List of members of the US House of Representatives from Louisiana

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Steve Scalise, current representative of Louisiana’s first congressional constituency
Cedric Richmond, current Representative of Louisiana Second Congressional Constituency
Clay Higgins, current Representative of Louisiana Third Congressional Constituency
Mike Johnson, current Louisiana Fourth Congressional District Representative
Ralph Abraham, current representative of Louisiana’s fifth congressional electoral district
Garret Graves, current Representative of the Sixth Congressional Constituency of Louisiana

This list shows all politicians who since 1806 for the Territory of Orleans later for the and the state of Louisiana to the United States House of Representatives have listened. After Louisiana had initially sent only one MP to Washington , the number of representatives rose temporarily to eight; from 1993 to 2013 the state had seven members. Another mandate was dropped after the 2010 United States Census . The election was usually carried out separately according to constituencies ; a state-wide election ("at large") there was only between joining the Union in 1812 and 1823 and once in 1873 for the sixth mandate. From 1863 to 1868, the state's seats remained vacant following the secession of Louisiana from the Union.

Delegates of the Orleans Territory (1806-1812)

Surname Term of office Political party
Daniel Clark December 1, 1806 - March 3, 1809 independent
Julien de Lallande Poydras March 4, 1809 - March 3, 1811 independent

1st seat (since 1812)

Surname Term of office Political party
Thomas Bolling Robertson April 30, 1812 - April 20, 1818 Democratic Republican
Thomas Butler November 16, 1818 - March 3, 1821 Democratic Republican
Josiah Stoddard Johnston March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 Democratic Republican
Edward Livingston March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1829 Democratic Republican
Edward Douglass White March 4, 1829-1834 Whig
Henry Johnson September 25, 1834 - March 3, 1839 Whig
Edward Douglass White March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843 Whig
John Slidell March 4, 1843 - November 10, 1845 democrat
Emile La Sére January 29, 1846 - March 3, 1851 democrat
Louis St. Martin March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 democrat
William Dunbar March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 democrat
George Eustis March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859 American party
John Edward Bouligny March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 American party
Benjamin Flanders December 3, 1862 - March 3, 1863 unionist
Jacob Hale Sypher July 18, 1868 - March 3, 1875 republican
Effingham Lawrence March 3, 1875 democrat
Randall Lee Gibson March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1883 democrat
Carleton Hunt March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 democrat
Louis St. Martin March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887 democrat
Theodore Stark Wilkinson March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891 democrat
Adolph Meyer March 4, 1891 - March 8, 1908 democrat
Albert Estopinal November 3, 1908 - April 28, 1919 democrat
James O'Connor June 5, 1919 - March 3, 1931 democrat
Joachim Octave Fernández March 4, 1931 - January 3, 1941 democrat
Felix Edward Hébert January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1977 democrat
Richard Alvin Tonry January 3, 1977 - May 4, 1977 democrat
Robert Linlithgow Livingston August 27, 1977 - March 1, 1999 republican
David Bruce Vitter May 29, 1999 - January 3, 2005 republican
Piyush Jindal January 3, 2005 - January 14, 2008 republican
Stephen Joseph Scalise May 7, 2008 - republican

2nd seat (since 1823)

Surname Term of office Political party
Henry Hosford Gurley March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1831 National Republicans
Philemon Thomas March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1835 democrat
Eleazer Wheelock Ripley March 4, 1835 - March 2, 1839 democrat
Thomas Withers Chinn March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841 Whig
John Bennett Dawson March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 democrat
Alcée Louis la Branche March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 democrat
Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849 democrat
Charles Magill Conrad March 4, 1849 - August 17, 1850 Whig
Henry Adams Bullard December 5, 1850 - March 3, 1851 Whig
Joseph Aristide Landry March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 Whig
Theodore Gaillard Hunt March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 Whig
Miles Taylor March 4, 1855 - February 5, 1861 democrat
George Michael Hahn December 3, 1862 - March 3, 1863 unionist
James Mann July 18, 1868 - August 26, 1868 democrat
Lionel Allen Sheldon March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1875 republican
Ezekiel John Ellis March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1885 democrat
George Michael Hahn March 4, 1885 - March 15, 1886 republican
Nathaniel Dick Wallace December 9, 1886 - March 3, 1887 democrat
Matthew Diamond Lagan March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 democrat
Hamilton Dudley Coleman March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891 republican
Matthew Diamond Lagan March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893 democrat
Robert Charles Davey March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895 democrat
Charles Francis Buck March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897 democrat
Robert Charles Davey March 4, 1897 - December 26, 1908 democrat
Samuel Louis Gilmore March 30, 1909 - July 18, 1910 democrat
Henry Garland Dupré November 8, 1910 - February 21, 1924 democrat
James Zacharie Spearing April 22, 1924 - March 3, 1931 democrat
Paul Herbert Maloney March 4, 1931 - December 15, 1940 democrat
Thomas Hale Boggs January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 democrat
Paul Herbert Maloney January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1947 democrat
Thomas Hale Boggs January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1973 democrat
Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs March 20, 1973 - January 3, 1991 democrat
William Jennings Jefferson January 3, 1991 - January 3, 2009 democrat
Anh Quang Cao January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2011 republican
Cedric Levon Richmond January 3, 2011 - democrat

3rd seat (since 1823)

Surname Term of office Political party
William Leigh Brent March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1829 Democratic Republican
Walter Hampden Overton March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1831 democrat
Henry Adams Bullard March 4, 1831 - January 4, 1834 National Republicans
Rice Garland April 28, 1834 - July 21, 1840 National Republicans
John Moore December 17, 1840 - March 3, 1843 Whig
John Bennett Dawson March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 democrat
John Henry Harmanson March 4, 1845 - October 24, 1850 democrat
Alexander Gordon Penn December 30, 1850 - March 3, 1853 democrat
John Perkins Jr. March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 democrat
Thomas Green Davidson March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1861 democrat
Joseph Parkinson Newsham July 18, 1868 - March 3, 1869 republican
Chester Bidwell Darrall March 4, 1869 - February 20, 1878 republican
Joseph Hayes Acklen February 20, 1878 - March 3, 1881 democrat
Chester Bidwell Darrall March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883 republican
William Pitt Kellogg March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 republican
Edward James Gay March 4, 1885 - May 30, 1889 democrat
Andrew Price December 2, 1889 - March 3, 1897 democrat
Robert Foligny Broussard March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1915 democrat
Whitmell Pugh Martin March 4, 1915 - April 6, 1929 Progressive party
Numa Francois Montet August 6, 1929 - January 3, 1937 democrat
Robert Louis Mouton January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1941 democrat
James R. Domengeaux January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1949 democrat
Edwin Edward Willis January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1969 democrat
Patrick Thomson Caffery Jan. 3, 1969 - January 3, 1973 democrat
David Conner Treen January 3, 1973 - March 10, 1980 republican
Wilbert Joseph Tauzin May 22, 1980 - January 3, 2005 democrat
Charles Joseph Melancon January 3, 2005 - January 3, 2011 democrat
Jeffrey Martin Landry January 3, 2011 - January 3, 2013 republican
Charles William Boustany January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2017 republican
Glen Clay Higgins January 3, 2017 - republican

4th seat (since 1843)

Surname Term of office Political party
Pierre Evariste Jean-Baptiste Bossier March 4, 1843 - April 24, 1844 democrat
Isaac Edward Morse December 2, 1844 - March 3, 1851 democrat
John Moore March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 Whig
Roland Jones March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 democrat
John Milton Sandidge March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859 democrat
John Morgan Landrum March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 democrat
Michel Vidal July 18, 1868-1870 republican
Joseph Parkinson Newsham May 23, 1870 - March 3, 1871 republican
James McCleery March 4, 1871 - November 5, 1871 republican
Alexander Boarman December 3, 1872 - March 3, 1873 Liberal Republicans
George Luke Smith November 24, 1873 - March 3, 1875 republican
William Mallory Levy March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 democrat
Joseph Barton Elam March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881 democrat
Newton Crain Blanchard March 4, 1881 - March 12, 1894 democrat
Henry Warren Ogden May 12, 1894 - March 3, 1899 democrat
Phanor Breazeale March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1905 democrat
John Thomas Watkins March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1921 democrat
John Nicholas Sandlin March 4, 1921 - January 3, 1937 democrat
Thomas Overton Brooks January 3, 1937 - September 16, 1961 democrat
Joseph David Wagonner December 19, 1961 - January 3, 1979 democrat
Anthony Claude Leach Jan. 3, 1979 - January 3, 1981 democrat
Charles Elson Roemer January 3, 1981 - March 14, 1988 democrat
James Otis McCrery April 16, 1988 - January 3, 1993 republican
Cleo Fields January 3, 1993 - January 3, 1997 democrat
James Otis McCrery January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2009 republican
John Calvin Fleming January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2017 republican
James Michael Johnson January 3, 2017 - republican

5th seat (since 1868)

Surname Term of office Political party
William Jasper Blackburn July 18, 1868 - March 3, 1869 republican
Frank Morey March 4, 1869 - June 8, 1876 republican
William Brainerd Spencer June 8, 1876 - January 8, 1877 democrat
John Edwards Leonard March 4, 1877 - March 15, 1878 republican
John Smith Young November 5, 1878 - March 3, 1879 democrat
John Floyd King March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1887 democrat
Cherubusco Newton March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 democrat
Charles Jahleal Boatner March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1897 democrat
Samuel Thomas Baird March 4, 1897 - April 22, 1899 democrat
Joseph Eugene Ransdell August 29, 1899 - March 3, 1913 democrat
James Walter Elder March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 democrat
Riley Joseph Wilson March 4, 1915 - January 3, 1937 democrat
Newt Virgus Mills January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1943 democrat
Charles Edgar McKenzie January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1947 democrat
Otto Ernest Passman January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1977 democrat
Thomas Jerald Huckaby January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1993 democrat
James Otis McCrery January 3, 1993 - January 3, 1997 republican
John Charles Cooksey January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2003 republican
Rodney McKinnie Alexander January 3, 2003 - September 27, 2013 republican
Vance Michael McAllister November 16, 2013 - January 3, 2015 republican
Ralph Lee Abraham January 3, 2015 - republican

6th seat (since 1873)

Surname Term of office Political party
George Augustus Sheridan March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 Liberal Republicans
Charles Edmund Nash March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 republican
Edward White Robertson March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 democrat
Edward Taylor Lewis March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 democrat
Alfred Briggs Irion March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887 democrat
Edward White Robertson March 4, 1887 - August 2, 1887 democrat
Samuel Matthews Robertson December 5, 1887 - March 3, 1907 democrat
George Kent Favrot March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1909 democrat
Robert Charles Wickliffe March 4, 1909 - June 11, 1912 democrat
Lewis Lovering Morgan November 5, 1912 - March 3, 1917 democrat
Jared Young Sanders March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1921 democrat
George Kent Favrot March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1925 democrat
Bolivar Edwards Kemp March 4, 1925 - June 19, 1933 democrat
Jared Young Sanders Jr. May 1, 1934 - January 3, 1937 democrat
John Keller Griffith January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1941 democrat
Jared Young Sanders Jr. January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 democrat
James Hobson Morrison January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1967 democrat
John Richard Rarick Jan. 3, 1967 - January 3, 1975 democrat
William Henson Moore Jan. 7, 1975 - January 3, 1987 republican
Richard Hugh Baker January 3, 1987 - February 2, 2008 republican
Donald J. Cazayoux May 6, 2008 - January 3, 2009 democrat
William Cassidy January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2015 republican
Garret Neal Graves January 3, 2015 - republican

7th seat (1903–2013)

Surname Term of office Political party
Arsène Paulin Pujo March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1913 democrat
Ladislas Lazaro March 4, 1913 - March 30, 1927 democrat
René Louis De Rouen August 23, 1927 - January 3, 1941 democrat
Vance Gabriel Plauche January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 democrat
Henry Dominique Larcade January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1953 democrat
Theo Ashton Thompson Jan. 3, 1953 - July 1, 1965 democrat
Edwin Washington Edwards October 2, 1965 - May 9, 1972 democrat
John Berlinger Breaux September 30, 1972 - January 3, 1987 democrat
James Allison Hayes January 3, 1987 - January 2, 1997 democrat
Christopher Charles John January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2005 democrat
Charles William Boustany January 3, 2005 - January 3, 2013 republican

8th seat (1913–1993)

Surname Term of office Political party
James Benjamin Aswell March 4, 1913 - March 16, 1931 democrat
John Holmes Overton May 12, 1931 - March 3, 1933 democrat
Dear Cleveland March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1937 democrat
Asa Leonard Allen January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1953 democrat
George Shannon Long January 3, 1953 - March 22, 1958 democrat
Harold Barnett McSween Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1963 democrat
Gillis William Long Jan. 3, 1963 - January 3, 1965 democrat
Speedy Oteria Long January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1973 democrat
Gillis William Long Jan. 3, 1973 - January 20, 1985 democrat
Catherine Small Long March 30, 1985 - January 3, 1987 democrat
Clyde Cecil Holloway January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1993 republican

See also

Web links

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