Mayor of Lafayette
Flag of the City of Lafayette, LA
Incumbent
Monique Blanco-Boulet
since January 3, 2024
StyleThe Honorable
Term lengthFour years
renewable three times
Inaugural holderAlphonse Neveu
Formation1869
WebsiteMayor'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   Party
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 Ashton J. Mouton January 13, 1948 January 2, 1956 Democratic
28 Jerome E. Domengeaux January 2, 1956 January 3, 1960 Democratic
29 J. Rayburn Bertrand 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 January 3, 2024 Republican
37 Monique Blanco-Boulet January 3, 2024 Incumbent Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ Perrin, William Henry (1891). Southwest Louisiana, Biographical and Historical. New Orleans: Gulf Publishing Company.
  2. ^ Griffin, Harry Lewis (1959). The Attakapas Country: A History of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 9781455600465.

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