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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud
| birth_date=August 18, 1877
| birth_place=Poydras Plantation<br>
New Roads, Pointe Coupée Parish<br>
[[Louisiana]], USA
| death_date=October 17, 1950 (aged 73)
| death_place=New Roads, Louisiana =
| office=Louisiana State Representative<br> for Pointe Coupée Parish
|term_start=1904
|term_end=1920
|preceded=William C. Carruth
|succeeded=Two members:
Ferdinand L. Claiborne<br>
Simeon Parent
|office2=Speaker of the<br>
Louisiana House of Representatives
|term_start3=1916
|term_end3=1920
|preceded3=[[Lee Emmett Thomas]] (Caddo Parish; former [[mayor]] of [[Shreveport]]
|aucceeded3=Richard Flournoy Walker (East Feliciana Parish)
|office4=District Attorney for 18th Judicial District
|term_start6=1929
|term_end6=1936
|religion=[[Methodist]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| spouse=(1) Jessie Faye Sherard Wimberly (died 1934)
(2) Dorothy Knox Wimberly (married 1936-1962, his death)
|children=Faye Wimberly Mary (born 1921, first marriage)<br>Lorris M. Wimberly, Jr. (born 1946, second marriage)<br>
Parents:<br>
Rush and Annie May Poland Wimberly
| occupation=[[Business]]man, [[Cattle]]man; [[Farmer]]
|footnotes='''Notes'''<br>
(1) Wimberly served three nonconsecutive stint
'''Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud''' (August 19, 1877 – October 17, 1950) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[attorney]] and [[politician]] from one of the oldest families in New Roads in Pointe Coupée Parish, [[Louisiana]], located north of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He was the Louisiana lieutenant governor from 1920 to 1924, at a time when that officer presided over the state Senate. Now the lieutenant governor, [[Billy Nungesser]], is charged in the state constitution with the promotion of recreation and [[tourism]].
'''Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud''' (August 19, 1877 – October 17, 1950) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[attorney]] and [[politician]] from one of the oldest families in New Roads in Pointe Coupée Parish, [[Louisiana]], located north of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He was the Louisiana lieutenant governor from 1920 to 1924, at a time when that officer presided over the state Senate. Now the lieutenant governor, [[Billy Nungesser]], is charged in the state constitution with the promotion of recreation and [[tourism]].