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Louisiana's 4th congressional district

64 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1843. Now: Mike Johnson R.

Holders
64
51 D · 11 R · 1 W · 1 LR
Longest tenure
16 years
Overton Brooks
Current
9.8 years
Mike Johnson, since Jan 3, 2017
history/seat/la-4Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Edward Morse · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Edward Morse · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Edward Morse · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn Moore · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigRoland Jones · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJohn Milton Sandidge · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJohn Milton Sandidge · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Morgan Landrum · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratMichel Vidal · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Parkinson Newsham · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander Boarman · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · Liberal RepublicanGeorge Luke Smith · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Mallory Levy · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Barton Elam · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Barton Elam · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratNewton Crain Blanchard · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratNewton Crain Blanchard · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratNewton Crain Blanchard · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratNewton Crain Blanchard · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratNewton Crain Blanchard · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratNewton Crain Blanchard · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratHenry Warren Ogden · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratHenry Warren Ogden · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratHenry Warren Ogden · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratPhanor Breazeale · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratPhanor Breazeale · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratPhanor Breazeale · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJohn Thomas Watkins · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratJohn Thomas Watkins · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJohn Thomas Watkins · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJohn Thomas Watkins · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn Thomas Watkins · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJohn Thomas Watkins · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJohn Thomas Watkins · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJohn Thomas Watkins · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJohn Nicholas Sandlin · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratJohn Nicholas Sandlin · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJohn Nicholas Sandlin · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratJohn Nicholas Sandlin · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJohn Nicholas Sandlin · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratJohn Nicholas Sandlin · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJohn Nicholas Sandlin · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratOverton Brooks · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratOverton Brooks · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratOverton Brooks · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJoseph David Waggonner Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJoseph David Waggonner Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJoseph David Waggonner Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJoseph David Waggonner Jr. · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratAnthony Claude Leach Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratCharles Elson Roemer III · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratCharles Elson Roemer III · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · DemocratCleo Fields · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJames O. McCrery III · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJames O. McCrery III · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJames O. McCrery III · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Fleming · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Fleming · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanIsaac Edward Morse · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJames McCleery · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph David Waggonner Jr. · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJames O. McCrery III · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanMike Johnson · 2017-01-03 – present · Republican
Mike Johnson R
Jan 3, 2017 – present · 9.8 years
John Fleming R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
John Fleming R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
James O. McCrery III R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
James O. McCrery III R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
James O. McCrery III R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Cleo Fields D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Charles Elson Roemer III D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
James O. McCrery III R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Charles Elson Roemer III D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Anthony Claude Leach Jr. D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Overton Brooks D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Overton Brooks D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Overton Brooks D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
John Nicholas Sandlin D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
John Nicholas Sandlin D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
John Nicholas Sandlin D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
John Nicholas Sandlin D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John Nicholas Sandlin D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John Nicholas Sandlin D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Nicholas Sandlin D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Thomas Watkins D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Thomas Watkins D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Thomas Watkins D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Thomas Watkins D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Thomas Watkins D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
John Thomas Watkins D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
John Thomas Watkins D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Thomas Watkins D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Phanor Breazeale D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Phanor Breazeale D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Phanor Breazeale D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Henry Warren Ogden D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Henry Warren Ogden D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Henry Warren Ogden D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Newton Crain Blanchard D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Newton Crain Blanchard D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Newton Crain Blanchard D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Newton Crain Blanchard D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Newton Crain Blanchard D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Newton Crain Blanchard D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Joseph Barton Elam D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Joseph Barton Elam D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Mallory Levy D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
George Luke Smith R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Alexander Boarman LR
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
James McCleery R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Joseph Parkinson Newsham R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Michel Vidal R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
John Morgan Landrum D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Milton Sandidge D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Milton Sandidge D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Roland Jones D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Moore W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Isaac Edward Morse D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Isaac Edward Morse D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Isaac Edward Morse D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Isaac Edward Morse D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months

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