United States congressional delegations from Louisiana
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Louisiana
| Census Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 4,657,757 |
| Gender |
48.1% Male 51.9% Female |
| Race |
57.1% White 31.4% Black 1.9% Asian 0.7% Native American 0% Pacific Islander 3.1% Other (single race) 5.9% Multiple |
| Ethnicity | 6.9% Hispanic or Latino origin |
| Median household income | $60,023 |
| High school graduation rate | 86.9% |
| College graduation rate | 26.6% |
| Upcoming elections |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2023 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%.
This page displays the current and historical members of U.S. Congress from Louisiana.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Louisiana | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Republican | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Current members
U.S. Senate
- See also: Classes of United States Senators
- See also: Classes of United States Senators
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Louisiana are:
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senate Louisiana | Bill Cassidy | Republican | January 3, 2015 | January 3, 2027 |
| U.S. Senate Louisiana | John Neely Kennedy | Republican | January 3, 2017 | January 3, 2029 |
U.S. House
The current members of the U.S. House from Louisiana are:
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House Louisiana District 1 | Steve Scalise | Republican | May 3, 2008 | January 3, 2027 |
| U.S. House Louisiana District 2 | Troy Carter | Democratic | May 11, 2021 | January 3, 2027 |
| U.S. House Louisiana District 3 | Clay Higgins | Republican | January 3, 2017 | January 3, 2027 |
| U.S. House Louisiana District 4 | Mike Johnson | Republican | January 3, 2017 | January 3, 2027 |
| U.S. House Louisiana District 5 | Julia Letlow | Republican | April 14, 2021 | January 3, 2027 |
| U.S. House Louisiana District 6 | Cleo Fields | Democratic | January 3, 2025 | January 3, 2027 |
Historical members
U.S. Senate
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Louisiana.
| Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Louisiana | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 32 | |||
| Democratic-Republican | 8 | |||
| Republican | 7 | |||
| Whig | 3 | |||
| Anti-Jacksonian | 2 | |||
| Jacksonian | 1 | |||
| Democratic-Republican; National Republican | 1 | |||
| Democratic-Republican; National Republican; Whig | 1 | |||
| Class 2 Senators from Louisiana | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Jean N. Destréhan | 1812-1812 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Thomas Posey | 1812-1813 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| James Brown | 1813-1817 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| William C. C. Claiborne | 1817-1817 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Henry Johnson | 1818-1824 | Democratic-Republican; National Republican; Whig | ||||||
| C. D. J. Dominique Bouligny | 1824-1829 | Democratic-Republican; National Republican | ||||||
| Edward Livingston | 1829-1831 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| George A. Waggaman | 1831-1835 | Anti-Jacksonian | ||||||
| Robert C. Nicholas | 1836-1841 | Democratic | ||||||
| Alexander Barrow | 1841-1846 | Whig | ||||||
| Pierre Soulé | 1847-1847 | Democratic | ||||||
| Solomon W. Downs | 1847-1853 | Democratic | ||||||
| Judah P. Benjamin | 1853-1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| John S. Harris | 1868-1871 | Republican | ||||||
| J. Rodman West | 1871-1877 | Republican | ||||||
| William P. Kellogg | 1877-1883 | Republican | ||||||
| Randall L. Gibson | 1883-1892 | Democratic | ||||||
| Donelson Caffery | 1892-1901 | Democratic | ||||||
| Murphy J. Foster | 1901-1913 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joseph E. Ransdell | 1913-1931 | Democratic | ||||||
| Huey P. Long | 1932-1935 | Democratic | ||||||
| Rose McConnell Long | 1936-1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| Allen J. Ellender | 1937-1972 | Democratic | ||||||
| Elaine S. Edwards | 1972-1972 | Democratic | ||||||
| J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. | 1972-1997 | Democratic | ||||||
| Mary Landrieu | 1997-2015 | Democratic | ||||||
| Bill Cassidy | 2015-Present | Republican | ||||||
| Class 3 Senators from Louisiana | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Allan B. Magruder | 1812-1813 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Eligius Fromentin | 1813-1819 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| James Brown | 1819-1823 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Josiah S. Johnston | 1824-1833 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Alexander Porter | 1833-1837 | Anti-Jacksonian | ||||||
| Alexander Mouton | 1837-1842 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles M. Conrad | 1842-1843 | Whig | ||||||
| Henry Johnson | 1844-1849 | Whig | ||||||
| Pierre Soulé | 1849-1853 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Slidell | 1853-1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| William P. Kellogg | 1868-1872 | Republican | ||||||
| James B. Eustis | 1876-1879 | Democratic | ||||||
| Benjamin F. Jonas | 1879-1885 | Democratic | ||||||
| James B. Eustis | 1885-1891 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward D. White | 1891-1894 | Democratic | ||||||
| Newton C. Blanchard | 1894-1897 | Democratic | ||||||
| Samuel D. McEnery | 1897-1910 | Democratic | ||||||
| John R. Thornton | 1910-1915 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert F. Broussard | 1915-1918 | Democratic | ||||||
| Walter Guion | 1918-1918 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward J. Gay | 1918-1921 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edwin S. Broussard | 1921-1933 | Democratic | ||||||
| John H. Overton | 1933-1948 | Democratic | ||||||
| William C. Feazel | 1948-1948 | Democratic | ||||||
| Russell B. Long | 1948-1987 | Democratic | ||||||
| John B. Breaux | 1987-2005 | Democratic | ||||||
| David Vitter | 2005-2017 | Republican | ||||||
| John Neely Kennedy | 2017-Present | Republican | ||||||
U.S. House
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. House from Louisiana.
2000s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 2000s from Louisiana | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 4 | |||
| Republican | 14 | |||
| Total Representatives | 18 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Louisiana | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Rodney Alexander | 2003-2013 | Republican | ||||||
| Bobby Jindal | 2005–2008 | Republican | ||||||
| Charlie Melancon | 2005–2011 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles Boustany Jr. | 2005-2017 | Republican | ||||||
| Don Cazayoux | 2008–2009 | Democratic | ||||||
| Steve Scalise | 2008-Present | Republican | ||||||
| Joseph Cao | 2009–2011 | Republican | ||||||
| Bill Cassidy | 2009-2015 | Republican | ||||||
| John Fleming | 2009-2017 | Republican | ||||||
| Cedric Richmond | 2011-2021 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jeff Landry | 2011-2013 | Republican | ||||||
| Vance McAllister | 2013-2015 | Republican | ||||||
| Garret Graves | 2015-2025 | Republican | ||||||
| Ralph Abraham | 2015-2021 | Republican | ||||||
| Clay Higgins | 2017-present | Republican | ||||||
| Mike Johnson | 2017-present | Republican | ||||||
| Julia Letlow | 2021-present | Republican | ||||||
| Troy Carter | 2021-present | Democratic | ||||||
1900s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1900s from Louisiana | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 58 | |||
| Republican | 10 | |||
| Total Representatives | 68 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Louisiana | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Arsène Pujo | 1903–1913 | Democratic | ||||||
| John T. Watkins | 1905–1921 | Democratic | ||||||
| George K. Favrot | 1907–1909 and 1921–1925 | Democratic | ||||||
| Albert Estopinal | 1908–1919 | Democratic | ||||||
| Samuel Louis Gilmore | 1909–1910 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert Charles Wickliffe | 1909–1912 | Democratic | ||||||
| H. Garland Dupré | 1910–1924 | Democratic | ||||||
| Lewis L. Morgan | 1912–1917 | Democratic | ||||||
| James Walter Elder | 1913–1915 | Democratic | ||||||
| Ladislas Lazaro | 1913–1927 | Democratic | ||||||
| James Benjamin Aswell | 1913–1931 | Democratic | ||||||
| Whitmell P. Martin | 1915–1929 | Democratic | ||||||
| Riley J. Wilson | 1915–1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. | 1917–1921 | Democratic | ||||||
| James O'Connor | 1919–1931 | Democratic | ||||||
| John N. Sandlin | 1921–1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| James Z. Spearing | 1924–1931 | Democratic | ||||||
| Bolivar E. Kemp | 1925–1933 | Democratic | ||||||
| René L. De Rouen | 1927–1941 | Democratic | ||||||
| Numa F. Montet | 1929–1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| John H. Overton | 1931–1933 | Democratic | ||||||
| Paul H. Maloney | 1931–1940 and 1943–1947 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joachim O. Fernandez | 1931–1941 | Democratic | ||||||
| Cleveland Dear | 1933–1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jared Y. Sanders, Jr. | 1934–1937 and 1941–1943 | Democratic | ||||||
| John K. Griffith | 1937–1941 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert L. Mouton | 1937–1941 | Democratic | ||||||
| Newt V. Mills | 1937–1943 | Democratic | ||||||
| A. Leonard Allen | 1937–1953 | Democratic | ||||||
| Overton Brooks | 1937–1961 | Democratic | ||||||
| Vance Plauche | 1941–1943 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hale Boggs | 1941–1943 and 1947–1972 | Democratic | ||||||
| James R. Domengeaux | 1941–1949 | Democratic | ||||||
| F. Edward Hébert | 1941–1977 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles E. McKenzie | 1943–1947 | Democratic | ||||||
| Henry D. Larcade, Jr. | 1943–1953 | Democratic | ||||||
| James H. Morrison | 1943–1967 | Democratic | ||||||
| Otto Passman | 1947–1977 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edwin E. Willis | 1949–1969 | Democratic | ||||||
| George S. Long | 1953–1958 | Democratic | ||||||
| T. Ashton Thompson | 1953–1965 | Democratic | ||||||
| Harold B. McSween | 1959–1963 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joe Waggonner | 1961–1979 | Democratic | ||||||
| Gillis W. Long | 1963–1965 and 1973–1985 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edwin Edwards | 1965–1972 | Democratic | ||||||
| Speedy O. Long | 1965–1973 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Rarick | 1967–1975 | Democratic | ||||||
| Patrick T. Caffery | 1969–1973 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Breaux | 1972–1987 | Democratic | ||||||
| David C. Treen | 1973–1980 | Republican | ||||||
| Lindy Boggs | 1973–1991 | Democratic | ||||||
| Henson Moore | 1975–1987 | Republican | ||||||
| Richard A. Tonry | 1977 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jerry Huckaby | 1977–1993 | Democratic | ||||||
| Bob Livingston | 1977–1999 | Republican | ||||||
| Claude Leach | 1979–1981 | Democratic | ||||||
| Billy Tauzin | 1980–2005 | Republican | ||||||
| Buddy Roemer | 1981–1988 | Democratic | ||||||
| Catherine S. Long | 1985–1987 | Democratic | ||||||
| Clyde C. Holloway | 1987–1993 | Republican | ||||||
| Jimmy Hayes | 1987–1997 | Republican | ||||||
| Richard Baker | 1987–2008 | Republican | ||||||
| Jim McCrery | 1988–2009 | Republican | ||||||
| William J. Jefferson | 1991–2009 | Democratic | ||||||
| Cleo Fields | 1993–1997; 2025-present | Democratic | ||||||
| John Cooksey | 1997–2003 | Republican | ||||||
| Chris John | 1997–2005 | Democratic | ||||||
| David Vitter | 1999–2005 | Republican | ||||||
1800s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1800s from Louisiana | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 52 | |||
| Republican | 14 | |||
| Democratic-Republican | 3 | |||
| National Republican | 2 | |||
| Whig | 9 | |||
| Know-Nothing | 2 | |||
| Liberal Republican | 2 | |||
| Unionist | 1 | |||
| Total Representatives | 85 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Louisiana | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Thomas B. Robertson | 1812–1818 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Thomas Butler | 1818–1821 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Josiah S. Johnston | 1821–1823 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| William Leigh Brent | 1823–1829 | National Republican | ||||||
| Edward Livingston | 1823–1829 | Democratic | ||||||
| Henry Hosford Gurley | 1823–1831 | National Republican | ||||||
| Walter Hampden Overton | 1829–1831 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward D. White, Sr. | 1829–1834 and 1839–1843 | Whig | ||||||
| Henry Adams Bullard | 1831–1834 and 1850–1851 | Whig | ||||||
| Philemon Thomas | 1831–1835 | Democratic | ||||||
| Henry Johnson | 1834–1839 | Whig | ||||||
| Rice Garland | 1834–1840 | Whig | ||||||
| Eleazar W. Ripley | 1835–1839 | Democratic | ||||||
| Thomas Withers Chinn | 1839–1841 | Whig | ||||||
| John Moore | 1840–1843 and 1851–1853 | Whig | ||||||
| John Bennett Dawson | 1841–1845 | Democratic | ||||||
| Pierre Bossier | 1843–1844 | Democratic | ||||||
| Alcée Louis la Branche | 1843–1845 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Slidell | 1843–1845 | Democratic | ||||||
| Isaac Edward Morse | 1844–1851 | Democratic | ||||||
| Bannon G. Thibodeaux | 1845–1849 | Democratic | ||||||
| John H. Harmanson | 1845–1850 | Democratic | ||||||
| Emile La Sére | 1846–1851 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles Magill Conrad | 1849–1850 | Whig | ||||||
| Alexander G. Penn | 1850–1853 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joseph Aristide Landry | 1851–1853 | Whig | ||||||
| Louis St. Martin | 1851–1853 and 1885–1887 | Democratic | ||||||
| William Dunbar | 1853–1855 | Democratic | ||||||
| Theodore Gaillard Hunt | 1853–1855 | Whig | ||||||
| Roland Jones | 1853–1855 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Perkins, Jr. | 1853–1855 | Democratic | ||||||
| George Eustis Jr. | 1855–1859 | Know-Nothing | ||||||
| John M. Sandidge | 1855–1859 | Democratic | ||||||
| Thomas G. Davidson | 1855–1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| Miles Taylor | 1855–1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Edward Bouligny | 1859–1861 | Know-Nothing | ||||||
| John M. Landrum | 1859–1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| Benjamin Flanders | 1862–1863 | Unionist | ||||||
| Michael Hahn | 1862–1863 and 1885–1886 | Republican | ||||||
| James Mann | 1868 | Democratic | ||||||
| W. Jasper Blackburn | 1868–1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Michel Vidal | 1868–1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Joseph P. Newsham | 1868–1871 | Republican | ||||||
| J. Hale Sypher | 1868–1875 | Republican | ||||||
| Lionel Allen Sheldon | 1869–1875 | Republican | ||||||
| Frank Morey | 1869–1876 | Republican | ||||||
| Chester Bidwell Darrall | 1869–1878 and 1881–1883 | Republican | ||||||
| James McCleery | 1871 | Republican | ||||||
| Alexander Boarman | 1872–1873 | Liberal Republican | ||||||
| George A. Sheridan | 1873–1875 | Liberal Republican | ||||||
| George Luke Smith | 1873–1875 | Republican | ||||||
| Effingham Lawrence | 1875 | Democratic | ||||||
| William M. Levy | 1875–1877 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles E. Nash | 1875–1877 | Republican | ||||||
| Randall L. Gibson | 1875–1883 | Democratic | ||||||
| E. John Ellis | 1875–1885 | Democratic | ||||||
| William B. Spencer | 1876–1877 | Democratic | ||||||
| John E. Leonard | 1877–1878 | Republican | ||||||
| Joseph Barton Elam | 1877–1881 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward White Robertson | 1877–1883 and 1887 | Democratic | ||||||
| J. Smith Young | 1878–1879 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joseph H. Acklen | 1878–1881 | Democratic | ||||||
| J. Floyd King | 1879–1887 | Democratic | ||||||
| Newton C. Blanchard | 1881–1894 | Democratic | ||||||
| Carleton Hunt | 1883–1885 | Democratic | ||||||
| William P. Kellogg | 1883–1885 | Republican | ||||||
| Edward T. Lewis | 1883–1885 | Democratic | ||||||
| Alfred Briggs Irion | 1885–1887 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward J. Gay | 1885–1889 | Democratic | ||||||
| Nathaniel D. Wallace | 1886–1887 | Democratic | ||||||
| Cherubusco Newton | 1887–1889 | Democratic | ||||||
| Matthew D. Lagan | 1887–1889 and 1891–1893 | Democratic | ||||||
| Theodore S. Wilkinson | 1887–1891 | Democratic | ||||||
| Samuel Matthews Robertson | 1887–1907 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hamilton D. Coleman | 1889–1891 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles J. Boatner | 1889–1897 | Democratic | ||||||
| Andrew Price | 1889–1897 | Democratic | ||||||
| Adolph Meyer | 1891–1908 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert C. Davey | 1893–1895 and 1897–1908 | Democratic | ||||||
| Henry W. Ogden | 1894–1899 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles F. Buck | 1895–1897 | Democratic | ||||||
| Samuel T. Baird | 1897–1899 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert F. Broussard | 1897–1915 | Democratic | ||||||
| Phanor Breazeale | 1899–1905 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joseph E. Ransdell | 1899–1913 | Democratic | ||||||
District map
Footnotes
Senators
Bill Cassidy (R)
John Kennedy (R)
Representatives
District 1
Steve Scalise (R)
District 2
Troy Carter (D)
District 3
Clay Higgins (R)
District 4
Mike Johnson (R)
District 5
Julia Letlow (R)
District 6
Cleo Fields (D)
Republican Party (6)
Democratic Party (2)
