United States congressional delegations from Louisiana
These are tables of congressional delegations from Louisiana to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
House of Representatives
Current Representatives
List of members of the Louisianian United States House delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 6 members, including 5 Republicans and 1 Democrat.District | Representative | Party | CPVI | Incumbent time in office | District map |
1st | Steve Scalise | Republican | R+24 | May 3, 2008 – present | |
2nd | Cedric Richmond | Democratic | D+25 | January 3, 2011 – present | |
3rd | Clay Higgins | Republican | R+20 | January 3, 2017 – present | |
4th | Mike Johnson | Republican | R+13 | January 3, 2017 – present | |
5th | Ralph Abraham | Republican | R+15 | January 3, 2015 – present | |
6th | Garret Graves | Republican | R+19 | January 3, 2015 – present |
1806–1811: 1 non-voting delegate
The first non-voting delegate took his seat on December 1, 1806.Congress | Delegate at-large |
' | Daniel Clark |
' | Daniel Clark |
Julien de Lallande Poydras |
1812–1823: 1 seat
Statehood was achieved and a representative elected on April 30, 1812.Congress | |
' | Thomas B. Robertson |
' | - |
' | - |
' | - |
' | Thomas Butler |
' | - |
Josiah S. Johnston |
1823–1843: 3 seats
Two more seats were apportioned following the 1820 census.1843–1863: 4 seats
A fourth seat was added following the 1840 census.1863–1873: 5 seats
A fifth seat was added following the 1860 census. However, the Civil War prevented them from being seated until July 18, 1868.1873–1903: 6 seats
A sixth seat was added following the 1870 census. From 1873 to 1875, that extra seat was elected at-large statewide. Starting in 1875, however, the state was redistricted into six districts.1903–1913: 7 seats
A seventh seat was added following the 1900 census.1913–1993: 8 seats
After the 1910 census, Louisiana's delegation reached its largest size, eight seats, which it held for 80 years.1993–2013: 7 seats
After the 1990 census, Louisiana lost one seat.2013–present: 6 seats
After the 2010 census, Louisiana lost one seat due to stagnant population growth and the loss of citizens who left the state after Hurricane Katrina and did not return.United States Senate
Class 2 | Congress | Class 3 |
Jean Noel Destréhan | 12th | Allan B. Magruder |
Thomas Posey | 12th | - |
James Brown | 12th | - |
13th | Eligius Fromentin | - |
14th | - | - |
William C. C. Claiborne | 15th | - |
Henry Johnson | 15th | - |
16th | James Brown | - |
17th | - | - |
18th | - | - |
18th | Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny | Josiah S. Johnston |
19th | Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny | Josiah S. Johnston |
20th | Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny | Josiah S. Johnston |
Edward Livingston | 21st | Josiah S. Johnston |
22nd | - | Josiah S. Johnston |
22nd | George A. Waggaman | Josiah S. Johnston |
23rd | George A. Waggaman | Josiah S. Johnston |
23rd | George A. Waggaman | Alexander Porter |
Robert C. Nicholas | 24th | Alexander Porter |
Alexander Mouton | 24th | - |
Alexander Mouton | 25th | - |
Alexander Mouton | 26th | - |
Alexander Mouton | Alexander Barrow | 27th |
Charles M. Conrad | - | 27th |
28th | Henry Johnson | - |
29th | - | - |
29th | Pierre Soulé | - |
Solomon W. Downs | 30th | - |
31st | Pierre Soulé | - |
32nd | - | - |
Judah P. Benjamin | 33rd | - |
John Slidell | 33rd | - |
34th | - | - |
35th | - | - |
36th | - | - |
American Civil War | 37th | American Civil War |
American Civil War | 38th | American Civil War |
American Civil War | 39th | American Civil War |
John S. Harris | 40th | William P. Kellogg |
41st | - | - |
J. Rodman West | 42nd | - |
43rd | Vacant | - |
44th | Vacant | - |
44th | James B. Eustis | - |
William P. Kellogg | 45th | - |
46th | Benjamin F. Jonas | - |
47th | - | - |
Randall L. Gibson | 48th | - |
49th | James B. Eustis | - |
50th | - | - |
51st | - | - |
52nd | Edward Douglass White | - |
52nd | Donelson Caffery | - |
53rd | - | - |
53rd | Newton C. Blanchard | - |
54th | - | - |
55th | Samuel D. McEnery | - |
56th | - | - |
Murphy J. Foster | 57th | - |
58th | - | - |
59th | - | - |
60th | - | - |
61st | - | - |
61st | John R. Thornton | - |
62nd | - | - |
Joseph E. Ransdell | 63rd | - |
64th | Robert F. Broussard | - |
65th | - | - |
65th | Walter Guion | - |
65th | Edward J. Gay | - |
66th | - | - |
67th | Edwin S. Broussard | - |
68th | - | - |
69th | - | - |
70th | - | - |
71st | - | - |
Huey Long | 72nd | - |
73rd | John H. Overton | - |
74th | - | - |
74th | Rose McConnell Long | - |
Allen J. Ellender | 75th | - |
76th | - | - |
77th | - | - |
78th | - | - |
79th | - | - |
80th | - | - |
80th | William C. Feazel | - |
80th | Russell B. Long | - |
81st | - | - |
82nd | - | - |
83rd | - | - |
84th | - | - |
85th | - | - |
86th | - | - |
87th | - | - |
88th | - | - |
89th | - | - |
90th | - | - |
91st | - | - |
92nd | - | - |
92nd | Elaine S. Edwards | - |
92nd | Bennett Johnston, Jr. | - |
93rd | - | - |
94th | - | - |
95th | - | - |
96th | - | - |
97th | - | - |
98th | - | - |
99th | - | - |
100th | John Breaux | - |
101st | - | - |
102nd | - | - |
103rd | - | - |
104th | - | - |
Mary Landrieu | 105th | - |
106th | - | - |
107th | - | - |
108th | - | - |
109th | David Vitter | - |
110th | - | - |
111th | - | - |
112th | - | - |
113th | - | - |
Bill Cassidy | 114th | - |
115th | John Kennedy | - |
116th | - | - |
Class 2 | Congress | Class 3 |