succeeded) 1881-1884 Samuel D. McEnery, Democrat 1884-1888 Francis T. Nicholls, Democrat 1888-1892 Murphy J. Foster, Democrat 1892-1900 William W. Heard, Democrat 1900-1904 Newton C. Blanchard, Democrat 1904-1908 Jared Y. Sanders,[12] Democrat 1908 BIBLIOGRAPHY.--Compare the bibliography under NEW ORLEANS and consult also the following. For general description: _The Geology and Agriculture of Louisiana_ (Baton Rouge, Agric. Exper. Station, pts. 1-6, 1892-1902); also publications of U.S. Geological Survey, _e.g. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers_, No. 101, "Underground Waters of Southern Louisiana." For fauna and flora: publications of U.S. Biological Survey (Department of Agriculture, Bibliographies). For climate: U.S. Department of Agriculture, _Climate and Crop Service_, Louisiana series (monthly). For soil and agriculture: the above state geological report and material on irrigation in publications of the U.S. Geological Survey and in the U.S. Census publications; also Commissioners of Agriculture of the State of Louisiana, _Annual Report_ (Baton Rouge, biennial until 1899); State Agricultural Society, _Proceedings_ (annual); Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, _Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station_ and _Biennial Report_ of same (Baton Rouge); U.S. Department of Agriculture, various publications of the divisions of botany, agrostology, pomology, forestry, farmers' bulletins, &c. For manufactures and other industries: primarily the publications of the national Census, 1900, and preceding decades. For commerce and communications: Railroad Commissioners of Louisiana, _Annual Report_ (New Orleans, 1900 ff.); U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission, _Statistics of Railways_ (annual, Washington); on river navigation and river improvements, especially of the Mississippi, an enormous mass of material in the _Annual Reports_ of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army (consult _Index to Reports_ of same, 1866-1900, 3 vols., Washington, 1902, and cp. article on MISSISSIPPI RIVER); on river commerce see _U.S. Census of 1880_, vol. 4 (report on steam navigation of the United States by T. C. Purdy), and _Census of 1890_ (report on transportation by T. J. Vivian; Rivers of the Mississippi Valley). For population: various national censuses and _Bulletins_ of the Bureau of Census, 1900, e.g. No. 8, "Negroes in the United States"; on the Acadians, _In Acadia, The Acadians in Song and Story_ (New Orleans, 1893; compiled by M. A. Johnston). For pictures of Creole life and traits, George W. Cable, _The Creoles of Louisiana_ (New York, 1884), and his later writings; but Mr Cable's views of the Creoles are very unpopular in Louisiana; for other views of them, and for a guide to