Name
Class year
Notability
Reference(s)
Diana Bajoie member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature (1976–2008); member of the New Orleans City Council (2012–2013)
[ 4]
Troy E. Brown member of the Louisiana State Senate from 2012 until his resignation in 2017
Barbara West Carpenter dean of international relations at Southern University; Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives since 2016
[ 5]
Israel B. Curtis Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1992–2008) and the Rapides Parish School Board (1976–1992), former Alexandria educator and insurance agent , did graduate study at Southern
[ 6]
Irma Muse Dixon first African-American elected to the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC)
Cleo Fields former state senator and U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district
Mike Foster 2004 (Juris Doctor )
53rd governor of Louisiana
Randal Gaines member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes since 2012
[ 7]
Kip Holden mayor-president of Baton Rouge 2005–2017
Hilry Huckaby III 1969 (Juris Doctor )
member of Shreveport, Louisiana city council (1978–1990, 1998–2001), Caddo district judge (1992–1995)
[ 8]
Jason Hughes member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 100 in Orleans Parish
Marcus Hunter 2002
member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 17 in Ouachita Parish
[ 9]
Edward C. James member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 101 in East Baton Rouge Parish; Baton Rouge lawyer
[ 10]
William J. Jefferson former representative, U.S. Congress
Okla Jones II federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Edmond Jordan Democratic member since 2016 of the Louisiana House of Representatives for West and East Baton Rouge parishes; lawyer in Brusly, Louisiana
[ 11]
James A. Joseph 1956
ambassador to South Africa (1996–1999)[ 12]
Isiah Leggett county executive of Montgomery County, Maryland 2006-2018
Robert M. Marionneaux Louisiana state senator since 2000 from Baton Rouge area[ 13]
Randy Moore first African-American chief of the United States Forest Service
[ 14] [ failed verification ]
Abe E. Pierce, III 1956
first African-American mayor of Monroe , Louisiana (1996–2000)
[ 15]
Rupert Richardson African-American civil rights activist and civil rights leader who served as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1992 to 1995
Jesse N. Stone attorney, educator, served as dean of the Southern University Law Center and as president of Southern University
Dorothy Mae Taylor first African-American woman to serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1971–1980
[ 16]
Ledricka Thierry 1999
state representative for St. Landry Parish since 2009[ 17]
Taylor Townsend state representative from Natchitoches Parish (2000–2008)
[ 18]
Pinkie C. Wilkerson Louisiana House of Representatives (1992–2000)[ 19]
Alfred C. Williams 1972
member of the Louisiana House from Baton Rouge since 2012; former school board member and attorney
Patrick C. Williams state representative for Caddo Parish since 2007
[ 20]
Tom Willmott Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish since 2008[ 21]