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Population (2000) | 638,466 |
Median household income | 31,085 |
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Cook PVI | R+21[1] |
Louisiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district is located in the northwestern part of the state and is based in Shreveport-Bossier City. It also includes the cities of Minden, DeRidder, and Natchitoches.
The district is represented by Republican John C. Fleming.
History
The 4th Congressional District was created in 1843, the first new district in the state in 20 years. It was gained after the 1840 U.S. Census.
For most of the next 150 years, the 4th was centered on Shreveport and northwestern Louisiana. However, in 1993, Louisiana lost a congressional district. Based on population figures, the state legislature shifted most of Shreveport's white residents into the 5th Congressional District. Republican Jim McCrery ran for election in the new 5th and won.
Meanwhile, the 4th was reconfigured as a 63-percent African American-majority district stretching in a roughly "Z" shape from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. Democrat Cleo Fields was elected for two terms as the representative of the 4th Congressional District. When the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated the boundaries of the new 4th Congressional District as unconstitutional, the Louisiana legislature redrew the District to encompass most of Northwest Louisiana, closely resembling its pre-1993 configuration. McCrery was elected in 1996 to this seat.
List of representatives
Name | Years | Party | District residence | Notes |
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District created March 4, 1843 | ||||
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Democratic | March 4, 1843 – April 24, 1844 | Natchitoches | Died |
Vacant | April 24, 1844 – December 2, 1844 | |||
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Democratic | December 2, 1844 – March 3, 1851 | St. Martinville | |
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Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Franklin | |
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Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Shreveport | |
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Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 | Bossier City | |
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Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Shreveport | Did not seek re-election as Civil War loomed |
Civil War and Reconstruction | ||||
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Republican | July 18, 1868 – March 3, 1869 | Opelousas | Appointed U.S. consul to Tripoli, Libya |
Vacant | March 4, 1869 – May 23, 1870 | |||
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Republican | May 23, 1870 – March 3, 1871 | St. Francisville | Successfully contested election of Michael Ryan to the 41st Congress, Did not seek re-election |
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Republican | March 4, 1871 – November 5, 1871 | Shreveport | Died |
Vacant | November 5, 1871 – December 3, 1872 | |||
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Liberal Republican | December 3, 1872 – March 3, 1873 | Shreveport | Went on to other political involvements |
Vacant | March 4, 1873 – November 24, 1873 | |||
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Republican | November 24, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Shreveport | Elected in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect Samuel Peters |
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Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Natchitoches | Failed to be renominated by the Democrats |
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Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | Mansfield | Injured in a stagecoach accident, left Congress, returned to practice of law |
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Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 12, 1894 | Shreveport | Resigned, appointed to the United States Senate. |
Vacant | March 12, 1894 – May 12, 1894 | |||
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Democratic | May 12, 1894 – March 3, 1899 | Benton | Preferred farming and went back to it |
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Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1905 | Natchitoches | Lost Democratic primary to John T. Watkins |
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Democratic | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1921 | Minden | Lost Democratic primary to John N. Sandlin |
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Democratic | March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1937 | Minden | Unsuccessfully sought U.S. Senate seat |
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Democratic | January 3, 1937 – September 16, 1961 | Shreveport | Died |
Vacant | September 16, 1961 – December 19, 1961 | |||
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Democratic | December 19, 1961 – January 3, 1979 | Plain Dealing | Retired from Congress |
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Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | Leesville | Defeated by Buddy Roemer |
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Democratic[2] | January 3, 1981 – March 14, 1988 | Bossier City | Resigned to become Governor |
Vacant | March 14, 1988 – April 16, 1988 | |||
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Republican | April 16, 1988 – January 3, 1993 | Shreveport | Won special election to fill remainder of Roemer's term Redistricted to 5th district |
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Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | Baton Rouge | Redistricted in a way adverse to Fields' continuation |
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Republican | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009 | Shreveport | Redistricted from 5th district, Retired from Congress |
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Republican | January 3, 2009 – Present | Minden | Retiring from the House to run for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Republican David Vitter |
Recent election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim McCrery* | 114,649 | 71.61 | |
Democratic | John Milkovich | 42,340 | 26.45 | |
Libertarian | Bill Jacobs | 3,104 | 1.94 | |
Total votes | 160,093 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim McCrery* | 100.00 | ||
Total votes | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim McCrery* | 77,078 | 57.40 | |
Democratic | Artis R. Cash, Sr. | 22,757 | 16.95 | |
Democratic | Patti Cox | 17,788 | 13.25 | |
Republican | Chester T. "Catfish" Kelley | 16,649 | 12.40 | |
Total votes | 134,272 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John C. Fleming | 44,501 | 48.07 | |
Democratic | Paul Carmouche; later State Senator John Milkovich was eliminated in the Democratic primary. | 44,151 | 47.69 | |
Independent | Chester T. "Catfish" Kelley | 3,245 | 3.51 | |
Independent | Gerard J. Bowen | 675 | 0.73 | |
Total votes | 92,572 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John C. Fleming* | 105,223 | 62.34 | |
Democratic | David Melville | 54,609 | 32.35 | |
Independent | Artis R. Cash, Sr. | 8,962 | 5.31 | |
Total votes | 168,794 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
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See also
References
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
- ^ Roemer switched to the Republicans in 1991 while serving as governor. See ROEMER, Charles Elson (Buddy), III - Biographical Information.
- 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) - Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present