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 |