United States congressional delegations from Louisiana

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
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	U.S. House, 2026 U.S. Senate, 2026

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

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Louisiana are:

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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:

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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

Footnotes

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Louisiana's current delegation to the United States Congress

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)