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Louisiana's 2nd congressional district

76 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1823. Now: Troy A. Carter D.

Holders
76
56 D · 7 W · 5 R · 4 U · 2 A · 1 J · 1 U
Longest tenure
12 years
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr.
Current
5.4 years
Troy A. Carter, since May 11, 2021
history/seat/la-2Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Henry Hosford Gurley · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Henry Hosford Gurley · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsHenry Hosford Gurley · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsHenry Hosford Gurley · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04Philemon Thomas · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04Philemon Thomas · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04Eleazar Wheelock Ripley · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonEleazar Wheelock Ripley · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratThomas Withers Chinn · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJohn Bennett Dawson · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratAlcée Louis La Branche · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratBannon Goforth Thibodeaux · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigBannon Goforth Thibodeaux · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigHenry Adams Bullard · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJoseph Aristide Landry · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigTheodore Gaillard Hunt · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigMiles Taylor · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratMiles Taylor · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratMiles Taylor · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratMichael Hahn · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistJames Mann · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratLionel Allen Sheldon · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanLionel Allen Sheldon · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanEzekiel John Ellis · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel John Ellis · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel John Ellis · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel John Ellis · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel John Ellis · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratMichael Hahn · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanMatthew Diamond Lagan · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratHamilton Dudley Coleman · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanMatthew Diamond Lagan · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratRobert Charles Davey · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratCharles Francis Buck · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratRobert Charles Davey · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratRobert Charles Davey · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratRobert Charles Davey · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratRobert Charles Davey · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratRobert Charles Davey · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratRobert Charles Davey · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Louis Gilmore · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratHenry Garland Dupré · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratHenry Garland Dupré · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratHenry Garland Dupré · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratHenry Garland Dupré · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratHenry Garland Dupré · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratHenry Garland Dupré · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratHenry Garland Dupré · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJames Zacharie Spearing · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratJames Zacharie Spearing · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJames Zacharie Spearing · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratPaul Herbert Maloney · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratPaul Herbert Maloney · 1933-03-09 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratPaul Herbert Maloney · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratThomas Hale Boggs Sr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratThomas Hale Boggs Sr. · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratThomas Hale Boggs Sr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratThomas Hale Boggs Sr. · 1971-01-21 – 1972-10-17 · DemocratCorinne Claiborne Boggs · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratCorinne Claiborne Boggs · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratCorinne Claiborne Boggs · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratCorinne Claiborne Boggs · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · DemocratWilliam J. Jefferson · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratWilliam J. Jefferson · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratWilliam J. Jefferson · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratAnh Cao · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · RepublicanCedric L. Richmond · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratCedric L. Richmond · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-16 · DemocratTroy A. Carter · 2021-05-11 – present · DemocratCharles Magill Conrad · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigNathaniel Dick Wallace · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratHenry Garland Dupré · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJames Zacharie Spearing · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratThomas Hale Boggs Sr. · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratThomas Hale Boggs Sr. · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratWilliam J. Jefferson · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · Democrat
Troy A. Carter D
May 11, 2021 – present · 5.4 years
Cedric L. Richmond D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 16, 2021 · 6 years
Cedric L. Richmond D
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Anh Cao R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
William J. Jefferson D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
William J. Jefferson D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
William J. Jefferson D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
William J. Jefferson D
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
Corinne Claiborne Boggs D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
Corinne Claiborne Boggs D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Corinne Claiborne Boggs D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Corinne Claiborne Boggs D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D
Jan 21, 1971 – Oct 17, 1972 · 21 months
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
Paul Herbert Maloney D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Paul Herbert Maloney D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1941 · 7.8 years
Paul Herbert Maloney D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
James Zacharie Spearing D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
James Zacharie Spearing D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
James Zacharie Spearing D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Henry Garland Dupré D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
James Zacharie Spearing D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Henry Garland Dupré D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Henry Garland Dupré D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Henry Garland Dupré D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Henry Garland Dupré D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Henry Garland Dupré D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Henry Garland Dupré D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Samuel Louis Gilmore D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Henry Garland Dupré D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Robert Charles Davey D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Robert Charles Davey D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Robert Charles Davey D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Robert Charles Davey D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Robert Charles Davey D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Robert Charles Davey D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Francis Buck D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Robert Charles Davey D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Matthew Diamond Lagan D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Hamilton Dudley Coleman R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Matthew Diamond Lagan D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Michael Hahn R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Nathaniel Dick Wallace D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Ezekiel John Ellis D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Ezekiel John Ellis D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Ezekiel John Ellis D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Ezekiel John Ellis D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Ezekiel John Ellis D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Lionel Allen Sheldon R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Lionel Allen Sheldon R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
James Mann D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Michael Hahn U
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Miles Taylor D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Miles Taylor D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Miles Taylor D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Theodore Gaillard Hunt W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Joseph Aristide Landry W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Henry Adams Bullard W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Charles Magill Conrad W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Alcée Louis La Branche D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
John Bennett Dawson D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Thomas Withers Chinn W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Eleazar Wheelock Ripley D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Eleazar Wheelock Ripley J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Philemon Thomas
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Philemon Thomas
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Henry Hosford Gurley
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Henry Hosford Gurley A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Henry Hosford Gurley A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Henry Hosford Gurley
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.