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The district is currently represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Bill Cassidy]]. |
The district is currently represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Bill Cassidy]]. |
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=History== |
==History== |
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Since the 6th Congressional District's creation, its boundaries have migrated from a position astraddle the [[Mississippi River]] to completely east of the Mississippi River and more recently astraddle the river again. |
Since the 6th Congressional District's creation, its boundaries have migrated from a position astraddle the [[Mississippi River]] to completely east of the Mississippi River and more recently astraddle the river again. |
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Population (2000) | 638,324 |
Median household income | 37,931 |
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Cook PVI | R+10 |
Louisiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located in south-central Louisiana, the district contains the state capital of Baton Rouge and its suburbs and the western half of the Florida Parishes and areas west and south of Baton Rouge sometimes associated with Acadiana.
The district is currently represented by Republican Bill Cassidy.
History
Since the 6th Congressional District's creation, its boundaries have migrated from a position astraddle the Mississippi River to completely east of the Mississippi River and more recently astraddle the river again.
For decades prior to 1974, the district was virtually coterminous with the Florida Parishes centered on Hammond. In 1974, the 6th Congressional District shed St. Tammany Parish to the 1st Congressional District, and since then several redistrictings have incrementally moved the 6th Congressional District's boundaries westward so that it has shed both Washington and Tangipahoa parishes (including Hammond, home of James H. Morrison, who represented the district for 24 years, the longest tenure of anyone ever to represent the district). Washington and Tangipahoa parishes switched, like St. Tammany Parish, to the strongly Republican 1st Congressional District.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | District Home | Notes |
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District created March 4, 1875 | ||||
Charles E. Nash | Republican | March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 | Opelousas | |
Edward White Robertson | Democratic | March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 | Baton Rouge | |
Edward Taylor Lewis | Democratic | March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 | Opelousas | Installed after winning special election due to death of Rep-elect Andrew S. Herron |
Alfred Briggs Irion | Democratic | March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887 | Marksville | |
Edward White Robertson | Democratic | March 4, 1887 - August 2, 1887 | Baton Rouge | Died |
Vacant | August 2, 1887 - December 5, 1887 | |||
Samuel Matthews Robertson | Democratic | December 5, 1887 - March 3, 1907 | Baton Rouge | |
George Kent Favrot | Democratic | March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1909 | Baton Rouge | |
Robert Charles Wickliffe | Democratic | March 4, 1909 - June 11, 1912 | Saint Francisville | Died |
Vacant | June 11, 1912 - November 5, 1912 | |||
Lewis Lovering Morgan | Democratic | November 5, 1912 - March 3, 1917 | Covington | |
Jared Young Sanders | Democratic | March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1921 | Bogalusa | |
George Kent Favrot | Democratic | March 4, 1921 - March 4, 1925 | Baton Rouge | |
Bolivar E. Kemp | Democratic | March 4, 1925 - June 19, 1933 | Amite | Died |
Vacant | June 19, 1933 - May 1, 1934 | |||
Jared Y. Sanders, Jr. | Democratic | May 1, 1934 - January 3, 1937 | Baton Rouge | |
John K. Griffith | Democratic | January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1941 | Jackson, Louisiana | |
Jared Y. Sanders, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 | Baton Rouge | |
James H. Morrison | Democratic | January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1967 | Hammond | |
John R. Rarick | Democratic | January 3, 1967 - January 3, 1975 | Saint Francisville | |
Henson Moore | Republican | January 3, 1975 - January 3, 1987 | Baton Rouge | |
Richard H. Baker | Republican | January 3, 1987 - February 2, 2008 | Baker | Resigned |
Vacant | February 2, 2008 - May 3, 2008 | |||
Don Cazayoux | Democratic | May 3, 2008 - January 3, 2009 | New Roads | |
Bill Cassidy | Republican | January 3, 2009–Present | Baton Rouge | Incumbent |
Recent Election Results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard H. Baker* | 146,932 | 84.04 | |
Libertarian | Rick Moscatello | 27,898 | 15.96 | |
Total votes | 174,830 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard H. Baker* | 188,980 | 72.24 | |
Democratic | Rufus Craig, Jr. | 50,642 | 19.36 | |
Democratic | Edward "Scott" Galmon | 21,987 | 8.41 | |
Total votes | 261,609 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard H. Baker* | 94,658 | 82.81 | |
Libertarian | Richard Fontanesi | 19,648 | 17.19 | |
Total votes | 114,306 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Don Cazayoux | 49,703 | 49.20 | |||
Republican | Woody Jenkins | 46,746 | 46.78 | |||
Independent | Ashley Casey | 3,718 | 3.68 | |||
Independent | Peter J. Aranyosi | 448 | 0.44 | |||
Constitution | Randall T. Hayes | 402 | 0.40 | |||
Total votes | 101,017 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Bill Cassidy | 150,332 | 48.12 | |||
Democratic | Don Cazayoux* | 125,886 | 40.29 | |||
Independent | Michael Jackson | 36,198 | 11.59 | |||
Total votes | 312,416 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Cassidy* | 138,607 | 65.63 | |
Democratic | Merritt E. McDonald, Sr. | 72,577 | 34.37 | |
Total votes | 211,184 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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(help) - Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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(help) - Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present