Leaders and Representatives
William C. C. Claiborne was appointed the only governor of the Orleans Territory. He later became the first governor of the state of Louisiana.
There were two Territorial secretaries, James Brown (1804–1807) and Thomas Bolling Robertson (1807–1811). Daniel Clark became the first Territorial Delegate to the U.S. Congress, in December 1806.
Judges of the Superior Court were John Bartow Prevost (1804–1808), Ephraim Kirby (1804) (died en route to New Orleans), Peter Stephen Duponceau (1804) (declined President Thomas Jefferson's appointment), William Sprigg (1805–1807), George Mathews, Jr. (1805–1813), Joshua Lewis (1807–1813) and Francois Xavier Martin (1810–1813). Judge Dominic Augustin Hall was the federal district judge of the Territory.
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