United States congressional delegations from Louisiana
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These are tables of congressional delegations from Louisiana to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
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[edit] United States Senate
| Class 2 | Congress | Class 3 |
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| James Brown (D-R) | ||
| 13th (1813–1815) | Eligius Fromentin (D-R) | |
| 14th (1815–1817) | ||
| William C. C. Claiborne (D-R) | 15th (1817–1819) | |
| Henry Johnson (D-R) | ||
| 16th (1819–1821) | James Brown (D-R) | |
| 17th (1821–1823) | ||
| 18th (1823–1825) | ||
| C. J. Dominique Bouligny (Adams-Clay Rep.) |
Josiah S. Johnston (Adams, Anti-Jackson) |
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| 19th (1825–1827) | ||
| 20th (1827–1829) | ||
| Edward Livingston (Jacksonian) | 21st (1829–1831) | |
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||
| George A. Waggaman (Anti-Jackson) |
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| 23rd (1833–1835) | ||
| Alexander Porter (Anti-Jackson) |
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| Robert C. Nicholas (Jackson Democrat) | 24th (1835–1837) | |
| Alexander Mouton (Jackson Democrat) | ||
| 25th (1837–1839) | ||
| 26th (1839–1841) | ||
| Alexander Barrow (W) | 27th (1841–1843) | |
| Charles M. Conrad (W) | ||
| 28th (1843–1845) | Henry Johnson (W) | |
| 29th (1845–1847) | ||
| Pierre Soulé (D) | ||
| Solomon W. Downs (D) | 30th (1847–1849) | |
| 31st (1849–1851) | Pierre Soulé (D) | |
| 32nd (1851–1853) | ||
| Judah P. Benjamin (W) | 33rd (1853–1855) | |
| John Slidell (D) | ||
| 34th (1855–1857) | ||
| 35th (1857–1859) | ||
| 36th (1859–1861) | ||
| American Civil War | 37th (1861–1863) | American Civil War |
| 38th (1863–1865) | ||
| 39th (1865–1867) | ||
| John S. Harris (R) | 40th (1867–1869) | William P. Kellogg (R) |
| 41st (1869–1871) | ||
| J. Rodman West (R) | 42nd (1871–1873) | |
| 43rd (1873–1875) | Vacant | |
| 44th (1875–1877) | ||
| James B. Eustis (D) | ||
| William P. Kellogg (R) | 45th (1877–1879) | |
| 46th (1879–1881) | Benjamin F. Jonas (D) | |
| 47th (1881–1883) | ||
| Randall L. Gibson (D) | 48th (1883–1885) | |
| 49th (1885–1887) | James B. Eustis (D) | |
| 50th (1887–1889) | ||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | Edward Douglass White (D) | |
| Donelson Caffery (D) | ||
| 53rd (1893–1895) | ||
| Newton C. Blanchard (D) | ||
| 54th (1895–1897) | ||
| 55th (1897–1899) | Samuel D. McEnery (D) | |
| 56th (1899–1901) | ||
| Murphy J. Foster (D) | 57th (1901–1903) | |
| 58th (1903–1905) | ||
| 59th (1905–1907) | ||
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||
| John R. Thornton (D) | ||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | ||
| Joseph E. Ransdell (D) | 63rd (1913–1915) | |
| 64th (1915–1917) | Robert F. Broussard (D) | |
| 65th (1917–1919) | ||
| Walter Guion (D) | ||
| Edward J. Gay (D) | ||
| 66th (1919–1921) | ||
| 67th (1921–1923) | Edwin S. Broussard (D) | |
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||
| 71st (1929–1931) | ||
| Huey Long (D) | 72nd (1931–1933) | |
| 73rd (1933–1935) | John H. Overton (D) | |
| 74th (1935–1937) | ||
| Rose McConnell Long (D) | ||
| Allen J. Ellender (D) | 75th (1937–1939) | |
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||
| 77th (1941–1943) | ||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||
| 80th (1947–1949) | ||
| William C. Feazel (D) | ||
| Russell B. Long (D) | ||
| 81st (1949–1951) | ||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||
| 83rd (1953–1955) | ||
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||
| 86th (1959–1961) | ||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||
| Elaine S. Edwards (D) | ||
| Bennett Johnston, Jr. (D) | ||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||
| 100th (1987–1989) | John Breaux (D) | |
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||
| Mary Landrieu (D) | 105th (1997–1999) | |
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||
| 109th (2005–2007) | David Vitter (R) | |
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||
| Class 2 | Congress | Class 3 |
[edit] United States House of Representatives
[edit] 1806 - 1811: 1 non-voting delegate
The first non-voting delegate took his seat on December 1, 1806.
| Congress | Delegate at-large |
|---|---|
| 9th (1805–1807) | Daniel Clark |
| 10th (1807–1809) | |
| 11th (1809–1811) | Julien de Lallande Poydras |
[edit] 1812 - 1823: 1 seat
Statehood was achieved and a representative elected on April 30, 1812.
| Congress | At-large seat |
|---|---|
| 12th (1811–1813) | Thomas B. Robertson (D-R) |
| 13th (1813–1815) | |
| 14th (1815–1817) | |
| 15th (1817–1819) | |
| Thomas Butler (D-R) | |
| 16th (1819–1821) | |
| 17th (1821–1823) | Josiah S. Johnston (Adams-Clay D-R) |
[edit] 1823 - 1843: 3 seats
Two more seats were apportioned following the 1820 census.
| Congress | District | ||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| 18th (1823–1825) | Edward Livingston (J) | Henry Hosford Gurley (Anti-J) | William Leigh Brent (Adams-Clay D-R) |
| 19th (1825–1827) | |||
| 20th (1827–1829) | |||
| 21st (1829–1831) | Edward Douglass White Sr. (W) | Walter Hampden Overton (J) | |
| 22nd (1831–1833) | Philemon Thomas (J) | Henry Adams Bullard (Anti-J) | |
| 23rd (1833–1835) | |||
| Henry Johnson (W) | Rice Garland (Anti-J) | ||
| 24th (1835–1837) | Eleazer Wheelock Ripley (J) | ||
| 25th (1837–1839) | Rice Garland (W) | ||
| 26th (1839–1841) | Edward Douglass White Sr. (W) | Thomas Withers Chinn (W) | |
| John Moore (W) | |||
| 27th (1841–1843) | John Bennett Dawson (D) | ||
[edit] 1843 - 1863: 4 seats
A fourth seat was added following the 1840 census.
| Congress | District | |||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
| 28th (1843–1845) | John Slidell (D) | Alcée Louis la Branche (D) | John Bennett Dawson (D) | PEJB Bossier (D) |
| Isaac Edward Morse (D) | ||||
| 29th (1845–1847) | Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux (D) | John Henry Harmanson (D) | ||
| Emile La Sére (D) | ||||
| 30th (1847–1849) | ||||
| 31st (1849–1851) | Charles Magill Conrad (W) | |||
| Henry Adams Bullard (W) | Alexander Gordon Penn(D) | |||
| 32nd (1851–1853) | Louis St. Martin (D) | Joseph Aristide Landry (W) | John Moore (W) | |
| 33rd (1853–1855) | William Dunbar (D) | Theodore Gaillard Hunt (D) | John Perkins Jr. (D) | Roland Jones (D) |
| 34th (1855–1857) | George Eustis Jr. (American) | Miles Taylor (D) | Thomas Green Davidson (D) | John Milton Sandidge (D) |
| 35th (1857–1859) | ||||
| 36th (1859–1861) | J. E. Bouligny (American) | J. M. Landrum (D) | ||
| 37th (1861–1863) | Benjamin Flanders (Unionist) | Michael Hahn (Unionist) | American Civil War | |
[edit] 1863 - 1873: 5 seats
A fifth seat was added following the 1860 census. However, the Civil War prevented them from being seated until 1867.
| Congress | District | ||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
| 38th (1863–1865) | American Civil War | ||||
| 39th (1865–1867) | |||||
| 40th (1867–1869) | Jacob Hale Sypher (R) | James Mann (D) | Joseph Parkinson Newsham (R) | Michel Vidal (R) | William Jasper Blackburn (R) |
| 41st (1869–1871) | Lionel Allen Sheldon (R) | Chester Bidwell Darrall (R) | Joseph Parkinson Newsham (R) | Frank Morey (R) | |
| 42nd (1871–1873) | James McCleery (R) | ||||
| Alexander Boarman (Liberal R) | |||||
[edit] 1873 - 1903: 6 seats
A sixth seat was added following the 1870 census. From 1873 to 1875, that extra seat was elected at-large state-wide. Starting in 1875, however, the state was redistricted into six districts.
[edit] 1903 - 1913: 7 seats
A seventh seat was added following the 1900 census.
| Congress | District | ||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
| 58th (1903–1905) | Adolph Meyer (D) | Robert Charles Davey (D) | Robert Foligny Broussard (D) | Phanor Breazeale (D) | Joseph Eugene Ransdell (D) | Samuel Matthews Robertson (D) | Arsène Paulin Pujó (D) |
| 59th (1905–1907) | John Thomas Watkins (D) | ||||||
| 60th (1907–1909) | George Kent Favrot (D) | ||||||
| Albert Estopinal (D) | Samuel Louis Gilmore (D) | ||||||
| 61st (1909–1911) | Robert Charles Wickliffe (D) | ||||||
| Henry Garland Dupré (D) | |||||||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | |||||||
| Lewis Lovering Morgan (D) | |||||||
[edit] 1913 - 1993: 8 seats
After the 1910 census, Louisiana's delegation reached its largest size, eight seats, which it held for 80 years.
[edit] 1993 - present: 7 seats
After the 1990 census, Louisiana lost one seat.
| Congress | District | |||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | ||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | Bob Livingston (R) | William J. Jefferson (D) | Billy Tauzin (D) | Cleo Fields (D) | Jim McCrery (R) | Richard H. Baker (R) | Jimmy Hayes (D) | |
| 104th (1995–1997) | Billy Tauzin (R) | Jimmy Hayes (R) | ||||||
| 105th (1997–1999) | Jim McCrery (R) | John Cooksey (R) | Christopher John (D) | |||||
| 106th (1999–2001) | David Vitter (R) | |||||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | Rodney Alexander (D) | |||||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | Bobby Jindal (R) | Charles Melancon (D) | Rodney Alexander (R) | Charles Boustany (R) | ||||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||||||
| Steve Scalise (R) | Don Cazayoux (D) | |||||||
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