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Louisiana's 3rd congressional district

80 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1823. Now: Clay Higgins R.

Holders
80
48 D · 18 R · 4 W · 2 A · 2 AJ · 2 AJ · 2 P · 1 U · 1 J
Longest tenure
10 years
Edwin Edward Willis
Current
9.8 years
Clay Higgins, since Jan 3, 2017
history/seat/la-3Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Leigh Brent · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04William Leigh Brent · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsWilliam Leigh Brent · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsWalter Hampden Overton · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonHenry Adams Bullard · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti JacksonianRice Garland · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti-JacksonianRice Garland · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · Anti-JacksonianRice Garland · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigRice Garland · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJohn Moore · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJohn Bennett Dawson · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Harmanson · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Harmanson · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Harmanson · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Gordon Penn · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratJohn Perkins Jr. · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratThomas Green Davidson · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratThomas Green Davidson · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratThomas Green Davidson · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Parkinson Newsham · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanChester Bidwell Darrall · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanChester Bidwell Darrall · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanChester Bidwell Darrall · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hayes Acklen · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Hayes Acklen · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratChester Bidwell Darrall · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pitt Kellogg · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanEdward James Gay · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratEdward James Gay · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratEdward James Gay · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Price · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Price · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Price · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratRobert Foligny Broussard · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratRobert Foligny Broussard · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratRobert Foligny Broussard · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratRobert Foligny Broussard · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratRobert Foligny Broussard · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratRobert Foligny Broussard · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratRobert Foligny Broussard · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratRobert Foligny Broussard · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratRobert Foligny Broussard · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWhitmell Pugh Martin · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · ProgressiveWhitmell Pugh Martin · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · ProgressiveWhitmell Pugh Martin · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWhitmell Pugh Martin · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratWhitmell Pugh Martin · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratWhitmell Pugh Martin · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratWhitmell Pugh Martin · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratNuma Francois Montet · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratNuma Francois Montet · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratNuma Francois Montet · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratRobert Louis Mouton · 1937-01-05 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratJames Domengeaux · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratEdwin Edward Willis · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratEdwin Edward Willis · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratEdwin Edward Willis · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratPatrick Thomson Caffery · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratDavid Conner Treen · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanDavid Conner Treen · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam J. Tauzin · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · Democrat → RepublicanWilliam J. Tauzin · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam J. Tauzin · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam J. Tauzin · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · RepublicanCharles J. Melancon · 2005-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratCharles J. Melancon · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratJeffrey M. Landry · 2011-01-05 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanCharles W. Boustany Jr. · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanHenry Adams Bullard · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti JacksonianJohn Moore · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigAlexander Gordon Penn · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratChester Bidwell Darrall · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Price · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJames Domengeaux · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratEdwin Edward Willis · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratPatrick Thomson Caffery · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratDavid Conner Treen · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam J. Tauzin · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratCharles W. Boustany Jr. · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanClay Higgins · 2017-01-03 – present · Republican
Clay Higgins R
Jan 3, 2017 – present · 9.8 years
Charles W. Boustany Jr. R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Charles W. Boustany Jr. R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Jeffrey M. Landry R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2013 · 2 years
Charles J. Melancon D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Charles J. Melancon D
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2009 · 4 years
William J. Tauzin R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
William J. Tauzin R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
William J. Tauzin R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
William J. Tauzin D→R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
David Conner Treen R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
William J. Tauzin D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
David Conner Treen R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
David Conner Treen R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Patrick Thomson Caffery D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Patrick Thomson Caffery D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Edwin Edward Willis D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Edwin Edward Willis D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Edwin Edward Willis D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Edwin Edward Willis D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
James Domengeaux D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
James Domengeaux D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Robert Louis Mouton D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1941 · 4 years
Numa Francois Montet D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Numa Francois Montet D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Numa Francois Montet D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Whitmell Pugh Martin D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Whitmell Pugh Martin D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Whitmell Pugh Martin D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Whitmell Pugh Martin D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Whitmell Pugh Martin D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Whitmell Pugh Martin P
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Whitmell Pugh Martin P
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Robert Foligny Broussard D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Robert Foligny Broussard D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Robert Foligny Broussard D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Robert Foligny Broussard D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Robert Foligny Broussard D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Robert Foligny Broussard D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Robert Foligny Broussard D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Robert Foligny Broussard D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Robert Foligny Broussard D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Andrew Price D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Andrew Price D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Andrew Price D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Edward James Gay D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Andrew Price D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Edward James Gay D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Edward James Gay D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Pitt Kellogg R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Chester Bidwell Darrall R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Joseph Hayes Acklen D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Joseph Hayes Acklen D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Chester Bidwell Darrall R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Chester Bidwell Darrall R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Chester Bidwell Darrall R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Chester Bidwell Darrall R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Joseph Parkinson Newsham R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Thomas Green Davidson D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Thomas Green Davidson D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Thomas Green Davidson D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John Perkins Jr. D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Alexander Gordon Penn D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Henry Harmanson D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Alexander Gordon Penn D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Henry Harmanson D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Henry Harmanson D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John Bennett Dawson D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
John Moore W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Rice Garland W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
John Moore W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Rice Garland W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Rice Garland AJ
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Rice Garland AJ
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Henry Adams Bullard AJ
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Henry Adams Bullard AJ
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Walter Hampden Overton J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
William Leigh Brent A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
William Leigh Brent A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
William Leigh Brent
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months

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