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Tenure Incumbent Notes
French rule of Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island by Chartered Companies
Expanding to small posts along West African Coast as Far as Gabon until 1850s
Governors of the Compagnie Normande [fr]
1626 to 1658    
1626–1631 Jacques Fumechon  
1631–1641 Thomas Lambert  
1641–1648 Jean Caullier  
1649–1650 de Soussy  
1651–1658 Mésineau  
Governors of the Compagnie du Cap-Vert et du Sénégal [fr]
1658 to 1664    
1658–1661 Raguenet  
1661–28 May 1664 de Boulay  
Governors of the Compagnie Française des Indes Occidentales
1664 to 1672    
28 May 1664 – 1668 Jacquet  
1668– 9 April 1672 Sieur de Richemont  
Governor of the Compagnie du Sénégal
1672 to 1673    
1672–1673 Sieur de Richemont (acting)
Director of the Compagnie du Sénégal
1674 to 1682    
1674–1682 Jacques Fumechon
Director of the Compagnie d'Afrique
1682 to 1684    
1682–12 September 1684 Denis Basset
Directors of the Compagnie de Guinée [fr]
1684 to 1696    
12 September 1684 – 1689 Louis Moreau de Chambonneau [fr] (1st time)
1689–1690 Michel Jajolet de la Courbe [fr]
1690 – Jan 1693 Louis Moreau de Chambonneau [fr] (2nd time)
Jan 1693 – Jul 1693 n/a Vacant
Jul 1693 – Mar 1696 Jean Bourguignon (2nd time)
Directors of the Compagnie Royale du Sénégal
1696 to 1709    
Mar 1696– 4 April 1697 Jean Bourguignon (acting)
4 April 1697 – 1 May 1702 André Brue (b. 1654–d. 1738)
1702–1706 Joseph Lemaitre (b. 1654–d. 1738)
1706–1709 Michel Jajolet de la Courbe [fr] (b. 1654–d. 1738)
Directors of the Compagnie de Rouen
1710 to 1718    
1710–15 August 1711 Guillaume 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 Orientales
1718 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)
1733–1738 Sebastian Devaulx (acting to 1736)
1738–1746 Pierre Félix Barthélemy David (b. 1711–d. 1795)
1746–30 April 1758 Jean-Baptiste Estoupan de la Brüe[1]
British Seizure of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Gorée Island and The Gambia.
British Governors
1758 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 Governors
1776 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 Governors
1779 to 1809    
11 February 1779 – Mar 1779 Armand Louis de Gontaut duc de Lauzun (b. 1747–d. 1793)
Mar 1779– 7 March 1781 Jacques Joseph Eyries
7 March 1781 – Jul 1782 J.B. Bertrand (acting)
Jul 1782 – Feb 1784 Anne Gaston Dumontet
Feb 1784 – Feb 1786 Louis 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 François Blanchot de Verly [fr] (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 François Blanchot de Verly [fr] (2nd time)
Sep 1807–13 July 1809 Pierre Levasseur
British Seizure of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Gorée Island and The Gambia.
British Governors
1809 to 1817    
13 July 1809 – 1811 Charles William Maxwell (d. 1848)
1811–1814 Charles MacCarthy (b. 1764–d. 1824)
1814–25 January 1817 Thomas 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 Commandants
1817 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 1820 Julien Schmaltz (2nd time)
14 August 1820 – 1 March 1821 Louis-Jean-Baptiste Le Coupé de Montereau, baron Lecoupe (acting)
1 March 1821 – 18 May 1827 Jacques-François Roger, baron Roger after 1824[2] (b. 1787 )
18 May 1827 – 7 January 1828 Hyacinthe-Benjamin Gerbidon (acting)
French Governors
7 January 1828 – 11 May 1829 Jean Jubelin [fr] (b. 1787)
11 May 1829 – 24 May 1831 Pierre-Édouard Brou [fr]
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 Eustache-Louis-Jean Quernel [fr]
10 May 1834 – 1 July 1836 Louis Pujol
1 July 1836 – Dec 1836 Médéric Malavois [fr]
Dec 1836–13 September 1837 Louis-Laurent-Auguste Guillet (acting)
13 September 1837 – 12 April 1839 Julien-Armand Soret [fr]
1839–1854: Posts from Gambia south under command of Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa. See Colonial heads of Gabon
12 April 1839 – 19 May 1841 Pons-Guillaume-Bazile Charmasson de Puylaval [fr] (b. 1780)
19 May 1841 – 7 May 1842 Jean-Baptiste Montagniès de La Roque [fr] (b. 1761)
1842–1860: For subdivision Colony of Gorée and Dependencies see Colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire
7 May 1842 – 5 February 1843 Paul Pageot Des Noutières
5 February 1843 – 24 May 1844 Édouard Bouët-Willaumez (b. 1808–d. 1871)
24 May 1844 – Jul 1844 Auguste-Lazare Laborel (acting)
Jul 1844–11 December 1845 Pierre 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 Ernest Bourdon [fr], count of Gramont (b. 1805–d. 1847)
24 August 1847 – 7 September 1847 Caille (acting) (d. 1847)
7 September 1847 – Nov 1847 Léandre Bertin du Château (acting) (b. 1804–d. 1884)
Nov 1847 – Aug 1850 Auguste Baudin (b. 1800–d. 1877)
Aug 1850–11 October 1850 Aumont (acting)
11 October 1850 – 16 December 1854 Auguste Léopold Protet (1st time) (b. 1808–d. 1862)
May 1853–30 January 1854 André 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'Ivoire
1 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 1880 Louis Briere de l'Isle (b. 1827–d. 1896)
27 February 1880: Haut-Sénégal military region created as sub division. See Colonial heads of Mali
Apr 1880– 4 August 1881 Louis Ferdinand de Lanneau (b. 1822 )
4 August 1881 – Oct 1881 Marie Auguste Deville de Perière (b. 1825 ) (acting)
Oct 1881–28 June 1882 Henri 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 Servatius
28 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-Lesseps
1886: Gabon and Eastern coastal possessions separated from Senegal, become French Congo
14 April 1886 – 29 April 1888 Jules Genouille (b. 1839–d. 1923)
29 April 1888 – 22 September 1890 Léon Émile Clément-Thomas
18 August 1890: French Sudan Territory separated from Senegal. See: Colonial heads of Mali
22 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 General
Governors of Sénégal now subordinate to Governor General of French West Africa
28 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 Gourbeil
23 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 Core
13 May 1914 – 1916 Raphaël Valentin Marius Antonetti (b. 1872–d. 1938)
20 March 1917 – 23 September 1920 Fernand Émile Levêque
23 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 1936 Maurice Beurnier (2nd time)
Dec 1936–25 October 1938 Louis Lefebvre
25 October 1938 – 1940 Jean Paul Parisot
1 January 1941 – 22 December 1942 Georges Pierre Rey
22 December 1942 – 2 December 1943 Hubert Jules Deschamps (b. 1900–d. 1979)
2 December 1943 – Jun 1945 Charles Jean Dagain (b. 1885–d. 1969)
Jun 1945 – Apr 1946 Pierre Louis Maestracci
Apr 1946–20 May 1947 Oswald Durand (b. 1888–d. 1982)
20 May 1947 – 19 October 1950 Laurent Marcel Wiltord
19 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 Jourdain
31 October 1955 – 10 February 1957 Jean Colombani (b. 1903)
10 February 1957 – 25 November 1958 Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami [fr] (b. 1909)
African High Commissioner of the French Union
25 November 1958 – 20 June 1960 Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami [fr]

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References

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  1. ^ Rogers, Dominique; Stewart, King (2012). "Housekeepers, merchants, rentières: free women of color in the port cities of colonial Saint-Domingue, 1750–1790". In Catterall, Douglas; Campbell, Jodi (eds.). Women in Port: Gendering Communities, Economies, and Social Networks in Atlantic Port Cities, 1500-1800. Leiden: Brill. p. 384. ISBN 9789004233171. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ^ Lecuir-Nemo, Geneviève (1998). Femmes et vocation missionnaire : permanence des congrégations féminines au Sénégal de 1819 à 1960 : adaption ou mutations? : impact et insertion (in French). Villeneuve d'Ascq: Presses Universitaire du Septentrion. p. 122 fn5. ISBN 2-284-002250.
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