Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30,
1812. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March
1861, due to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from July 1868.
Class 2
Senator
Party
From
To
Jean N. Destrehan
Democratic
1812
1812
Thomas Posey
Democratic
1812
1813
James Brown
Democratic
1813
1817
William C. C. Claiborne
Democratic
1817
1817
Henry Johnson
Democratic,
National
Republican
1818
1824
Dominique Bouligny
National
Republican
1824
1829
Edward Livingston
Democratic
1829
1831
George A. Waggaman
National
Republican
1831
1835
Robert C. Nicholas
Democratic
1836
1841
Alexander Barrow
Whig
1841
1846
Pierre Soulé
Democratic
1847
1847
Solomon W. Downs
Democratic
1847
1853
Judah P. Benjamin
Whig,
Democratic
1853
1861
Vacant
1861
1868
John S. Harris
Republican
1868
1871
Joseph R. West
Republican
1871
1877
William P. Kellogg
Republican
1877
1883
Randall L. Gibson
Democratic
1883
1892
Donelson Caffery
Democratic
1892
1901
Murphy J. Foster
Democratic
1901
1913
Joseph E. Ransdell
Democratic
1913
1931
Huey P. Long
Democratic
1932
1935
Rose McConnell Long
Democratic
1936
1937
Allen J. Ellender
Democratic
1937
1972
Elaine S. Edwards
Democratic
1972
1972
J. Bennett Johnston
Democratic
1972
1997
Mary L. Landrieu
Democratic
1997
Class 3
Senator
Party
From
To
Allan B. Magruder
Democratic
1812
1813
Eligius Fromentin
Democratic
1813
1819
James Brown
Democratic,
National
Republican
1819
1823
Josiah S. Johnston
Democratic,
National
Republican
1824
1833
Alexander Porter
National
Republican
1833
1837
Alexander Mouton
Democratic
1837
1842
Charles M. Conrad
Whig
1842
1843
Alexander Porter
Whig
1843
1844
Henry Johnson
Whig
1844
1849
Pierre Soulé
Democratic
1849
1853
John Slidell
Democratic
1853
1861
Vacant
1861
1868
William P. Kellogg
Republican
1868
1872
Vacant
1872
1876
James B. Eustis
Democratic
1876
1879
Benjamin F. Jonas
Democratic
1879
1885
James B. Eustis
Democratic
1885
1891
Edward Douglass White
Democratic
1891
1894
Newton C. Blanchard
Democratic
1894
1897
Samuel D. McEnery
Democratic
1897
1910
John R. Thornton
Democratic
1910
1915
Robert F. Broussard
Democratic
1915
1918
Walter Guion
Democratic
1918
Edward J. Gay
Democratic
1918
1921
Edwin S. Broussard
Democratic
1921
1933
John H. Overton
Democratic
1933
1948
William C. Feazel
Democratic
1948
1948
Russell B. Long
Democratic
1948
1987
John B. Breaux
Democratic
1987
2005
David Vitter
Republican
2005
See also
US Congressional Delegations from
Louisiana
Lists of United States congressional delegations
(lists of House members, lists of
Senators)
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