List of United States representatives from Louisiana

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana.

Current representatives

As of January, 2017

• Louisiana's 1st district: Steve Scalise (R) (since 2008)
• Louisiana's 2nd district: Cedric Richmond (D) (since 2011)
• Louisiana's 3rd district: Clay Higgins (R) (since 2017)
• Louisiana's 4th district: Mike Johnson (R) (since 2017)
• Louisiana's 5th district: Ralph Abraham (R) (since 2015)
• Louisiana's 6th district: Garret Graves (R) (since 2015)

List of representatives

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Ralph Abraham	January 3, 2015 – present	Republican	5th	Incumbent
Joseph H. Acklen	February 20, 1878 – March 4, 1881	Democratic	3rd
Rodney Alexander	January 3, 2003 – August 9, 2004	Democratic	5th
	August 9, 2004 – September 26, 2013	Republican		Resigned to become Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs
A. Leonard Allen	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1953	Democratic	8th
James Benjamin Aswell	March 4, 1913 – March 16, 1931	Democratic	8th	Died
Samuel T. Baird	March 4, 1897 – April 22, 1899	Democratic	5th	Died
Richard Baker	January 3, 1987 – February 2, 2008	Republican	6th	Resigned
W. Jasper Blackburn	July 18, 1868 – March 4, 1869	Republican	5th
Newton C. Blanchard	March 4, 1881 – March 12, 1894	Democratic	4th	Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate
Alexander Boarman	December 3, 1872 – March 4, 1873	Liberal Republican	4th
Charles J. Boatner	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1897	Democratic	5th	House declared seat vacant March 20 - June 10, 1896 after election was contested
Hale Boggs	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	Democratic	2nd
	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1973			Presumed dead after private plane went missing over Alaska October 16, 1972. Seat declared vacant at beginning of the 93rd Congress.
Lindy Boggs	March 20, 1973 – January 3, 1991	Democratic	2nd
Pierre Bossier	March 4, 1843 – April 24, 1844	Democratic	4th	Died
John Edward Bouligny	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861	Know Nothing	1st
Charles Boustany	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013	Republican	7th
	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017		3rd
John Breaux	September 30, 1972 – January 3, 1987	Democratic	7th
Phanor Breazeale	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1905	Democratic	4th
William Leigh Brent	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825	Adams-Clay D-R	3rd
	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829	Anti-Jacksonian
Overton Brooks	January 3, 1937 – September 16, 1961	Democratic	4th	Died
Robert F. Broussard	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1915	Democratic	3rd
Charles F. Buck	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897	Democratic	2nd
Henry Adams Bullard	March 4, 1831 – January 4, 1834	Anti-Jacksonian	3rd	Resigned to become judge of Supreme Court of Louisiana
	December 5, 1850 – March 4, 1851	Whig	2nd
Thomas Butler	November 16, 1818 – March 4, 1821	Democratic-Republican	At-large
Patrick T. Caffery	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973	Democratic	3rd
Joseph Cao	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	Republican	2nd
Bill Cassidy	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015	Republican	6th	Elected to the US Senate
Don Cazayoux	May 3, 2008 – January 3, 2009	Democratic	6th
Thomas Withers Chinn	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841	Whig	2nd
Hamilton D. Coleman	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891	Republican	2nd
Charles Magill Conrad	March 4, 1849 – August 17, 1850	Whig	2nd	Resigned to become US Secretary of War
John Cooksey	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	Republican	5th
Chester Bidwell Darrall	March 4, 1869 – February 20, 1878	Republican	3rd	Lost election contest
	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883
Robert C. Davey	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895	Democratic	2nd
	March 4, 1897 – December 26, 1908			Died
Thomas G. Davidson	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1861	Democratic	3rd
John Bennett Dawson	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843	Democratic	2nd
	March 4, 1843– June 26, 1845		3rd	Died
René L. De Rouen	August 23, 1927 – January 3, 1941	Democratic	7th
Cleveland Dear	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	Democratic	8th
James R. Domengeaux	January 3, 1941 – April 15, 1944	Democratic	3rd	Resigned to join the Armed Forces
	November 7, 1944 – January 3, 1949
William Dunbar	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	Democratic	1st
H. Garland Dupré	November 8, 1910 – February 21, 1924	Democratic	2nd	Died
Edwin Edwards	October 2, 1965 – May 9, 1972	Democratic	7th	Resigned after being elected Governor
Joseph Barton Elam	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881	Democratic	4th
James Walter Elder	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915	Democratic	5th
E. John Ellis	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1885	Democratic	2nd
Albert Estopinal	November 3, 1908 – April 28, 1919	Democratic	1st	Died
George Eustis Jr.	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1859	Know Nothing	1st
George K. Favrot	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909	Democratic	6th
	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1925
Joachim O. Fernandez	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1941	Democratic	1st
Cleo Fields	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	Democratic	4th
Benjamin Flanders	December 3, 1862 – March 4, 1863	Unionist	1st
John Fleming	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2017	Republican	4th
Rice Garland	April 28, 1834 – March 4, 1837	Anti-Jacksonian	3rd
	March 4, 1837 – July 21, 1840	Whig		Resigned to become judge of Supreme Court of Louisiana
Edward J. Gay	March 4, 1885 – May 30, 1889	Democratic	3rd	Died
Randall L. Gibson	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1883	Democratic	1st
Samuel Louis Gilmore	March 30, 1909 – July 18, 1910	Democratic	2nd	Died
Garret Graves	January 3, 2015 – present	Republican	6th	Incumbent
John K. Griffith	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941	Democratic	6th
Henry Hosford Gurley	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825	Adams-Clay D-R	2nd
	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829	Adams
	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831	Anti-Jacksonian
Michael Hahn	December 3, 1862 – March 4, 1863	Unionist	2nd
	March 4, 1885 – March 15, 1886	Republican		Died
John H. Harmanson	??, 1845 – October 24, 1850	Democratic	3rd	Died
Jimmy Hayes	January 3, 1987 – December 1, 1995	Democratic	7th
	December 1, 1995 – January 3, 1997	Republican
F. Edward Hébert	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1977	Democratic	1st
Clay Higgins	January 3, 2017 - present	Republican	3rd	Incumbent
Clyde C. Holloway	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	Republican	8th
Jerry Huckaby	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993	Democratic	5th
Carleton Hunt	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885	Democratic	1st
Theodore Gaillard Hunt	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	Whig	2nd
Alfred Briggs Irion	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887	Democratic	6th
William J. Jefferson	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	Democratic	2nd
Bobby Jindal	January 3, 2005 – January 14, 2008	Republican	1st	Resigned to become Governor
Chris John	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2005	Democratic	7th
Henry Johnson	??, 1834 – March 4, 1837	Anti-Jacksonian	1st
	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839	Whig
Josiah S. Johnston	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823	Democratic-Republican	At-large
Mike Johnson	January 3, 2017 – present	Republican	4th	Incumbent
Roland Jones	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	Democratic	4th
William P. Kellogg	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885	Republican	3rd
Bolivar E. Kemp	March 4, 1925 – June 19, 1933	Democratic	6th	Died
J. Floyd King	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1887	Democratic	5th
Alcée Louis la Branche	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845	Democratic	2nd
Emile La Sére	January 26, 1846 – March 4, 1851	Democratic	1st
Matthew D. Lagan	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889	Democratic	2nd
	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893
John M. Landrum	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861	Democratic	4th
Jeff Landry	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	Republican	3rd
Joseph Aristide Landry	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853	Whig	2nd
Henry D. Larcade, Jr.	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953	Democratic	7th
Effingham Lawrence	March 3, 1875 -March 4, 1875	Democratic	1st	Sypher's 1872 re-election was successfully contested by Effingham Lawrence. After a protracted court intervention, Lawrence was declared elected March 3, 1869.
Ladislas Lazaro	March 4, 1913 – March 30, 1927	Democratic	7th	Died
Claude Leach	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981	Democratic	4th
John E. Leonard	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1878	Republican	5th
William M. Levy	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877	Democratic	4th
Edward T. Lewis	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885	Democratic	6th
Bob Livingston	August 27, 1977 – March 1, 1999	Republican	1st	Resigned
Edward Livingston	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825	Jacksonian D-R	1st
	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829	Jacksonian
Catherine S. Long	March 30, 1985 – January 3, 1987	Democratic	8th
George S. Long	January 3, 1953 – March 22, 1958	Democratic	8th	Died
Gillis W. Long	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	Democratic	8th
	January 3, 1973 – January 20, 1985			Died
Speedy O. Long	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973	Democratic	8th
Paul H. Maloney	March 4, 1931 – December 15, 1940	Democratic	2nd	Resigned
	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947
James Mann	July 18, 1868 - August 26, 1868	Democratic	Died 2nd	Died
Whitmell P. Martin	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1919	Progressive	3rd
	March 4, 1919 – April 6, 1929	Democratic		Died
Vance McAllister	November 16, 2013 – January 3, 2015	Republican	5th
James McCleery	March 4, 1871 – November 5, 1871	Republican	4th	Died
Jim McCrery	April 16, 1988 – January 3, 1993	Republican	4th
	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997		5th
	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009		4th
Charles E. McKenzie	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947	Democratic	5th
Harold B. McSween	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	Democratic	8th
Charlie Melancon	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2011	Democratic	3rd
Adolph Meyer	March 4, 1891 – March 8, 1908	Democratic	1st	Died
Newt V. Mills	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	Democratic	5th
Numa F. Montet	August 6, 1929 – January 3, 1937	Democratic	3rd
Henson Moore	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987	Republican	6th
John Moore	December 17, 1840 – March 4, 1843	Whig	3rd
	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853		4th
Frank Morey	March 4, 1869 – June 8, 1876	Republican	5th	Lost contested election
Lewis L. Morgan	November 5, 1912 – March 4, 1917	Democratic	6th
James H. Morrison	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1967	Democratic	6th
Isaac Edward Morse	December 2, 1844 – March 4, 1851	Democratic	4th
Robert L. Mouton	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941	Democratic	3rd
Charles E. Nash	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877	Republican	6th
Joseph P. Newsham	July 18, 1868 – March 4, 1869	Republican	3rd
	May 23, 1870 – March 4, 1871		4th
Cherubusco Newton	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889	Democratic	5th
James O'Connor	June 5, 1919 – March 4, 1931	Democratic	1st
Henry W. Ogden	May 12, 1894 – March 4, 1899	Democratic	4th
John H. Overton	May 12, 1931 – March 4, 1933	Democratic	8th
Walter Hampden Overton	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831	Jacksonian	3rd
Otto Passman	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1977	Democratic	5th
Alexander G. Penn	December 30, 1850 – March 4, 1853	Democratic	3rd
John Perkins, Jr.	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	Democratic	3rd
Vance Plauché	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	Democratic	7th
Andrew Price	December 2, 1889 – March 4, 1897	Democratic	3rd
Arsène Pujo	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1913	Democratic	7th
Joseph E. Ransdell	August 29, 1899 – March 4, 1913	Democratic	5th
John Rarick	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975	Democratic	6th
Cedric Richmond	January 3, 2011 – present	Democratic	2nd	Incumbent
Eleazar W. Ripley	March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837	Jacksonian	2nd
	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839	Democratic
Edward White Robertson	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1883	Democratic	6th
	March 4, 1887 - August 2, 1887			Died
Samuel Matthews Robertson	December 5, 1887 – March 4, 1907	Democratic	6th
Thomas B. Robertson	April 30, 1812 – April 20, 1818	Democratic-Republican	At-large	Resigned
Buddy Roemer	January 3, 1981 – March 14, 1988	Democratic	4th	Resigned to become Governor
Jared Y. Sanders, Jr.	May 1, 1934 – January 3, 1937	Democratic	6th
	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1921	Democratic	6th
John M. Sandidge	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1859	Democratic	4th
John N. Sandlin	March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1937	Democratic	4th
Steve Scalise	May 3, 2008 – present	Republican	1st	Incumbent
Lionel Allen Sheldon	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1875	Republican	2nd
George A. Sheridan	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875	Liberal Republican	At-large
John Slidell	March 4, 1843 – November 10, 1845	Democratic	1st	Resigned
George Luke Smith	November 24, 1873 – March 4, 1875	Republican	4th
James Z. Spearing	April 22, 1924 – March 4, 1931	Democratic	2nd
William B. Spencer	June 8, 1876 – January 8, 1877	Democratic	5th	Resigned after being appointed associate justice of Louisiana Supreme Court
Louis St. Martin	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853	Democratic	1st
	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887
J. Hale Sypher	July 18, 1868 – March 3, 1875	Republican	1st	Sypher's 1872 re-election was successfully contested by Effingham Lawrence. House decided neither candidate entitled to seat, and was declared vacant March 4, 1869. Sypher lost, but only after the original returns were certified in his favor. He was seated July 18, 1868, until after a protracted court intervention, Lawrence was declared elected March 3, 1869.
Billy Tauzin	May 22, 1980 – August 8, 1995	Democratic	3rd
	August 8, 1995 – January 3, 2005	Republican
Miles Taylor	March 4, 1855 – February 5, 1861	Democratic	2nd	Civil War]]
Bannon G. Thibodeaux	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849	Democratic	2nd
Philemon Thomas	March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1835	Jacksonian	2nd
T. Ashton Thompson	January 3, 1953 – July 1, 1965	Democratic	7th	Died
Richard A. Tonry	January 3, 1977 - May 4, 1977	Democratic	1st	Resigned
David C. Treen	January 3, 1973 – March 10, 1980	Republican	3rd	Resigned to become Governor
Michel Vidal	July 18, 1868 – March 4, 1869	Republican	4th
David Vitter	May 29, 1999 – January 3, 2005	Republican	1st
Joe Waggonner	December 19, 1961 – January 3, 1979	Democratic	4th
Nathaniel D. Wallace	December 9, 1886 – March 4, 1887	Democratic	2nd
John T. Watkins	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1921	Democratic	4th
Edward D. White, Sr.	March 4, 1829 – ??, 1834	Anti-Jacksonian	1st	Resigned
	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1843	Whig
Robert Charles Wickliffe	March 4, 1909 – June 11, 1912	Democratic	6th	Died
Theodore S. Wilkinson	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1891	Democratic	1st
Edwin E. Willis	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	3rd
Riley J. Wilson	March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1937	Democratic	5th
J. Smith Young	November 5, 1878 – March 4, 1879	Democratic	5th

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana

As of January 2017, there are twenty-seven former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Louisiana who are currently living at this time. The most recent representative to die was Clyde C. Holloway (1987–1993) on October 16, 2016.

Representative	Term of office	District	Date of birth (and age)
Edwin Edwards	1965–1972	7th	(1927-08-07) August 7, 1927
John Breaux	1972–1987	7th	(1944-03-01) March 1, 1944
Henson Moore	1975–1987	6th	(1939-10-04) October 4, 1939
Jerry Huckaby	1977–1993	5th	(1941-07-19) July 19, 1941
Bob Livingston	1977–1999	1st	(1943-04-30) April 30, 1943
Claude Leach	1979–1981	4th	(1934-03-30) March 30, 1934
Billy Tauzin	1980–2005	3rd	(1943-06-14) June 14, 1943
Buddy Roemer	1981–1988	4th	(1943-10-04) October 4, 1943
Catherine S. Long	1985–1987	8th	(1924-02-07) February 7, 1924
Richard Baker	1987–2008	6th	(1948-05-22) May 22, 1948
Jimmy Hayes	1987–1997	8th	(1946-12-21) December 21, 1946
Jim McCrery	1988–2009	4th (1988–1993, 1997–2009) 5th (1993–1997)	(1949-09-18) September 18, 1949
William J. Jefferson	1991–2009	2nd	(1947-03-14) March 14, 1947
Cleo Fields	1993–1997	4th	(1962-11-22) November 22, 1962
John Cooksey	1997–2003	5th	(1941-08-20) August 20, 1941
Chris John	1997–2005	7th	(1960-01-05) January 5, 1960
David Vitter	1999–2005	1st	(1961-05-03) May 3, 1961
Rodney Alexander	2003–2013	5th	(1946-12-05) December 5, 1946
Bobby Jindal	2005–2008	1st	(1971-06-10) June 10, 1971
Charlie Melancon	2005–2011	3rd	(1947-10-03) October 3, 1947
Charles Boustany	2005–2017	7th (2005–2013) 3rd (2013–2017)	(1956-02-21) February 21, 1956
Don Cazayoux	2008–2009	6th	(1964-01-27) January 27, 1964
Joseph Cao	2009–2011	2nd	(1967-03-13) March 13, 1967
Bill Cassidy	2009–2015	6th	(1957-09-28) September 28, 1957
John Fleming	2009–2017	4th	(1951-07-05) July 5, 1951
Jeff Landry	2011–2013	3rd	(1970-12-23) December 23, 1970
Vance McAllister	2013–2015	5th	(1974-01-07) January 7, 1974

References

• House of Representatives List of Members (alphabetical by last name)