List of members of the US House of Representatives from 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- List of United States Senators from Louisiana
- List of Louisiana Governors
- List of lieutenant governors of Louisiana
Web links
Commons : Louisiana Members of the US House of Representatives - collection of images, videos, and audio files