United States congressional delegations from Louisiana
Louisiana's congressional districts since 2013[1]
These are tables of congressional delegations from Louisiana to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
The current dean of the Louisiana delegation is Representative and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (LA-1), having served in the House since 2008.
U.S. House of Representatives
Current members
List of current members, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has 6 members, including 5 Republicans and 1 Democrat.
| District | Member (Residence) |
Party | Tenure | CPVI | District map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Steve Scalise (Jefferson) |
Republican | since May 3, 2008 | R+22 | 
|
| 2nd | .jpg) Troy Carter (New Orleans) |
Democratic | since April 24, 2021 | D+25 | 
|
| 3rd | .jpeg) Clay Higgins (Port Barre) |
Republican | since January 3, 2017 | R+21 | 
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| 4th | .jpg) Mike Johnson (Benton) |
Republican | since January 3, 2017 | R+14 | 
|
| 5th | .jpg) Julia Letlow (Start) |
Republican | since March 20, 2021[2] | R+17 | 
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| 6th | .jpg) Garret Graves (Baton Rouge) |
Republican | since January 3, 2015 | R+18 | 
|
1806–1811: 1 non-voting delegate
The first non-voting delegate took his seat on December 1, 1806, representing Orleans Territory's at-large congressional district.
| Congress | Delegate at-large |
|---|---|
| 9th (1805–1807) | Daniel Clark |
| 10th (1807–1809) | |
| 11th (1809–1811) | Julien de Lallande Poydras |
1812–1823: 1 seat
Statehood was achieved and a representative elected on April 30, 1812.
| Congress | At-large seat |
|---|---|
| 12th (1811–1813) | Thomas B. Robertson (DR) |
| 13th (1813–1815) | |
| 14th (1815–1817) | |
| 15th (1817–1819) | |
| Thomas Butler (DR) | |
| 16th (1819–1821) | |
| 17th (1821–1823) | Josiah S. Johnston (DR) |
1823–1843: 3 seats
Two more seats were apportioned following the 1820 census.
| Congress | District | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| 18th (1823–1825) | Edward Livingston (DR)[a] | Henry Hosford Gurley (DR)[b] | William Leigh Brent (DR)[b] |
| 19th (1825–1827) | Edward Livingston (J) | Henry Hosford Gurley (NR) | William Leigh Brent (NR) |
| 20th (1827–1829) | |||
| 21st (1829–1831) | Edward Douglass White Sr. (NR) |
Walter Hampden Overton (J) | |
| 22nd (1831–1833) | Philemon Thomas (J) | Henry Adams Bullard (NR) | |
| 23rd (1833–1835) | |||
| Henry Johnson (W) | Rice Garland (NR) | ||
| 24th (1835–1837) | Eleazer Wheelock Ripley (J) | ||
| 25th (1837–1839) | Rice Garland (W) | ||
| 26th (1839–1841) | Edward Douglass White Sr. (W) |
Thomas Withers Chinn (W) | |
| John Moore (W) | |||
| 27th (1841–1843) | John Bennett Dawson (D) | ||
1843–1863: 4 seats
A fourth seat was added following the 1840 census.
| Congress | District | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
| 28th (1843–1845) | John Slidell (D) | Alcée Louis la Branche (D) | John Bennett Dawson (D) | Pierre Bossier (D) |
| Isaac Edward Morse (D) | ||||
| 29th (1845–1847) | Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux (D) |
John H. Harmanson (D) | ||
| Emile La Sére (D) | ||||
| 30th (1847–1849) | ||||
| 31st (1849–1851) | Charles Magill Conrad (W) | |||
| Henry Adams Bullard (W) | Alexander G. Penn (D) | |||
| 32nd (1851–1853) | Louis St. Martin (D) | Joseph Aristide Landry (W) | John Moore (W) | |
| 33rd (1853–1855) | William Dunbar (D) | Theodore Gaillard Hunt (D) | John Perkins Jr. (D) | Roland Jones (D) |
| 34th (1855–1857) | George Eustis Jr. (KN) | Miles Taylor (D) | Thomas G. Davidson (D) | John M. Sandidge (D) |
| 35th (1857–1859) | ||||
| 36th (1859–1861) | John Edward Bouligny (KN) | John M. Landrum (D) | ||
| 37th (1861–1863) | American Civil War | |||
| Benjamin Flanders (U) | Michael Hahn (U) | American Civil War | ||
1863–1873: 5 seats
A fifth seat was added following the 1860 census. However, the Civil War prevented them from being seated until July 18, 1868.
| Congress | District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
| 38th (1863–1865) | American Civil War | ||||
| 39th (1865–1867) | |||||
| 40th (1867–1869) | |||||
| J. Hale Sypher (R) | James Mann[3] (D) | Joseph P. Newsham (R) | Michel Vidal (R) | W. Jasper Blackburn (R) | |
| 41st (1869–1871) | vacant | Lionel Allen Sheldon (R) |
Chester Bidwell Darrall (R) |
vacant | Frank Morey (R) |
| J. Hale Sypher (R) | Joseph P. Newsham (R) | ||||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | James McCleery (R) | ||||
| Alexander Boarman (LR) | |||||
1873–1903: 6 seats
A sixth seat was added following the 1870 census. From 1873 to 1875, that extra seat was elected at-large statewide. Starting in 1875, however, the state was redistricted into six districts.
1903–1913: 7 seats
A seventh seat was added following the 1900 census.
| Congress | District | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
| 58th (1903–1905) | Adolph Meyer (D) |
Robert C. Davey (D) |
Robert F. Broussard (D) |
Phanor Breazeale (D) | Joseph E. Ransdell (D) |
Samuel Matthews Robertson (D) |
Arsène Pujo (D) |
| 59th (1905–1907) | John T. Watkins (D) | ||||||
| 60th (1907–1909) | George K. Favrot (D) | ||||||
| Albert Estopinal (D) |
Samuel Louis Gilmore (D) | ||||||
| 61st (1909–1911) | Robert Charles Wickliffe (D) | ||||||
| H. Garland Dupré (D) | |||||||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | |||||||
| Lewis L. Morgan (D) | |||||||
1913–1993: 8 seats
After the 1910 census, Louisiana's delegation reached its largest size, eight seats, which it held for 80 years.
1993–2013: 7 seats
After the 1990 census, Louisiana lost one seat.
| Congress | District | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
| 103rd (1993–1995) | Bob Livingston (R) | Bill Jefferson (D) |
Billy Tauzin (D) | Cleo Fields (D) | Jim McCrery (R) | Richard Baker (R) | Jimmy Hayes (D) |
| 104th (1995–1997) | Billy Tauzin (R) | Jimmy Hayes (R) | |||||
| 105th (1997–1999) | Jim McCrery (R) | John Cooksey (R) | Chris John (D) | ||||
| 106th (1999–2001) | David Vitter (R) | ||||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | |||||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | Rodney Alexander (D) | ||||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | Bobby Jindal (R) | Charlie Melançon (D) |
Rodney Alexander (R) | Charles Boustany (R) | |||
| 110th (2007–2009) | |||||||
| Steve Scalise (R) | Don Cazayoux (D) | ||||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | Joseph Cao (R) | John Fleming (R) | Bill Cassidy (R) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | Cedric Richmond (D) | Jeff Landry (R) | |||||
2013–present: 6 seats
After the 2010 census, Louisiana lost one seat due to stagnant population growth and the loss of citizens who left the state after Hurricane Katrina and did not return.[4]
| Congress | District | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
| 113th (2013–2015) | Steve Scalise (R) | Cedric Richmond (D) |
Charles Boustany (R) |
John Fleming (R) | Rodney Alexander (R) | Bill Cassidy (R) |
| Vance McAllister (R) | ||||||
| 114th (2015–2017) | Ralph Abraham (R) | Garret Graves (R) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | Clay Higgins (R) | Mike Johnson (R) | ||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | Julia Letlow (R)[c] | |||||
| Troy Carter (D) | ||||||
United States Senate
Current senators
Bill Cassidy (R)
John Kennedy (R)
| Class II | Congress | Class III | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Noël Destréhan (DR) | 12th (1811–1813) | Allan B. Magruder (DR) | ||
| Thomas Posey (DR) | ||||
| James Brown (DR) | ||||
| 13th (1813–1815) | Eligius Fromentin (DR) | |||
| 14th (1815–1817) | ||||
| William C. C. Claiborne (DR) | 15th (1817–1819) | |||
| Henry Johnson (DR) | ||||
| 16th (1819–1821) | James Brown (DR) | |||
| 17th (1821–1823) | ||||
| 18th (1823–1825) | ||||
| Dominique Bouligny (DR) | Josiah S. Johnston (DR) | |||
| Dominique Bouligny (NR) | 19th (1825–1827) | Josiah S. Johnston (NR) | ||
| 20th (1827–1829) | ||||
| Edward Livingston (J) | 21st (1829–1831) | |||
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||||
| George A. Waggaman (NR) | ||||
| 23rd (1833–1835) | ||||
| Alexander Porter (NR) | ||||
| Robert C. Nicholas (J) | 24th (1835–1837) | |||
| Alexandre Mouton (J) | ||||
| Robert C. Nicholas (D) | 25th (1837–1839) | Alexandre Mouton (D) | ||
| 26th (1839–1841) | ||||
| Alexander Barrow (W) | 27th (1841–1843) | |||
| Charles Magill Conrad (W) | ||||
| 28th (1843–1845) | Henry Johnson (W) | |||
| 29th (1845–1847) | ||||
| Pierre Soulé (D) | ||||
| Solomon W. Downs (D) | 30th (1847–1849) | |||
| 31st (1849–1851) | Pierre Soulé (D) | |||
| 32nd (1851–1853) | ||||
| Judah P. Benjamin (W) | 33rd (1853–1855) | |||
| John Slidell (D) | ||||
| 34th (1855–1857) | ||||
| 35th (1857–1859) | ||||
| 36th (1859–1861) | ||||
| vacant | vacant | |||
| 37th (1861–1863) | ||||
| 38th (1863–1865) | ||||
| 39th (1865–1867) | ||||
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||||
| John S. Harris (R) | William Pitt Kellogg (R) | |||
| 41st (1869–1871) | ||||
| Joseph R. West (R) | 42nd (1871–1873) | |||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | vacant | |||
| 44th (1875–1877) | ||||
| James B. Eustis (D) | ||||
| William Pitt Kellogg (R) | 45th (1877–1879) | |||
| 46th (1879–1881) | Benjamin F. Jonas (D) | |||
| 47th (1881–1883) | ||||
| Randall L. Gibson (D) | 48th (1883–1885) | |||
| 49th (1885–1887) | James B. Eustis (D) | |||
| 50th (1887–1889) | ||||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | Edward Douglass White (D) | |||
| Donelson Caffery (D) | ||||
| 53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
| Newton C. Blanchard (D) | ||||
| 54th (1895–1897) | ||||
| 55th (1897–1899) | Samuel D. McEnery (D) | |||
| 56th (1899–1901) | ||||
| Murphy J. Foster (D) | 57th (1901–1903) | |||
| 58th (1903–1905) | ||||
| 59th (1905–1907) | ||||
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||||
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||||
| John Thornton (D) | ||||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | ||||
| Joseph E. Ransdell (D) | 63rd (1913–1915) | |||
| 64th (1915–1917) | Robert F. Broussard (D) | |||
| 65th (1917–1919) | ||||
| Walter Guion (D) | ||||
| Edward James Gay (D) | ||||
| 66th (1919–1921) | ||||
| 67th (1921–1923) | Edwin S. Broussard (D) | |||
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||||
| 71st (1929–1931) | ||||
| Huey Long (D) | 72nd (1931–1933) | |||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | John H. Overton (D) | |||
| 74th (1935–1937) | ||||
| Rose McConnell Long (D) | ||||
| Allen J. Ellender (D) | 75th (1937–1939) | |||
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||||
| 77th (1941–1943) | ||||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||||
| 80th (1947–1949) | ||||
| William C. Feazel (D) | ||||
| Russell B. Long (D) | ||||
| 81st (1949–1951) | ||||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
| 83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||||
| 86th (1959–1961) | ||||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
| Elaine Edwards (D) | ||||
| J. Bennett Johnston (D) | ||||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | John Breaux (D) | |||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||||
| Mary Landrieu (D) | 105th (1997–1999) | |||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | David Vitter (R) | |||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||||
| Bill Cassidy (R) | 114th (2015–2017) | |||
| 115th (2017–2019) | John Kennedy (R) | |||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| Class II | Congress | Class III | ||
Key
| Democratic (D) |
| Democratic-Republican (DR) |
| Jacksonian (J) |
| Know Nothing (KN) |
| Liberal Republican (LR) |
| National Republican (NR) |
| Progressive (Bull Moose) (Prog) |
| Republican (R) |
| Union (U) |
| Whig (W) |
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- Louisiana's congressional districts
- Political party strength in Louisiana
References
- ^ Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
- ^ a b Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
- ^ Letlow's husband Luke Letlow was elected to succeed retiring Representative Ralph Abraham, but died on December 29, 2020, of COVID-19, before taking office.
- ^ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ "Letlow, Julia". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ Mann's term began on July 18, 1868. He died on August 26, 1868 after just 5 weeks in office. Despite a special election to replace Mann, the House decided to keep the seat officially vacant until the 41st congress. See John Willis Menard.
- ^ Christie, Les. "Growth states: Arizona overtakes Nevada: Texas adds most people overall; Louisiana population declines nearly 5%." CNN. December 22, 2006. Retrieved on December 22, 2006.