Louisiana

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Louisiana

Capital	Baton Rouge
Nickname	The Pelican State
Official Language	English, Spanish
Governor	Bobby Jindal, R
Senator	Mary Landrieu, D (202) 224-5824 Contact
Senator	David Vitter, R (202) 224-4623 Contact
Ratification of Constitution/or statehood	April 30, 1812 (18th)
	Motto: "Union, Justice, and Confidence"

Louisiana is located in the Southern region of the United States and on April 30, 1812 became the eighteenth state to enter into the union. Louisiana was named after the French king Louis XIV. The current governor of Louisiana is Bobby Jindal, a Republican.

The Brown Pelican, the Louisiana state bird, was taken off the endangered species list only one year before President Obama approved BP's oil lease which created the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

The capital of the state is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans.

Elected Officials

Federal

• Sen. Mary Landrieu (D)
• Sen. David Vitter (R)
• Rep. Steve Scalise [R, LA-01]
• Rep. Cedric Richmond [D, LA-02]
• Rep. Jeff Landry [R, LA-03]
• Rep. John Fleming [R, LA-04]
• Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-05]
• Rep. Bill Cassidy [R, LA-06]
• Rep. Charles Boustany [R, LA-07]

Statewide

• Governor Bobby Jindal (R)
• Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne (R)
• Attorney General James Caldwell (R)
• Secretary of State John Schedler (R)
• State Treasurer John Kennedy (R)

History

see History of Louisiana

See also

• State Governors
• Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster