Baton Rouge
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Baton Rouge is the capital city of Louisiana and home of Louisiana State University.
Notable people
- Jody Amedee, former state senator
- J. Al Amiss, sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972 to 1983
- Buddy Amoroso, former member of the Metro Council
- Robert E. Anderson, Southern Baptist clergyman from Shreveport and Baton Rouge
- Kyle Ardoin, Louisiana secretary of state since 2018
- Harrison Bagwell, Baton Rouge attorney and Republican Party pioneer
- Jesse Bankston, Democratic Party activist
- Regina Barrow, state senator and former state representative
- Kirt Bennett, founder of Young Leaders Academy of Baton Rouge, established to support the education of African-American boys
- Connie Bernard, member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
- Thomas Duckett Boyd, former LSU president
- Jack Breaux, first Republican mayor in Louisiana since Reconstruction: Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish from 1966 to 1980
- James H. "Jim" Brown, former state senator, Louisiana secretary of state and insurance commissioner
- Ossie Brown, East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney, 1972-1984
- Bryan Bush, district attorney, 1985-1990
- Theo Cangelosi, attorney; gubernatorial confidant
- Stephen Frank Carter, former state representative for District 68
- Jack Christian, East Baton Rouge mayor-president, 1957-1964
- Dan Claitor, attorney and departing state senator from District 16
- Thomas Clausen, former state superintendent of education
- Tom Colten, former mayor of Minden, appointee to the state Department of Transportation and Development, based in Baton Rouge
- Beth Courtney, president and CEO of Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- John Easterly Coxe, state education superintendent, 1940 to 1948
- Carl Crane, District 70 state representative, 1982 to 2008
- Ed Cullen, newspaper and radio journalist who specializes in human interest essays
- Charles Cusimano, I, longest serving member of the LSU Board of Supervisors, 1974-2006
- William Daniel, former state representative
- J. D. DeBlieux, former state senator known for civil rights activism
- Joe Delpit, former state representative, owner of The Chicken Shack
- John Desmond, architect
- Kenneth L. Dixon, youngest war correspondent in World War II; worked at The Baton Rouge Advocate from 1967 to 1971
- Margaret Dixon, influential woman journalist of 20th century; former managing editor of The Baton Rouge Advocate
- Bill Dodd, state representative from Allen Parish (1940-1948); lived in Baton Rouge while lieutenant governor (1948-1952), and state education superintendent (1964-1972)1972
- Woodrow Wilson Dumas, Mayor-President, 1965 to 1980
- Mike Dunne, environmental journalist
- Jack M. Dyer, attorney and one-term state representative, 1960 to 1964
- Rick Edmonds, state representative
- Edwin Edwards, four-term governor born in Marksville but resided in Crowley and then Baton Rouge
- John Bel Edwards, governor of Louisiana
- Tom Erwin, radio and television broadcaster, primarily in Alexandria and Shreveport, died in Baton Rouge
- Chris Faser, Jr., businessman and former state representative in both Mississippi and Louisiana
- Mike Futrell, former state representative
- Gaston Gerald, state senator from Greenwell Springs in East Baton Rouge Parish; expelled from Senate for corruption in 1981
- E. Clark Gaudin, first Republican to represent East Baton Rouge Parish in the state legislature in the 20th century
- Hunter Greene, family court judge and former state representative
- Jack P. F. Gremillion, state attorney general, 1956 to 1972
- James Gremillion, secretary of state from 1940 to 1944
- Francis Grevemberg, superintendent of state police, 1952-1955 who conducted raids against organized crime
- Dudley Guglielmo, state insurance commissioner, 1964-1972
- John Michael Guidry, appeal court judge
- T. H. Harris, state education superintendent from 1908 to 1940
- E. L. "Bubba" Henry, attorney and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- Dalton W. Honoré, former state representative
- Barry Ivey, District 65 state representative since 2013
- Shelby M. Jackson, Concordia Parish native, lived in Baton Rouge as state education superintendent, 1948 to 1964
- Bobby Jindal, governor, 2008-2016
- Donald Kennard, state representative from 1988 to 2008; LSU athletic department official
- Claude Kirkpatrick, businessman, hospital administrator, state representative for Jefferson Davis Parish (1952-1960)
- Eddie Lambert, attorney and state senator for Ascension Parish
- Elmer Litchfield, sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish, 1983 to 2006
- Maurice Mapes, lobbyist and consultant
- Chuck McMains, attorney-businessman and former state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish
- Tom Ed McHugh, former Baton Rouge mayor-president
- Scott McKnight, state representative for District 68
- Troy H. Middleton, United States Army officer in both world wars, reaching rank of lieutenant general; president of LSU, 1951-1962
- Sydney B. Nelson, former state senator for Bossier and Caddo parishes, since relocated to Baton Rouge
J. Kelly Nix, state education superintendent, 1976 to 1984; Baton Rouge businessman and former professor
- Darrell Ourso, former state representative
- Edward Grady Partin, business agent of Teamsters union; his immunized testimony sent Jimmy Hoffa to prison
- Paul Pastorek, state education superintendent, 2007-2011
- G. Allen Penniman, Jr., businessman known for Pak-a-Sak convenience store chain
- Cecil Picard, former state education superintendent who served in both houses of the legislature for Vermilion Parish
- Bernie Pinsonat, political pollster
- Erich Ponti, businessman who was a Republican state representative from 2008 to 2015
- John Rarick, U.S. Representative for the Baton Rouge-based 6th congressional district, 1967-1973
- Kevin Reilly, executive with Lamar Advertising Company, state representative from 1972 to 1988
- Dan Richey, political consultant, former member of both house of the legislature
- Eddie Rispone, 2019 Republican candidate for governor
- Chas Roemer, former member and president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Buddy Roemer, former governor
- Jared Y. Sanders, Jr., former U.S. representative, state representative, and state senator
- Alfred Shapiro, former Baton Rouge lawyer and legal counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union
- Bobby Simpson, former Baton Rouge mayor-president and mayor of Baker
- James Monroe Smith, 1930s LSU president caught up in Louisiana Hayride scandal
- Timmy Teepell, Republican political consultant; once called the "alter ego" of Governor Bobby Jindal
- Charles E. Thompson, former educator
- Sandra Thompson, former director of the Atchafalaya Basin project
- Dale Thorn, journalist, academic, press secretary in first to terms of Governor Edwin Edwards
- R. B. Walden, attorney who directed the desegregation of the Louisiana Department of Hospitals
- Harry D. Wilson, commissioner of agriculture and forestry from 1916 until his death in 1948; lived in Tangipahoa Parish
- Alfred C. Williams, attorney and former state representative
- Aubrey Young, state alcohol counselor and political activist
- A. Z. Young, first black to head a Louisiana state government agency
Further reading
- Martin, Mark E. and Andrew D. Lytle. Andrew D. Lytle's Baton Rouge: Photographs, 1863-1910 (The Hill Collection: Holdings of the LSU Libraries) (2008) excerpt and text search