List of United States Senators from Louisiana

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Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861 owing to its purported 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
Henry M. Spofford	Democratic	1877	1877 30
Benjamin F. Jonas	Democratic	1879	1885
James B. Eustis	Democratic	1885	1891
Edward D. 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

[edit] See also

• US Congressional Delegations from Louisiana

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