List of United States Senators from Louisiana
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Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812. Its Senate seats are of Classes II and III. Its current senators are Mary Landrieu, a Democrat, and David Vitter, a Republican.
[edit] Class II
| Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Other offices/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Noel Destréhan |  |
Unknown | September 3, 1812 | October 1, 1812 | Resigned | |
| Thomas Posey |  |
Democratic-Republican | October 8, 1812 | February 4, 1813 | Lost re-election | Governor of Indiana Territory (1813–1816) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1806–1808) |
| James Brown |  |
Democratic-Republican | February 5, 1813 | March 4, 1817 | Lost re-election | U.S. Minister to France (1823–1829) Later served in Louisiana's Class III seat (1819–1823) |
| William C. C. Claiborne |  |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 | November 23, 1817 | Died | Governor of Louisiana (1812–1816) Governor of Orleans Territory (1804–1812) Governor of Mississippi Territory U.S. Representative from Tennessee (1797–1801) |
| Henry Johnson |  |
Democratic-Republican | January 12, 1818 | May 27, 1824 | Resigned | Later served in Louisiana's Class III seat (1844–1849) Governor of Louisiana (1824–1828) U.S. Representative (1834–1839) |
| Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny | Adams-Clay Republican | November 19, 1824 | March 4, 1829 | |||
| Edward Livingston |  |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1829 | May 24, 1831 | Resigned | U.S. Secretary of State (1831–1833) U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1833–1835) U.S. Representative from New York (1795–1801) U.S. Representative (1823–1829) Mayor of New York City (1801–1803) |
| George A. Waggaman |  |
Anti-Jacksonian | November 15, 1831 | March 4, 1835 | Secretary of State of Louisiana (1830–1832) | |
| Robert C. Nicholas | Jacksonian Democrat | January 13, 1836 | March 4, 1841 | Secretary of State of Louisiana (1843–1846) | ||
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| Alexander Barrow |  |
Whig | March 4, 1841 | December 29, 1846 | Died | |
| Pierre Soulé |  |
Democratic | January 21, 1847 | March 4, 1847 | Later served in Louisiana's Class III seat (1849–1853) | |
| Solomon W. Downs |  |
Democratic | March 4, 1847 | March 4, 1853 | ||
| Judah P. Benjamin |  |
Whig (1853–1859) | March 4, 1853 | February 4, 1861 | Withdrew | Confederate States Secretary of State (1862–1865) Confederate States Attorney General (1861) Confederate States Secretary of War (1861–1862) |
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| John S. Harris |  |
Republican | July 8, 1868 | March 4, 1871 | ||
| Joseph R. West |  |
Republican | March 4, 1871 | March 4, 1877 | Retired | |
| William P. Kellogg |  |
Republican | March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1883 | Retired | Previously served in Louisiana's Class III seat (1868–1872) Governor of Louisiana (1873–1872) Chief justice of the Nebraska Territorial Supreme Court (1861) |
| Randall L. Gibson |  |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 | December 15, 1892 | Died | U.S. Representative (1875–1883) |
| Donelson Caffery | Democratic | December 31, 1892 | March 4, 1901 | Retired | ||
| Murphy J. Foster |  |
Democratic | March 4, 1901 | March 4, 1913 | Governor of Louisiana (1892–1900) President pro tempore of the Louisiana State Senate (1888–1900) |
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| Joseph E. Ransdell | Democratic | March 4, 1913 | March 4, 1931 | Lost renomination | U.S. Representative (1899–1913) | |
| Huey Long |  |
Democratic | January 25, 1932 | September 10, 1935 | Died | Governor of Louisiana (1928–1932) |
| Rose McConnell Long |  |
Democratic | January 31, 1936 | January 2, 1937 | Retired | |
| Allen J. Ellender |  |
Democratic | January 3, 1937 | July 27, 1972 | Retired | President pro tempore (1972–1971) Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1932–1936) |
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Democratic | August 1, 1972 | November 13, 1972 | Resigned | First Lady of Louisiana (1972–1980; 1984–1988) |
| Bennett Johnston, Jr. |  |
Democratic | November 14, 1972 | January 3, 1997 | Retired | |
| Mary Landrieu |  |
Democratic | January 7, 1997 | Present | Incumbent | |
[edit] Class III
| Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Other offices/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan B. Magruder | Democratic-Republican | September 3, 1812 | March 4, 1813 | |||
| Eligius Fromentin | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 | March 4, 1819 | |||
| James Brown | |
Adams-Clay Republican | March 4, 1819 | December 10, 1823 | Resigned | U.S. Minister to France (1823–1829) Previously served in Louisiana's Class III seat (1813–1817) |
| Josiah S. Johnston |  |
Adams-Clay Republican | January 15, 1824 | May 19, 1833 | Died | U.S. Representative (1821–1823) |
| Alexander Porter |  |
Whig | December 19, 1833 | January 5, 1837 | Resigned | Later served again in Louisiana's Class III seat (Judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1821–1823) |
| Alexander Mouton |  |
Democratic | January 12, 1837 | March 1, 1842 | Resigned | |
| Charles Magill Conrad |  |
Whig | April 14, 1842 | March 4, 1843 | U.S. Representative (1849–1850) | |
| Henry Johnson | |
Whig | February 12, 1844 | March 3, 1849 | Previously served in Louisiana's Class II seat (1818–1824) Governor of Louisiana (1824–1828) U.S. Representative (1834–1839) |
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| Pierre Soulé | |
Democratic | March 3, 1849 | April 11, 1853 | Resigned | Previously served in Louisiana's Class II seat (1847) |
| John Slidell |  |
Democratic | December 5, 1853 | February 4, 1861 | Resigned | U.S. Representative (1843–1843) |
| William P. Kellogg | |
Republican | July 9, 1868 | November 1, 1872 | Resigned | Later served in Louisiana's Class II seat (1877–1883) Governor of Louisiana (1873–1872) Chief justice of the Nebraska Territorial Supreme Court (1861) |
| James B. Eustis |  |
Democratic | January 12, 1876 | March 4, 1879 | Lost re-election | Later served again in Louisiana's Class III seat (1885–1891) U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France (1893–1897) |
| Benjamin F. Jonas |  |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 | March 4, 1885 | Lost re-election | |
| James B. Eustis | |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 | March 4, 1891 | Retired | Previously served in Louisiana's Class III seat (1876–1879) U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France (1893–1897) |
| Edward Douglass White |  |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 | March 12, 1894 | Resigned | Chief Justice of the United States (1910–1921) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1894–1910) Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1879–1880) |
| Newton C. Blanchard |  |
Democratic | March 12, 1894 | March 4, 1897 | Retired | Governor of Louisiana (1904–1908) U.S. Representative (1881–1894) Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1897–1903) |
| Samuel D. McEnery |  |
Democratic | March 4, 1897 | June 28, 1910 | Died | Governor of Louisiana (1881–1888) Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1879–1881) Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1888–1894) |
| John Thornton | Democratic | December 7, 1910 | March 4, 1915 | Retired | ||
| Robert F. Broussard |  |
Democratic | March 4, 1915 | April 12, 1918 | Died | U.S. Representative (1897–1915) |
| Walter Guion | Democratic | April 22, 1918 | November 5, 1918 | Successor elected | Louisiana Attorney General (1900–1912) | |
| Edward James Gay | Democratic | November 6, 1918 | March 4, 1921 | Retired | ||
| Edwin S. Broussard | Democratic | March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1933 | Lost renomination | ||
| John H. Overton | Democratic | March 4, 1933 | May 14, 1948 | Died | U.S. Representative (1931–1933) | |
| William C. Feazel | Democratic | May 18, 1948 | December 30, 1948 | Retired | ||
| Russell B. Long |  |
Democratic | December 31, 1948 | January 3, 1987 | Retired | Senate Majority Whip (1965–1969) |
| John Breaux |  |
Democratic | January 3, 1987 | January 3, 2005 | Retired | U.S. Representative (1972–1987) |
| David Vitter |  |
Republican | January 3, 2005 | Present | Incumbent | U.S. Representative (1999–2005) |
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