Democratic | |
10 | M. P. Young | January 8, 1881 | November 5, 1884 | ||
11 | William B. Bailey | November 5, 1884 | July 20, 1893 | Democratic | |
12 | William Campbell | July 20, 1893 | January 12, 1895 | Democratic | |
13 | A. J. Moss | January 12, 1895 | December 27, 1896 | Democratic | |
14 | Charles D. Caffery | December 27, 1896 | December 28, 1899 | Democratic | |
15 | William Campbell | December 28, 1899 | October 22, 1900 | Democratic | |
16 | Charles D. Caffery | October 22, 1900 | January 17, 1905 | Democratic | |
17 | Charles O. Mouton | January 17, 1905 | July 14, 1909 | Democratic | |
18 | George Armand Martin | July 14, 1909 | October 13, 1911 | Democratic | |
19 | Anatole R. Trahan | October 13, 1911 | January 10, 1913 | Democratic | |
20 | George Armand Martin | January 10, 1913 | April 23, 1915 | Democratic | |
21 | Felix E. Girard Sr. | April 23, 1915 | December 17, 1919 | Democratic | |
22 | Robert L. Mouton | December 17, 1919 | October 11, 1927 | Democratic | |
23 | Joseph Gilbert St. Julien | October 11, 1927 | October 16, 1931 | Democratic | |
24 | Robert L. Mouton | October 16, 1931 | October 18, 1936 | Democratic | |
25 | J. Maxime Roy | October 18, 1936 | October 4, 1944 | Democratic | |
26 | Claude C. Colomb | October 4, 1944 | January 13, 1948 | Democratic | |
27 | January 13, 1948 | January 2, 1956 | Democratic | ||
28 | Jerome E. Domengeaux | January 2, 1956 | January 3, 1960 | Democratic | |
29 | January 3, 1960 | January 11, 1972 | Democratic | ||
30 | Kenny Bowen | January 11, 1972 | January 17, 1980 | Democratic | |
31 | Dud Lastrapes | January 17, 1980 | January 16, 1992 | Republican | |
32 | Kenny Bowen | January 16, 1992 | January 12, 1996 | Democratic | |
33 | Walter Comeaux | January 12, 1996 | January 15, 2004 | Democratic | |
34 | Joey Durel | January 15, 2004 | January 18, 2016 | Republican | |
35 | Joel Robideaux | January 18, 2016 | January 6, 2020 | Republican | |
36 | Josh Guillory | January 6, 2020 | Incumbent | Republican |
References[]
- ^ Perrin, William Henry (1891). Southwest Louisiana, Biographical and Historical. New Orleans: Gulf Publishing Company.
- ^ Griffin, Harry Lewis (1959). The Attakapas Country: A History of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 9781455600465.
External links[]
- "The Lafayette Advertiser. (Vermilionville, La.) 1865–19??". Library of Congress.
- "The Lafayette Gazette. (Lafayette, La.) 1893–1921". Library of Congress.
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