Member (Residence) |
Party |
Years |
Cong ress |
Electoral history |
District location |
District created March 4, 1823 |
William Leigh Brent (St. Martinville) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th |
Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Retired. |
1823–1833 Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, and Saint Mary parishes[5] |
Anti-Jacksonian |
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
Walter Hampden Overton (Alexandria) |
Jacksonian |
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |
21st |
Elected in 1828. Retired. |
Henry Adams Bullard (Alexandria) |
Anti-Jacksonian |
March 4, 1831 – January 4, 1834 |
22nd 23rd |
Elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1832. Resigned to become judge of Supreme Court of Louisiana. |
1833–1843 [data missing] |
Vacant |
January 4, 1834 – April 28, 1834 |
23rd |
|
Rice Garland (Opelousas) |
Anti-Jacksonian |
April 28, 1834 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th 25th 26th |
Elected to finish Bullard's term. Re-elected later in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Resigned to become judge of Supreme Court of Louisiana. |
Whig |
March 4, 1837 – July 21, 1840 |
Vacant |
July 21, 1840 – December 17, 1840 |
26th |
|
John Moore (Franklin) |
Whig |
December 17, 1840 – March 3, 1843 |
26th |
Elected to finish Garland's term. Re-elected later in 1840. Lost re-election. |
John Bennett Dawson (St. Francisville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1843 – June 26, 1845 |
27th 28th |
Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. Died. |
1843–1853 [data missing] |
John Henry Harmanson (Simmsport) |
Democratic |
????, 1845 – October 24, 1850 |
29th 30th 31st |
Elected to finish Dawson's term. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Died. |
Vacant |
October 24, 1850 – December 30, 1850 |
31st |
|
Alexander Gordon Penn (Covington) |
Democratic |
December 30, 1850 – March 3, 1853 |
31st 32nd |
Elected to finish Harmanson's term. Also elected to the next full term. Retired. |
John Perkins Jr. (Ashwood) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd |
Elected in 1852. Retired. |
1853–1861 [data missing] |
Thomas Green Davidson (Baton Rouge) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861 |
34th 35th 36th |
Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Withdrew due to onset of Civil War. |
Vacant |
March 3, 1861 – July 18, 1868 |
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th |
Civil War and Reconstruction |
Joseph Parkinson Newsham (St. Francisville) |
Republican |
July 18, 1868 – March 3, 1869 |
40th |
Elected to finish the vacant term. Redistricted to the 4th district |
1868–1873 [data missing] |
Chester Bidwell Darrall (Brashear) |
Republican |
March 4, 1869 – February 20, 1878 |
41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th |
Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Lost election contest. |
1873–1883 [data missing] |
Joseph H. Acklen (Franklin) |
Democratic |
February 20, 1878 – March 3, 1881 |
45th 46th |
Won election contest. Re-elected in 1878. Retired. |
Chester Bidwell Darrall (Morgan City) |
Republican |
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th |
Elected in 1880. Lost re-election. |
William Pitt Kellogg (New Orleans) |
Republican |
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th |
Elected in 1882. Lost re-election. |
1883–1893 [data missing] |
Edward James Gay (Plaquemine) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1885 – May 30, 1889 |
49th 50th 51st |
Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Died. |
Vacant |
May 30, 1889 – December 2, 1889 |
51st |
|
Andrew Price (Thibodaux) |
Democratic |
December 2, 1889 – March 3, 1897 |
51st 52nd 53rd 54th |
Elected to finish Gay's term. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Retired. |
1893–1903 [data missing] |
Robert Foligny Broussard (New Iberia) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1915 |
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd |
Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
1903–1913 [data missing] |
1913–1923 [data missing] |
Whitmell P. Martin (Thibodaux) |
Progressive |
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 |
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st |
Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Died. |
Democratic |
March 4, 1919 – April 6, 1929 |
1923–1933 [data missing] |
Numa Francois Montet (Thibodaux) |
Democratic |
August 6, 1929 – January 3, 1937 |
71st 72nd 73rd 74th |
Elected to finish Martin's term. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Lost renomination. |
1933–1943 [data missing] |
Robert L. Mouton (Lafayette) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941 |
75th 76th |
Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Lost renomination. |
James Domengeaux (Lafayette) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1941 – April 15, 1944 |
77th 78th |
Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Resigned to join the Armed Forces. |
1943–1953 [data missing] |
Vacant |
April 15, 1944 – November 7, 1944 |
78th |
|
James Domengeaux (Lafayette) |
Democratic |
November 7, 1944 – January 3, 1949 |
78th 79th 80th |
Elected to finish his own term. Also elected to the next full term. Re-elected in 1946. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Edwin E. Willis (St. Martinville) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1969 |
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th |
Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Lost renomination. |
1953–1963 [data missing] |
1963–1973 [data missing] |
Patrick T. Caffery (New Iberia) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973 |
91st 92nd |
Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired. |
Dave Treen (Metairie) |
Republican |
January 3, 1973 – March 10, 1980 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th |
Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Resigned when elected governor. |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
Vacant |
March 10, 1980 – May 22, 1980 |
96th |
|
Billy Tauzin (Thibodaux) |
Democratic |
May 22, 1980 – August 8, 1995 |
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th |
Elected to finish Treen's term. Re-elected later in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired. |
1983–1993 [data missing] |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
Republican |
August 8, 1995 – January 3, 2005 |
2003–2013
|
Charlie Melançon (Napoleonville) |
Democratic |
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2011 |
109th 110th 111th |
Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Jeff Landry (New Iberia) |
Republican |
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
112th |
Elected in 2010. Lost re-election. |
Charles Boustany (Lafayette) |
Republican |
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
113th 114th |
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
2013–2023
|
Clay Higgins (Lafayette) |
Republican |
January 3, 2017 – present |
115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
2023–2025
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