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Louisiana's 5th congressional district

55 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1867. Now: Julia Letlow R.

Holders
55
42 D · 13 R
Longest tenure
12 years
Otto Ernest Passman
Current
5.5 years
Julia Letlow, since Apr 14, 2021
history/seat/la-5Every holder, newest first
+55
18801900192019401960198020002020William Jasper Blackburn · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Morey · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Morey · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Morey · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edwards Leonard · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Floyd King · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJohn Floyd King · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJohn Floyd King · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Floyd King · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratCherubusco Newton · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratCharles Jahleal Boatner · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratCharles Jahleal Boatner · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratCharles Jahleal Boatner · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratCharles Jahleal Boatner · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Thomas Baird · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Thomas Baird · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Eugene Ransdell · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Eugene Ransdell · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Eugene Ransdell · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Eugene Ransdell · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Eugene Ransdell · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Eugene Ransdell · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames Walter Elder · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratRiley Joseph Wilson · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratRiley Joseph Wilson · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratRiley Joseph Wilson · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratRiley Joseph Wilson · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratRiley Joseph Wilson · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratRiley Joseph Wilson · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratRiley Joseph Wilson · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratRiley Joseph Wilson · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratRiley Joseph Wilson · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratRiley Joseph Wilson · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratNewt Virgus Mills · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratCharles Edgar McKenzie · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratOtto Ernest Passman · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratOtto Ernest Passman · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratOtto Ernest Passman · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratOtto Ernest Passman · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratOtto Ernest Passman · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratThomas Jerald Huckaby · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratThomas Jerald Huckaby · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratThomas Jerald Huckaby · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratJames O. McCrery III · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Cooksey · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Cooksey · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanRodney Alexander · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · Democrat → RepublicanRodney Alexander · 2009-01-06 – 2013-09-28 · RepublicanVance M. McAllister · 2013-11-16 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanRalph Lee Abraham · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanJulia Letlow · 2021-04-14 – present · RepublicanWilliam Brainerd Spencer · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJohn Smith Young · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Eugene Ransdell · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratOtto Ernest Passman · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · Democrat
Julia Letlow R
Apr 14, 2021 – present · 5.5 years
Ralph Lee Abraham R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Vance M. McAllister R
Nov 16, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 14 months
Rodney Alexander R
Jan 6, 2009 – Sep 28, 2013 · 4.7 years
Rodney Alexander D→R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
John Cooksey R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
John Cooksey R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
James O. McCrery III R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Otto Ernest Passman D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Otto Ernest Passman D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Otto Ernest Passman D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Otto Ernest Passman D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Otto Ernest Passman D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Otto Ernest Passman D
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
Charles Edgar McKenzie D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Newt Virgus Mills D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Riley Joseph Wilson D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Riley Joseph Wilson D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Riley Joseph Wilson D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Riley Joseph Wilson D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Riley Joseph Wilson D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Riley Joseph Wilson D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Riley Joseph Wilson D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Riley Joseph Wilson D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Riley Joseph Wilson D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Riley Joseph Wilson D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James Walter Elder D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Samuel Thomas Baird D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Samuel Thomas Baird D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Jahleal Boatner D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Charles Jahleal Boatner D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Charles Jahleal Boatner D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Charles Jahleal Boatner D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Cherubusco Newton D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Floyd King D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Floyd King D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Floyd King D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Floyd King D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John Edwards Leonard R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Smith Young D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Frank Morey R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Brainerd Spencer D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Frank Morey R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Frank Morey R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
William Jasper Blackburn R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years

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