|aucceeded3=Richard Flournoy Walker (East Feliciana Parish)
|office4=District Attorney for 18th Judicial District
|term_start6term_start4=1929|term_end6term_end4=1936|preceded4=Jacob Haight Morrison, III
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
'''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]].
==Biography==
Bouanchaud was born at Poydras Plantation, one of eight children of Joseph Alcide Bouanchaud, Sr. (1838-1896), and his second wife, the former Eugénia Helene Hébert (1853-1918). He graduated from Poydras Academy, [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge, and [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]], from which he obtained his LL.B. degree in 1902.<ref name=lahist/> In 1908, he was elected as the state representative for Pointe Coupée Parish, at a time when each of the sixty-four parishes had at least one member elected to the state House. He was the House [[Speaker]] in his final term from 1916 to 1920.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=June 10, 2020}}</ref>