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.

Louisiana's congressional districts since 2025^[1]

The current dean of the Louisiana delegation is Representative and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (LA-1), having served in the House since 2008.

U.S. House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives from Louisiana

Current members

List of current members, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has 6 members, including 4 Republicans and 2 Democrat.

Current U.S. representatives from Louisiana
District	Member (Residence)[2]	Party	Incumbent since	CPVI (2025)[3]	District map
1st	Steve Scalise (Jefferson)	Republican	May 3, 2008	R+19
2nd	Troy Carter (New Orleans)	Democratic	May 11, 2021	D+17
3rd	Clay Higgins (Lafayette)	Republican	January 3, 2017	R+22
4th	Mike Johnson (Benton)	Republican	January 3, 2017	R+26
5th	Julia Letlow (Start)	Republican	April 14, 2021	R+18
6th	Cleo Fields (Baton Rouge)	Democratic	January 3, 2025	D+8

1806–1811: 1 non-voting delegate

The first non-voting delegate took his seat on December 1, 1806, representing Orleans Territory's at-large congressional district.

Congress	Delegate at-large
9th (1805–1807)	Daniel Clark
10th (1807–1809)
11th (1809–1811)	Julien de Lallande Poydras

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 (DR)
13th (1813–1815)
14th (1815–1817)
15th (1817–1819)
	Thomas Butler (DR)
16th (1819–1821)
17th (1821–1823)	Josiah S. Johnston (DR)

1823–1843: 3 seats

Two more seats were apportioned following the 1820 census.

Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district
18th (1823–1825)	Edward Livingston (DR)[a]	Henry H. Gurley (DR)[b]	William L. Brent (DR)[b]
19th (1825–1827)	Edward Livingston (J)	Henry H. Gurley (NR)	William L. Brent (NR)
20th (1827–1829)
21st (1829–1831)	Edward D. White Sr. (NR)		Walter Hampden Overton (J)
22nd (1831–1833)		Philemon Thomas (J)	Henry A. Bullard (NR)
23rd (1833–1835)
	Henry Johnson (W)		Rice Garland (NR)
24th (1835–1837)		Eleazer W. Ripley (J)
25th (1837–1839)			Rice Garland (W)
26th (1839–1841)	Edward D. White Sr. (W)	Thomas W. Chinn (W)
			John Moore (W)
27th (1841–1843)		John Bennett Dawson (D)

1843–1863: 4 seats

A fourth seat was added following the 1840 census.

Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district
28th (1843–1845)	John Slidell (D)	Alcée Louis la Branche (D)	John Bennett Dawson (D)	Pierre Bossier (D)
				Isaac E. Morse (D)
29th (1845–1847)		Bannon G. Thibodeaux (D)	John H. Harmanson (D)
	Emile La Sére (D)
30th (1847–1849)
31st (1849–1851)		Charles Magill Conrad (W)
		Henry A. Bullard (W)	Alexander G. Penn (D)
32nd (1851–1853)	Louis St. Martin (D)	Joseph Aristide Landry (W)		John Moore (W)
33rd (1853–1855)	William Dunbar (D)	Theodore G. Hunt (D)	John Perkins Jr. (D)	Roland Jones (D)
34th (1855–1857)	George Eustis Jr. (KN)	Miles Taylor (D)	Thomas G. Davidson (D)	John M. Sandidge (D)
35th (1857–1859)
36th (1859–1861)	John Edward Bouligny (KN)			John M. Landrum (D)
37th (1861–1863)	American Civil War
	Benjamin Flanders (U)	Michael Hahn (U)	American Civil War

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.

Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district
38th (1863–1865)	American Civil War
39th (1865–1867)
40th (1867–1869)
	J. Hale Sypher (R)	James Mann[4] (D)	Joseph P. Newsham (R)	Michel Vidal (R)	W. Jasper Blackburn (R)
41st (1869–1871)	vacant	Lionel Allen Sheldon (R)	Chester Bidwell Darrall (R)	vacant	Frank Morey (R)
	J. Hale Sypher (R)			Joseph P. Newsham (R)
42nd (1871–1873)				James McCleery (R)
				Alexander Boarman (LR)

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.

Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district	At-large
43rd (1873–1875)	J. Hale Sypher (R)	Lionel Allen Sheldon (R)	Chester B. Darrall (R)	vacant	Frank Morey (R)	George A. Sheridan (LR)
	Effingham Lawrence (D)			George L. Smith (R)
44th (1875–1877)	Randall L. Gibson (D)	E. John Ellis (D)		William M. Levy (D)		6th district
					William B. Spencer (D)	Charles E. Nash (R)
45th (1877–1879)				Joseph Barton Elam (D)	John E. Leonard (R)	Edward W. Robertson (D)
			Joseph H. Acklen (D)		J. Smith Young (D)
46th (1879–1881)					J. Floyd King (D)
47th (1881–1883)			Chester B. Darrall (R)	Newton C. Blanchard (D)
48th (1883–1885)	Carleton Hunt (D)		William Pitt Kellogg (R)			Edward T. Lewis (D)
49th (1885–1887)	Louis St. Martin (D)	Michael Hahn (R)	Edward J. Gay (D)			Alfred Briggs Irion (D)
		Nathaniel D. Wallace (D)
50th (1887–1889)	Theodore S. Wilkinson (D)	Matthew D. Lagan (D)			Cherubusco Newton (D)	Edward W. Robertson (D)
						Samuel M. Robertson (D)
51st (1889–1891)		Hamilton D. Coleman (R)			Charles J. Boatner (D)
			Andrew Price (D)
52nd (1891–1893)	Adolph Meyer (D)	Matthew D. Lagan (D)
53rd (1893–1895)		Robert C. Davey (D)		Henry Warren Ogden (D)
54th (1895–1897)		Charles F. Buck (D)
55th (1897–1899)		Robert C. Davey (D)	Robert F. Broussard (D)		Samuel T. Baird (D)
56th (1899–1901)				Phanor Breazeale (D)	Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
57th (1901–1903)

1903–1913: 7 seats

A seventh seat was added following the 1900 census.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
58th (1903–1905)	Adolph Meyer (D)	Robert C. Davey (D)	Robert F. Broussard (D)	Phanor Breazeale (D)	Joseph E. Ransdell (D)	Samuel M. Robertson (D)	Arsène Pujo (D)
59th (1905–1907)				John T. Watkins (D)
60th (1907–1909)						George K. Favrot (D)
	Albert Estopinal (D)	Samuel L. Gilmore (D)
61st (1909–1911)						Robert Charles Wickliffe (D)
		H. Garland Dupré (D)
62nd (1911–1913)
						Lewis L. Morgan (D)

1913–1993: 8 seats

After the 1910 census, Louisiana's delegation reached its largest size, eight seats, which it held for 80 years.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
63rd (1913–1915)	Albert Estopinal (D)	H. Garland Dupré (D)	Robert Broussard (D)	John T. Watkins (D)	James W. Elder (D)	Lewis L. Morgan (D)	Ladislas Lazaro (D)	James B. Aswell (D)
64th (1915–1917)			Whitmell P. Martin (Prog)		Riley J. Wilson (D)
65th (1917–1919)						J. Y. Sanders Sr. (D)
66th (1919–1921)	James O'Connor (D)		Whitmell P. Martin (D)
67th (1921–1923)				John N. Sandlin (D)		George K. Favrot (D)
68th (1923–1925)
		James Z. Spearing (D)
69th (1925–1927)						Bolivar E. Kemp (D)
70th (1927–1929)							René L. De Rouen (D)
71st (1929–1931)			Numa F. Montet (D)
72nd (1931–1933)	Joachim O. Fernández (D)	Paul H. Maloney (D)						John H. Overton (D)
73rd (1933–1935)								Cleveland Dear (D)
74th (1935–1937)						J. Y. Sanders Jr. (D)
75th (1937–1939)			Robert L. Mouton (D)	Overton Brooks (D)	Newt V. Mills (D)	John K. Griffith (D)		A. Leonard Allen (D)
76th (1939–1941)
77th (1941–1943)	F. Edward Hébert (D)	Hale Boggs (D)	Jimmy Domengeaux (D)			J. Y. Sanders Jr. (D)	Vance Plauché (D)
78th (1943–1945)		Paul H. Maloney (D)			Charles E. McKenzie (D)	James H. Morrison (D)	Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D)
79th (1945–1947)
80th (1947–1949)		Hale Boggs (D)			Otto Passman (D)
81st (1949–1951)			Edwin E. Willis (D)
82nd (1951–1953)
83rd (1953–1955)							T. Ashton Thompson (D)	George S. Long (D)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)
86th (1959–1961)								Harold B. McSween (D)
87th (1961–1963)
88th (1963–1965)				Joe Waggonner (D)				Gillis W. Long (D)
89th (1965–1967)								Speedy Long (D)
90th (1967–1969)						John Rarick (D)	Edwin Edwards (D)
91st (1969–1971)			Patrick T. Caffery (D)
92nd (1971–1973)
93rd (1973–1975)		Lindy Boggs (D)	Dave Treen (R)				John Breaux (D)	Gillis W. Long (D)
94th (1975–1977)						Henson Moore (R)
95th (1977–1979)	Rick Tonry (D)				Jerry Huckaby (D)
96th (1979–1981)	Bob Livingston (R)			Buddy Leach (D)
97th (1981–1983)			Billy Tauzin (D)	Buddy Roemer (D)
98th (1983–1985)
99th (1985–1987)
								Cathy Long (D)
100th (1987–1989)						Richard Baker (R)	Jimmy Hayes (D)	Clyde C. Holloway (R)
101st (1989–1991)				Jim McCrery (R)
102nd (1991–1993)		Bill Jefferson (D)

1993–2013: 7 seats

After the 1990 census, Louisiana lost one seat.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
103rd (1993–1995)	Bob Livingston (R)	Bill Jefferson (D)	Billy Tauzin (D)	Cleo Fields (D)	Jim McCrery (R)	Richard Baker (R)	Jimmy Hayes (D)
104th (1995–1997)			Billy Tauzin (R)				Jimmy Hayes (R)
105th (1997–1999)				Jim McCrery (R)	John Cooksey (R)		Chris John (D)
106th (1999–2001)	David Vitter (R)
107th (2001–2003)
108th (2003–2005)					Rodney Alexander (D)
109th (2005–2007)	Bobby Jindal (R)		Charlie Melançon (D)		Rodney Alexander (R)		Charles Boustany (R)
110th (2007–2009)
	Steve Scalise (R)					Don Cazayoux (D)
111th (2009–2011)		Joseph Cao (R)		John Fleming (R)		Bill Cassidy (R)
112th (2011–2013)		Cedric Richmond (D)	Jeff Landry (R)

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.^[5]

Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district	6th district
113th (2013–2015)	Steve Scalise (R)	Cedric Richmond (D)	Charles Boustany (R)	John Fleming (R)	Rodney Alexander (R)	Bill Cassidy (R)
					Vance McAllister (R)
114th (2015–2017)					Ralph Abraham (R)	Garret Graves (R)
115th (2017–2019)			Clay Higgins (R)	Mike Johnson (R)
116th (2019–2021)
117th (2021–2023)					Julia Letlow (R)[c]
		Troy Carter (D)
118th (2023–2025)
119th (2025–2027)						Cleo Fields (D)

United States Senate

Main article: List of United States senators from Louisiana

Current U.S. senators from Louisiana
Louisiana CPVI (2025):[6] R+11	Class II senator	Class III senator
	Bill Cassidy (Senior senator) (Baton Rouge)	John Kennedy (Junior senator) (Madisonville)
Party	Republican	Republican
Incumbent since	January 3, 2015	January 3, 2017

Class II		Congress		Class III
Jean Noël Destréhan (DR)		12th (1811–1813)		Allan B. Magruder (DR)
Thomas Posey (DR)
James Brown (DR)
		13th (1813–1815)		Eligius Fromentin (DR)
		14th (1815–1817)
William C. C. Claiborne (DR)		15th (1817–1819)
Henry Johnson (DR)
		16th (1819–1821)		James Brown (DR)
		17th (1821–1823)
		18th (1823–1825)
Dominique Bouligny (DR)				Josiah S. Johnston (DR)
Dominique Bouligny (NR)		19th (1825–1827)		Josiah S. Johnston (NR)
		20th (1827–1829)
Edward Livingston (J)		21st (1829–1831)
		22nd (1831–1833)
George A. Waggaman (NR)
		23rd (1833–1835)
				Alexander Porter (NR)
Robert C. Nicholas (J)		24th (1835–1837)
				Alexandre Mouton (J)
Robert C. Nicholas (D)		25th (1837–1839)		Alexandre Mouton (D)
		26th (1839–1841)
Alexander Barrow (W)		27th (1841–1843)
				Charles Magill 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)
vacant				vacant
		37th (1861–1863)
		38th (1863–1865)
		39th (1865–1867)
		40th (1867–1869)
John S. Harris (R)				William Pitt Kellogg (R)
		41st (1869–1871)
J. R. West (R)		42nd (1871–1873)
		43rd (1873–1875)		vacant
		44th (1875–1877)
				James B. Eustis (D)
William Pitt 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 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 Edwards (D)
J. Bennett Johnston (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)
		111th (2009–2011)
		112th (2011–2013)
		113th (2013–2015)
Bill Cassidy (R)		114th (2015–2017)
		115th (2017–2019)		John Kennedy (R)
		116th (2019–2021)
		117th (2021–2023)
		118th (2023–2025)
		119th (2025–2027)
Class II		Congress	Class III

Key

Democratic (D)

Democratic-Republican (DR)

Jacksonian (J)

Know Nothing (KN)

Liberal Republican (LR)

National Republican (NR)

Progressive (Bull Moose) (Prog)

Republican (R)

Union (U)

Whig (W)

See also

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• List of United States congressional districts
• Louisiana's congressional districts
• Political party strength in Louisiana