# Hewitt Bouanchaud

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American politician (1877–1950)

Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud 29th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana In office May 11, 1920 – April 12, 1924 Governor John M. Parker Preceded by Fernand Mouton Succeeded by Delos R. Johnson Louisiana State Representative for Pointe Coupee Parish In office 1904–1908 Preceded by William C. Carruth M. T. Hewes Succeeded by Ferdinand C. Claiborne P. O. LeBeau In office 1912–1920 Preceded by Ferdinand C. Claiborne P. O. LeBeau Succeeded by Ferdinand C. Claiborne Simeon Parent Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives In office 1916–1920 Preceded by Lee Emmett Thomas Succeeded by Richard Flournoy Walker Personal details Born (1877-08-19)August 19, 1877 Pointe Coupee Parish Louisiana, USA Died October 17, 1950(1950-10-17) (aged 73) Party Democratic Relations J. Marshall Brown (great-niece's husband)

**Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud** (August 19, 1877 – October 17, 1950) was a [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) politician in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana). A native of [Pointe Coupee Parish](/source/Pointe_Coupee_Parish), Bouanchaud was elected a member of the [Louisiana House of Representatives](/source/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives) in 1904. After an absence of one term, he was elected again in 1912 and 1916. In 1916, he was named [Speaker of the Louisiana House](/source/Speaker_of_the_Louisiana_House_of_Representatives). In 1920, he was elected [lieutenant governor](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana) as the running mate to [gubernatorial](/source/Gubernatorial) candidate [John M. Parker](/source/John_M._Parker), a Democrat formerly affiliated with the [Progressive Party](/source/Progressive_Party_(United_States%2C_1912)). Among Bouanchaud's opponents was state court Judge [Philip H. Gilbert](/source/Philip_H._Gilbert) of [Assumption Parish](/source/Assumption_Parish%2C_Louisiana), who was subsequently the interim lieutenant governor from 1926 to 1928.

As the former House Speaker, Bouanchaud was chosen president of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention in 1921. The document produced by that convention remained in force until 1975 during the administration of [Governor](/source/Governor_of_Louisiana) [Edwin Edwards](/source/Edwin_Edwards).

In 1924, Lieutenant Governor Bouanchaud ran for governor against [Henry L. Fuqua](/source/Henry_L._Fuqua), and [Huey Pierce Long, Jr.](/source/Huey_Pierce_Long%2C_Jr.) Bouanchaud and Fuqua received the most votes in the first Democratic [primary](/source/Partisan_primary) held on January 15, 1924, with Long of [Winnfield](/source/Winnfield%2C_Louisiana), having been eliminated from contention that year. Long then gained the governorship four years later in 1928. Fuqua defeated Bouanchaud in the second Democratic primary held on February 19, 1924.

Bouanchaud was the brother of longtime Pointe Coupee Parish [Sheriff](/source/Sheriff) [Lamartine Bouanchaud](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lamartine_Bouanchaud&action=edit&redlink=1). His great-niece, Mary Blanche Crosby Brown (1923-2013), was the wife of [J. Marshall Brown](/source/J._Marshall_Brown), a member of the [Louisiana House of Representatives](/source/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives) from [Orleans Parish](/source/Orleans_Parish%2C_Louisiana) and a leading figure in the [Louisiana Democratic Party](/source/Louisiana_Democratic_Party). The Bouanchauds were sons of James Alcide Bouanchaud, a [captain](/source/Captain_(OF-2)) of the Pointe Coupee Battery for the [Confederate States of America](/source/Confederate_States_of_America) during the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). Alcide Bouanchaud later became a state district court judge. Hewitt Bouanchaud's nephew, Alcide "Bub" Bouanchaud, and his great-great nephew. Paul Raymond Smith, both served as sheriff in Pointe Coupee Parish.

Bouanchaud was preceded as Speaker by [Lee Emmett Thomas](/source/Lee_Emmett_Thomas) of [Shreveport](/source/Shreveport%2C_Louisiana).[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091229154214/http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf) (PDF). legis.state.la.us. Archived from [the original](http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf) (PDF) on December 29, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

## Sources

- Curet, Bernard. "Ponte Coupee: Her Place in History." *[Acadiana Profile](/source/Acadiana_Profile)* magazine, September 1969: 9.

Political offices Preceded by William C. Carruth M. T. Hewes Louisiana State Representative for Pointe Coupee Parish Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud 1904–1908 Succeeded by Ferdinand C. Claiborne P. O. LeBeau Preceded by Ferdinand C. Claiborne P. O. LeBeau Louisiana State Representative for Pointe Coupee Parish Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud 1912–1920 Succeeded by Ferdinand C. Claiborne Simeon Parent Preceded by Lee Emmett Thomas of Caddo Parish Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Pointe Coupee Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud 1916–1920 Succeeded by Richard Flournoy Walker of East Feliciana Parish Preceded by Fernand Mouton Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud 1920–1924 Succeeded by Delos R. Johnson

v t e Speakers of the Louisiana House of Representatives St. Martin Hopkins Guichard Ker Beauvais Roman LaBranche Roman Mouton la Branche J. M. Walker DeBuys Claiborne Derbigny Bouduosquie Randall Farrar Moise King Moise Sandidge Pugh Morrison Olivier Elam Belden Cage Lowell Carr Carter Brewster Lowell Wiltz Hahn Estilette Hahn Bush Moncure R. Ogden H. Ogden Henry Bolton Henry Sanders Sr. Snyder Hyams Dupré Thomas Bouanchaud R. F. Walker Douglas Hughes Fournet Ellender Wimberly Bauer Lottinger Sr. Wimberly Aycock Wimberly Angelle Jewell Delony Garrett Henry Hainkel Alario Dimos Alario Downer DeWitt Salter Tucker Kleckley Barras Schexnayder DeVillier

v t e Lieutenant governors of Louisiana Landry Plauché Farmer Wickliffe C. Mouton Griffin Hyams Pearce Wells Voorhies Dunn Pinchback Antoine Wiltz McEnery Robertson Walton Knobloch Jeffries Parlange Lott Snyder Estopinal Sanders Lambremont Barret F. Mouton Bouanchaud Johnson Simpson Gilbert Cyr Fournet Wingate Noe Long Lindsey M. Mouton Verret Dodd Barham Frazar Aycock Fitzmorris Freeman Hardy Schwegmann Blanco Landrieu Angelle Dardenne Nungesser

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