<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-22-013289.txt : 20220504
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-22-013289
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220427
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220504
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220504

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hanna Randall W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001487076

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36872
		FILM NUMBER:		22893064

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX
		STREET 2:		4019
		CITY:			GULFPORT
		STATE:			MS
		ZIP:			39502

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000750577
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				640693170
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MS
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE HANCOCK WHITNEY PLAZA
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 4019
		CITY:			GULFPORT
		STATE:			MS
		ZIP:			39501
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5042995208

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE HANCOCK WHITNEY PLAZA
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 4019
		CITY:			GULFPORT
		STATE:			MS
		ZIP:			39501

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HANCOCK HOLDING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2022-04-27</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2022-04-28</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000750577</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HWC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001487076</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Hanna Randall W</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>P.O. BOX 4019</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GULFPORT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MS</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>39502</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-04-27</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1563</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>48.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>20945.77</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects shares of restricted stock granted under the Company's 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan.  The shares have a one-year vesting period, and will be deferred upon vesting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person's Form 4 filed on 4/28/22 inadvertently underreported the number of restricted shares acquired by the reporting person on 4/27/22, and this amendment is filed to report the correct number of restricted shares acquired.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Randall W. Hanna by Trisha V. Carlson (POA)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-05-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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