TenureIncumbentNotesFrench rule of Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island by Chartered CompaniesExpanding to small posts along West African Coast as Far as Gabon until 1850sGovernors of the 1626 to 1658 1626–1631 Jacques Fumechon 1631–1641 Thomas Lambert 1641–1648 Jean Caullier 1649–1650de Soussy 1651–1658 Mésineau Governors of the 1658 to 1664 1658–1661 Raguenet 1661–28 May 1664 de Boulay Governors of the Compagnie Française des Indes Occidentales1664 to 1672 28 May 1664 – 1668 Jacquet 1668– 9 April 1672Sieur de Richemont Governor of the Compagnie du Sénégal1672 to 1673 1672–1673Sieur de Richemont (acting)Director of the Compagnie du Sénégal1674 to 1682 1674–1682 Jacques Fumechon Director of the Compagnie d'Afrique1682 to 1684 1682–12 September 1684 Denis Basset Directors of the 1684 to 1696 12 September 1684 – 1689 (1st time)1689–1690 1690 – Jan 1693 (2nd time)Jan 1693 – Jul 1693 n/a VacantJul 1693 – Mar 1696 Jean Bourguignon (2nd time)Directors of the Compagnie Royale du Sénégal1696 to 1709 Mar 1696– 4 April 1697 Jean Bourguignon (acting)4 April 1697 – 1 May 1702 André Brue (b. 1654–d. 1738)1702–1706Joseph Lemaitre (b. 1654–d. 1738)1706–1709 (b. 1654–d. 1738)Directors of the Compagnie de Rouen1710 to 1718 1710–15 August 1711Guillaume Joseph Mustellier (d. 1711)1712– 2 May 1713 Pierre de Richebourg 20 April 1714 – 15 December 1718 André Brué Directors of the Compagnie des Indes Orientales1718 to 1758 15 December 1718 – May 1720 André Brue May 1720 – Apr 1723 Nicolas Desprès de Saint-Robert (d. 1725 or 1726) (1st time) 1723–1725 Julien du Bellay 1725 Nicolas Desprès de Saint-Robert (2nd time)1725–1726 Arnaud Plumet 1726–1733 Jean Levens de la Rouquette 1733– 7 March 1733 Lejuge (d. 1733)1733–1738Sebastian Devaulx (acting to 1736)1738–1746Pierre Félix Barthélemy David (b. 1711–d. 1795)1746–30 April 1758 Jean-Baptiste Estoupan de la Brüe British Seizure of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Gorée Island and The Gambia.British Governors1758 to 1779 30 April 1758 – 10 February 1763 Richard Alchorne Worge 10 February 1763 – 25 May 1765 John Barnes 25 May 1765 – Nov 1775 Charles O'Hara 25 May 1765 – Apr 1766 Joseph Debat (Gambia Superintendent of Trade)Nov 1775– 8 April 1777 Matthias MacNamara 8 April 1777 – 18 August 1778 John Clarke 18 August 1778 – 11 February 1779 William Lacy (did not assume office) 18 August 1778 – 11 February 1779 George Fall (acting) British Lieutenant Governors1776 to 1779 Apr 1776–24 January 1774 Joseph Debat 24 January 1774 – Aug 1775 William Myres Aug 1774 – Nov 1775 Matthias MacNamara Nov 1775 – Dec 1775 Thomas Sharpless (acting)Dec 1775– 8 August 1776 Joseph Wall (b. 1737–d. 1802)8 August 1776 – 1776 George Fall (acting) (1st time)1776–18 August 1778 William Lacy (acting) 18 August 1778 – 11 February 1779 George Fall (acting) (2nd time) French Reclaiming of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island.Royal government, then French First Republic, then French First Empire. From 1789 under Ministry of the Navy, controlling all posts to Gabon.French Governors1779 to 1809 11 February 1779 – Mar 1779Armand Louis de Gontaut duc de Lauzun (b. 1747–d. 1793) Mar 1779– 7 March 1781Jacques Joseph Eyries 7 March 1781 – Jul 1782J.B. Bertrand (acting)Jul 1782 – Feb 1784Anne Gaston Dumontet Feb 1784 – Feb 1786Louis Legardeur sieur de Repentigny (b. 1721–d. 1786) Feb 1786 – Dec 1787 Stanislas Jean Boufflers chevalier de Boufflers (b. 1738–d. 1815) Dec 1787 – Jan 1801 (b. 17..–d. 1807)(1st time) Jan 1801– 2 July 1802 Charbonnes (acting)2 July 1802 – 27 October 1802 Louis Henri Pierre Lasserre 27 October 1802 – 12 September 1807 (2nd time) Sep 1807–13 July 1809 Pierre Levasseur British Seizure of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Gorée Island and The Gambia.British Governors1809 to 1817 13 July 1809 – 1811 Charles William Maxwell (d. 1848)1811–1814Charles MacCarthy (b. 1764–d. 1824) 1814–25 January 1817Thomas Brereton French Reclaim Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island.Royal government restored by British. Under Ministry of the Navy, controlling all posts to Gabon until the 1850s.French Commandants1817 to 1828 25 January 1817 – Dec 1817 Julien Schmaltz (1st time) Dec 1817–13 March 1819 Aimé-Benjamin Fleuriau (acting) 13 March 1819 – 14 August 1820Julien Schmaltz (2nd time) 14 August 1820 – 1 March 1821Louis-Jean-Baptiste Le Coupé de Montereau, baron Lecoupe (acting) 1 March 1821 – 18 May 1827Jacques-François Roger, baron Roger after 1824 (b. 1787 )18 May 1827 – 7 January 1828 Hyacinthe-Benjamin Gerbidon (acting) French Governors7 January 1828 – 11 May 1829 (b. 1787)11 May 1829 – 24 May 1831 24 May 1831 – 18 October 1833 Thomas Renault de Saint-Germain (d. 1833)18 October 1833 – 15 November 1833 Jean-Baptiste Bertrand Armand Cadéot (acting)13 November 1833 – 10 May 1834 10 May 1834 – 1 July 1836 Louis Pujol1 July 1836 – Dec 1836Dec 1836–13 September 1837Louis-Laurent-Auguste Guillet (acting)13 September 1837 – 12 April 1839 1839–1854: Posts from Gambia south under command of Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa. See Colonial heads of Gabon12 April 1839 – 19 May 1841 (b. 1780)19 May 1841 – 7 May 1842 (b. 1761)1842–1860: For subdivision Colony of Gorée and Dependencies see Colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire7 May 1842 – 5 February 1843 Paul Pageot Des Noutières5 February 1843 – 24 May 1844 Édouard Bouët-Willaumez (b. 1808–d. 1871)24 May 1844 – Jul 1844Auguste-Lazare Laborel (acting)Jul 1844–11 December 1845Pierre Thomas (acting)11 December 1845 – 20 March 1846 François-Marie-Charles Ollivier(d. 1846)20 March 1846 – 30 August 1846 Hoube (acting)30 August 1846 – 24 August 1847 , count of Gramont(b. 1805–d. 1847)24 August 1847 – 7 September 1847 Caille(acting) (d. 1847)7 September 1847 – Nov 1847Léandre Bertin du Château(acting) (b. 1804–d. 1884)Nov 1847 – Aug 1850Auguste Baudin(b. 1800–d. 1877) Aug 1850–11 October 1850Aumont (acting)11 October 1850 – 16 December 1854 Auguste Léopold Protet (1st time) (b. 1808–d. 1862)May 1853–30 January 1854André César Vérand (acting for Protet)31 January 1854 – 16 December 1854 Auguste Léopold Protet (2nd time) 1854: all other West African possessions fall under subdivision of Senegal: Colony of Gorée and Dependencies.16 December 1854 – 1 June 1861 Louis Léon César Faidherbe (b. 1818–d. 1889)4 September 1858 – 12 February 1859 A. Robin (acting for Faidherbe)4 October 1860: Ivory Coast territory moved to the Ivory Coast-Gabon colony see Colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire1 June 1861 – 1 December 1861 Léopold François Stephan (acting) (b. 1815)1 December 1861 – 13 May 1863 Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry (b. 1815–d. 1887)13 May 1863 – 14 July 1863 Émile Pinet-Laprade (1st time)(b. 1822–d. 1869)(acting)14 July 1863 – 1 May 1865 Louis Léon César Faidherbe (2nd time)1 May 1865 – 17 August 1869 Émile Pinet-Laprade (2nd time) (acting to 12 July 1865)18 August 1869 – 17 October 1869 Ferdinand Charles Alexandre Tredos (b. 1820 )(acting)17 October 1869 – 18 June 1876 François-Xavier Michel Valière(b. 1826–d. 1886)18 June 1876 – Apr 1880Louis Briere de l'Isle (b. 1827–d. 1896) 27 February 1880: Haut-Sénégal military region created as sub division. See Colonial heads of MaliApr 1880– 4 August 1881Louis Ferdinand de Lanneau (b. 1822 )4 August 1881 – Oct 1881Marie Auguste Deville de Perière(b. 1825 ) (acting)Oct 1881–28 June 1882Henri Philibert Canard(b. 1824–d. 1894)1882: Coastal sections of Guinea separated from Senegal, become Rivières du Sud, later French Guinee.28 June 1882 – 16 November 1882 Aristide Louis Antoine Vallon (b. 1826–d. 1897)16 November 1882 – 28 June 1883 René Servatius28 June 1883 – 25 July 1883 Adolphe Ernest Auguste Le Boucher (b. 1837–d. 1896) (acting)25 July 1883 – 15 April 1884 Henry Bourdiaux (acting) (b. 1838–d. 1899)15 April 1884 – 14 April 1886 Alphonse Seignac-Lesseps1886: Gabon and Eastern coastal possessions separated from Senegal, become French Congo14 April 1886 – 29 April 1888 Jules Genouille(b. 1839–d. 1923)29 April 1888 – 22 September 1890 Léon Émile Clément-Thomas18 August 1890: French Sudan Territory separated from Senegal. See: Colonial heads of Mali22 September 1890 – 19 May 1895 Henri Félix de Lamothe(b. 1843–d. 1926)19 May 1895 – 28 June 1895 Louis Mouttet (acting)(b. 1857–d. 1902)Incorporated into French West Africa – 16 June 1895 Command of French West Africa Handed to Governor GeneralGovernors of Sénégal now subordinate to Governor General of French West Africa28 June 1895 – 1 November 1900 Jean Baptiste Émile Louis(b. 1853–d. 19..) 1 November 1900 – 26 January 1902 Noël Eugène Ballay (b. 1847–d. 1902)26 January 1902 – 15 March 1902 Pierre Paul Marie Capest (b. 1857–d. 19..)15 March 1902 – 11 November 1902 Ernest Roume(b. 1858–d. 1934)11 November 1902 – 26 August 1907 Camille Lucien Xavier Guy(b. 1860–d. 1929)26 August 1907 – 15 December 1907 Joost van Vollenhoven (acting) (b. 1877–d. 1918)15 December 1907 – 10 June 1908 Martial Henri Merlin(b. 1860–d. 1935)10 June 1908 – 17 October 1908 Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne(b. 1849–d. 19..)(1st time) 17 October 1908 – 23 February 1909 Maurice Gourbeil23 February 1909 – 2 May 1909 Marie Antoine Edmond Gaudard (acting)2 May 1909 – 5 February 1911 Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne (2nd time) 5 February 1911 – 13 May 1914 Henri François Charles Core13 May 1914 – 1916 Raphaël Valentin Marius Antonetti (b. 1872–d. 1938)20 March 1917 – 23 September 1920 Fernand Émile Levêque23 September 1920 – 17 September 1921 Théophile Antoine Pascal (acting)17 September 1921 – 4 July 1925 Pierre Jean Henri Didelot(b. 1870–d. 19..)4 July 1925 – 23 May 1926 Camille Théodore Raoul Maillet (1st time) (acting)23 May 1926 – 23 October 1926 Joseph Zébédée Olivier Cadier(acting)23 October 1926 – 12 March 1929 Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore (b. 1882–d. 1975)12 March 1929 – 4 July 1930 Maurice Beurnier (1st time)(b. 1878–d. 19..)4 July 1930 – 15 August 1931 Camille Théodore Raoul Maillet (2nd time)15 August 1931 – 14 October 1931 Benoît Louis Rebonne (acting)14 October 1931 – Dec 1936Maurice Beurnier (2nd time)Dec 1936–25 October 1938Louis Lefebvre25 October 1938 – 1940 Jean Paul Parisot1 January 1941 – 22 December 1942 Georges Pierre Rey22 December 1942 – 2 December 1943 Hubert Jules Deschamps(b. 1900–d. 1979)2 December 1943 – Jun 1945Charles Jean Dagain(b. 1885–d. 1969)Jun 1945 – Apr 1946Pierre Louis MaestracciApr 1946–20 May 1947Oswald Durand(b. 1888–d. 1982)20 May 1947 – 19 October 1950 Laurent Marcel Wiltord19 October 1950 – 25 April 1952 Camille Victor Bailly(b. 1907–d. 1984)25 April 1952 – 19 February 1954 Lucien Eugène Geay(b. 1900)19 February 1954 – 31 October 1955 Maxime Marie Antoine Jourdain31 October 1955 – 10 February 1957 Jean Colombani(b. 1903)10 February 1957 – 25 November 1958 (b. 1909)African High Commissioner of the French Union25 November 1958 – 20 June 1960
See also Timeline of Saint-Louis, Senegal
References
Rulers.org: Senegal Lucie Gallistel Colvin. Historical Dictionary of Senegal. Scarecrow Press/ Metuchen. NJ–London (1981) pp. 81–98 (Table 10).